Arab
Planning Institute (API) has conducted a Specialized Training Program, entitled
"Preparation and Analysis of Economic Reports" upon a request from Basil
Fuleihan Financial Institute of Finance and Economy, Beirut – Lebanon, 24 – 28 September,
2018.
The
training program aimed at providing the trainees with the most important
regional and international economic reports and to indicate the importance of
these reports to researchers, policy makers, economic planners and employees of
local and international economic institutions. The objective of this program is
to provide trainees with the knowledge and skills needed to analyze the results
of recent regional, international and national reports, focusing on the status
of Lebanon in these reports at the Arab and international levels, and to
explain the methodology of each report and the indicators used in them. It also
aimed to guide participants on how to compare these indicators among countries
and how to make recommendations to modify the value of indicators to improve
the ranking of Lebanon in these reports in order to support the process of
economic, social, and sustainable development.