Zimbabwe Data Training, Trade Analysis and EPA Assessment Workshop

Zimbabwe is facing a variety of economic challenges, not least that the availability and reliability of most of the country's economic and trade statistics are questionable. At the same time, Zimbabwe is in the midst of negotiating the Economic Partnership Agreement (alongside other eastern and southern African countries) with the EU, as well as meeting its obligation in terms of the Free Trade Agreement under the SADC Trade Protocol. In the absence of accurate data it is difficult to know exactly what can be achieved - or lost - from such negotiations and agreements, and the implications for policy and related decision-making processes are hard to determine.

From 2 - 4 April 2007, TIPS, in collaboration with Zimbabwe's Trade & Development Studies Centre (TRADES CENTRE), will host a Data Training, Trade Analysis and EPA Assessment workshop, as well as hold discussions with key institutions and officials responsible for data collection, analysis and dissemination, in an attempt to unravel some of the data problems facing this Southern African country.

The training workshop takes place on Monday 2 April at the University of Zimbabwe.

For further details, please contact Mmatlou Kalaba at:

Tel: +00 (12) 431 7900
Fax: +00 (12) 431 7910
E-mail