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| 2012 - 2014 Ongoing |
Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund (Nathan / DFID, )
M&E Specialist |
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The Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund (FRICH) aims to improve the lives of smallholder farmers and agricultural workers in African countries, by increasing European imports of food from countries north of South Africa and south of the Sahara.
FRICH provides grants to supports new ideas that connect African farmers with global retailers in innovative business partnerships. FRICH achieves results by removing blockages to market access and making sure that European shoppers know what differences their purchases make to poor farmers.
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Support the FRICH fund management team in the delivery of successful outcomes for the Fund by ensuring effective monitoring and evaluation systems are in place and in use, both for the Fund as a whole, and the individual projects supported by the Fund.
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| 2012 - 2014 Ongoing |
TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) Results Measurement and Capacity Development (TMEA, Rwanda)
Project director and M&E Adviser |
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Support to TMEA Rwanda and the key implementing partners with putting into place a results chain monitoring framework for each of the priority projects funded by TMEA which ultimately become fully integrated into the management systems of the partners. Partners include a range of government, civil society and private sector organisations engaged in strengthening Rwanda�s regional trade performance.
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Oversight and quality control of project implementation. Support to development and implementation of a results chain monitoring framework (following the DCED Standard). M&E capacity development of partners and beneficiaries.
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| 2011 - 2013 Ongoing |
Evaluation of Budget Support in Tanzania (European Commission, Tanzania)
Project Manager and Growth Sectors Lead |
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The main objective of the evaluation is to assess to what extent the General Budget Support (GBS) and Sector Budget Support (SBS) in Tanzania contributed to achieve sustainable results on growth and poverty reduction by successfully giving means to the partner government to implement its national / sector strategies and to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of its policies, strategies, and
spending actions.
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Project management and lead of the Growth Sectors component of the evaluation. This involves an analysis of the key factors that have driven growth and poverty reduction in Tanzania and the extent to which budget support has influenced these factors.
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| 2012 - 2012 Ongoing |
Impact Evaluation Scheme (IES) for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) (GIZ, Liberia, Cameroon and Peru)
Team Leader |
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The overall aim of the assignment is to elaborate and pilot a flexible scheme on how to measure attributable change as a result of national EITI processes. The objective of the Impact Evaluation Scheme (IES) is to provide a tool measuring EITI impact at the country level. It is a response to recent evaluations of EITI that have recommended that EITI should develop a more rigorous and realistic results framework. This work ties in closely with the ongoing Strategy Review of EITI.
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Development of an impact evaluation scheme for EITI, including the development of a theory of change, results framework and evaluation framework. Piloting of the scheme with national stakeholders in Liberia, Cameroon and Peru. Refinement based on lessons from pilots.
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| 2012 - 2012 |
Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) Impact Evaluation Workshop (DFID, Global)
Workshop preparation and facilitation |
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The purpose of the workshop was to explore guiding principles and provide broad recommendations on how the impact of Making Markets Work for the Poor development (M4P) projects and programmes can be more effectively and credibly evaluated.
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Technical support to the workshop preparations. Assistance with facilitation and presentation on the technical requirements for rigorous impact evaluation.
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| 2012 - 2012 |
Review of DFID's support to the EITI (DFID, Global)
Team Leader |
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DFID has provided support to the EITI since 2005, which has been instrumental to the global development of the initiative. This has included financial support to the World Bank's EITI Multi Donor Trust Fund and to the operations of the EITI Secretariat. The purpose of the annual review was to assess progress over the past 12 months and to identify future priorities for DFID support to EITI within the context of an ongoing Strategy Review of EITI.
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Document review, interviews with key stakeholders, completion of the DFID Annual Review template, and preparation of a short summary narrative of the key findings and recommendations .
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| 2012 - 2012 |
Market Development in Agriculture (Sida, Liberia)
Consultant |
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Sida is planning to set up a programme for Support to the Development of Markets and Value Chains in Agriculture in Liberia in accordance with the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach.
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Support to the design of Sida's Market Development Programme. Quality assurance of the procurement process from an M4P perspective, to enable Sida to procure a high quality facilitator for high quality design and implementation of the programme.
