The African Centre of Statistics (ACS) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) will hold the 15^th StatsTalk-Africa webinar series on Monitoring Roads at a Large Scale in low income and developing countries (LIDCs) using Big Data and Remote Sensing on Monday, 13 May 2024 from 11:00 to 12:30 EAT via Microsoft Teams.

The webinar will delve into a new platform designed to: (i) help countries monitor the size and quality of their road network in real time and at a low cost; and (ii) use those inputs to measure investment gaps, sequence road maintenance work or simulate the resilience of road networks to climate shocks to better pilot investments. It will also explain how the new platform can be leveraged for tasks, such as generating road statistics at the macro level, computing SDGs (e.g. Rural Access Index) or assessing returns on future road renovations or construction using country case studies in African and Latin American countries. It will also provide insights on the African Regional Transport Corridor Management System – ARTCOMS.

The StatsTalk-Africa is a monthly webinar series being organized by the UNECA-ACS to demystify and provide a space for dialogues on data, statistics, and innovative techniques and tools among data experts and users with within ECA, Africa and rest of the world.  Demystifying and unpacking statistical concepts mean that Stats Talk will have experienced speakers and practitioners from the region and across the globe.

Speakers:

• Welcome remarks: Mr. Oliver Chinganya, Director, ACS-ECA
• Presenter1: Mr. Roberto Carroccia, Researcher, Sapienza University of Roma
• Presenter 2: Damien Puy, Senior economist, Research Department, IMF; and consultant, Alteia

Moderator: Mr. Oliver Chinganya, Director, ECA-ACS

Registration link

Contact Persons:

Ms. Angela Kiconco, ECA-ACS, angela.kiconco@un.org

Ms. Pamela Nabukhonzo, ECA- ACS, pamela.nabukhonzo@un.org

Mr. Yonas Mersha, ECA- ACS, yonas.yigezu@un.org

Documents

• Concept note
• Agenda