DPAD completes training in economy-wide modelling in Nicaragua

DPAD and Nicaragua's Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (MHCP) organized the final training workshop on economy-wide modelling for sustainable development policy analysis, on 15-18 November, in Managua. This workshop marked the completion of the training stage of a capacity building process for analysts from different government institutions, in the framework of the project “Supporting developing countries in their transition from MDG-based development strategies to broader sustainable development strategies through modelling-based policy analyses”. Participants are now acquainted with a fully-fletched economy-wide model, which for all simulations generate results on a large number of economic variables, employment, poverty, inequality, energy, and greenhouse gas emissions. The workshop constituted in itself a policy analysis exercise, since trainees engaged in the type of analysis that will eventually support decision making.