Call for Application for the training on “Introduction to Panel Data Analysis Using Stata”
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Call for Application for the training on “Introduction to Panel Data Analysis Using Stata”
When: Fri 18th March 2022 | Time: 3 PM-7 PM
Sat 19th March 2022 | Time: 9 AM-4 PM
Sun 20th March 2022 | Time: 9 AM-4 PM
Where: Kigali Innovation Center
1. About CDP
The Center for Development Policy (CDP) is a Pan-African non-profit and non-partisan think tank that exists to contribute to the development of African countries through policy analysis and capacity building. CDP prioritizes endogenous development solutions and promotes local and empirically tested innovations that have contributed to development in Africa. CDP works with local partners to study, document and share lessons and best practices. Our uniqueness is that we not only offer policy advice and analysis to organizations but also build their capacities through training and technical support in order to undertake evidence-based development interventions. At CDP, we offer different short-term trainings and other tailor-made trainings requested by organizations. CDP courses are offered by CDP experts and associates from within the country or abroad.
It is against this background, CDP is organizing a training workshop on “Introduction to Panel Data Analysis Using Stata”

2.Course outline
Panel data/longitudinal data refers to the data with observations about various cross-sections across time. One example is GDP data on East African Countries in the 1980-2020 period. For each cross-section (i.e. an entity: country, industry or firm), information is collected for various time periods. Panel data has some advantages such as modelling both common and individual behavior of groups, having more information, more variability and more efficiency than pure time series or cross-sectional data, detecting and measuring statistical effects, and minimizing estimation biases.
This course will focus on the introduction to panel data with applications using the Stata software. Specifically, at the end of the course, participants are expected to have gained knowledge on the use of Stata to conduct the following: Panel data visualization, distinction between time variant and time-invariant variables, declaring data as panel dataset, graphical representation of heterogeneity, plotting, OLS regression and its weakness, estimating and interpreting fixed effects and random effects, diagnostic tests, and tabulation
In this introductory course, only standard static panel data models will be covered. These, however, are not useful for example when we are dealing with dynamic panel data, when there is an endogeneity problem and when there is Nickel bias. In the second part, we shall explore models that address these issues

3.Target Participants
• University students (BSc, MSc and PhDs)
• Junior to mid-level research professionals
• Professionals in need of a refresher course on Applied Econometrics
• Professionals who want to enhance their Stata skills

4. Training venue: ICT Innovation Center, Kicukiro-Kigali, Rwanda.

5. Training fees:
Professionals and private individuals: 100,000 RWF per person
University students: 50% discount per person (upon provision of student ID)
Registration link: https://cdpafrica.org/courses/introduction-to-panel-data-analysis-using-stata/
6.Certificate:
CDP will issue completion certificates to participants who will successfully attend the course and pass the course test.
NB: At the end of the course, the trainer will deliver a test, and ONLY participants who will get at least 60% will get the certificates. Others will be advised to wait until another training opportunity for the same course becomes available which they will attend free of charge (this chance is provided only once).
7. Payment
• Bank of Kigali (BK): Center for Development Policy (CDP)Account: 00095-069876895-41
• MTN Mobile Money: +250 789 933 362

Submission Procedure
The BK bank slip can be delivered to CDP or sent the scanned bank slip at info1@cdpafrica.org
Other upcoming courses of CDP can be found at: www.cdpafrica.org
For any inquiry, please contact: +250788289361
Munezero Kalisa Raissa
Program Manager