First International Workshop on Poverty Statistics in SAARC

Past Events

11/12/2017 – 14/12/2017, Kathmandu, Nepal

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) of Nepal is organizing the first ever International Workshop on Poverty Statistics. The workshop is being organized with support from International Statistical Institute (ISI) and aims to educate the statisticians and stakeholder in SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) region on key concepts of poverty statistics and international practices of poverty measurement. Economies of the South Asian countries are growing faster than any other economy of the world but the South Asian region is still home to a large chunk of population which lives below the poverty line. In the interactive workshop, international experts will deliver lectures on deriving poverty line and their updates over time at the country level, various measure of poverty, poverty mapping using Small Area Estimation (SAE) technique by using Nepal Living Standard Surveys and National Population and Housing Census…more

High Level Africa Roundtable on the Sustainable Development Goals

Past Events

11/12/2017 – 12/12/2017, Accra, Ghana

Organized by the Government of Ghana, the High Level Roundtable on the Sustainable Development Goals will bring distinguished African leaders, a core group of SDGs Advocates, Senior Leadership of the United Nations, African Development Bank, and other multilateral institutions and importantly, the private sector, policymakers, and thought leaders from Africa. The overarching objective of the Roundtable is to mobilize regional support for the implementation of the SDGs, and to propose practical, smart, and innovative actions needed to underpin accelerated implementation of the SDGs at both the regional and country levels.