The Statistical and Technical Advisory Group on the Productive Capacities Index (PCI) (STAG) supports the efforts of the High-level Advisory Board on the PCI (HLAB) and UN Trade and Development in its work on productive capacities, including periodically updating or revising the PCI, and contributes to its methodological soundness and analysis at statistical and academic fora.
Third meeting of the STAG will be an opportunity to deliberate on concrete options concerning the key issues raised by the High-level Advisory Board (HLAB) on the PCI’s applicability in providing critical input to the National Productive Capacities Gap Assessments and in shaping the formulation and implementation of Holistic Productive Capacities Development Programmes for countries to advance in achieving structural economic transformation, as well as in working towards their own national development targets.
This third meeting will also place particular emphasis on enhancing the quality of the PCI for small island developing States (SIDS) and laying the groundwork for developing a satellite PCI tailored to their unique development challenges.