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| 2011 - 2011 |
Market Development Project (DFID, Palestine)
Consultant |
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Support to DFID, World Bank and EU in the design and development of a concept note for a US$24 million market development project for Palestine
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| 2010 - 2011 |
Construction and Real Estate (DFID, Nigeria)
Project Manager |
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Project Manager for a major DFID programme to strengthen the competitiveness of the Nigerian construction and real estate sector, to improve training and innovation and enhance employment in the sector. This forms part of the joint DFID / World Bank 'Growth, Employment and Markets in States' (GEMS) programme.
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Project Manager.
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| 2009 - 2010 |
Regional Governance Review (Ford Foundation, Africa)
Team Leader |
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Team leader of a study of economic and political governance initiatives in Africa to assist in the identification of needs and potential partners for support from the Ford Foundation
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| 2009 - 2010 |
EITI Validations (EITI Secretariat, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Yemen and Timor Leste)
Project Director/Team Member |
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The objective of the validations is to provide an independent assessment of the progress achieved by the EITI and what measures are required to make better and faster progress.
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Oversight, direction and team leadership.
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| 2009 - 2009 |
Review of DFID's Support to Private Sector Development (DFID, Sierra Leone)
Consultant |
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Review of DFID's support to private sector development in Sierra Leone, including a programme with FIAS to reduce administrative barriers to investment and a programme to prepare and implement a private sector development strategy.
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Support to DFID in preparing its exit strategy from support to private sector development and to other donors in planning their future support in this area.
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| 2008 - 2008 |
Technical Services for Iraq (DFID, Iraq)
Coordinator |
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Coordinator of a series of high level working groups established to support the Basra Development Commission (BDC), a high-level advisory body championing inward investment and local business development. The working groups are responsible for identifying, analysing, and making recommendations on cross-cutting and sector specific issues related to Basra's economic development.
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Coordinator of the BDC working groups and coordination of the preparation of the Basra Economic Development Strategy
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| 2007 - 2008 |
Aid effectiveness, gender equality, human rights and social exclusion (DFID and Irish Aid, International)
Team Member |
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Member of a team gathering evidence on the links between the aid effectiveness agenda and three cross cutting social issues: gender equality, human rights and social exclusion. The purpose of this study was to build support among Paris Declaration stakeholders and provide practical recommendations for strengthening the focus on the cross-cutting social issues for the Third High Level Forum on the Paris Declaration in Ghana (2008)
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| 2007 - 2008 |
Resource Endowment Initiative (ICMM, Tanzania, Peru and Ghana)
Project Manager |
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Management of Phase 3 of a high profile international initiative which sought to better understand how large scale mining activity in low and middle income countries can enhance the socio-economic development of host countries. The work involved piloting innovative approaches to catalysing collaborative partnerships between mining companies, governments, donors and civil society
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| 2007 - 2008 |
Informal Labour Markets in Developing Countries (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Preparation of a report on the latest research and thinking about informal labour markets in developing countries. The report considers the nature, definition and measurement of these markets; some evidence of how they are evolving; the policy implications; and diagnostic criteria for assessing them in any particular country.
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| 2007 - 2007 |
Private Sector Development Strategy (DFID, Kenya)
Consultant |
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Support to the Kenyan Ministry of Trade and Industry in the preparation of an implementation plan for the Private Sector Development Strategy. Support centred around Pillar 3 to the PSDS: Economic Growth Through Trade Expansion.
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| 2007 - 2007 |
Support to DFID's International Trade Department (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Call-down contract with DFID to provide advice on a variety of trade policy issues.
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Technical support related to CAP reform, trade policy modelling, and import surges.
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| 2007 - 2007 |
Constraints and Challenges of the Cotton and Textiles Sector (Gatsby Foundation, Tanzania)
Economist |
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Economist and main report writer on a team assessing the constraints and challenges of the cotton and textiles sector in Tanzania and formulating an action plan for the sector. The study examined the current situation in the cotton and textiles sector in Tanzania with a view to identifying where the comparative advantage of the sector lies, the policies which would contribute to realising this advantage and the steps which might be taken to achieve it.
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The work included the preparation of a detailed government strategy for the development of the sector which was presented and agreed on at a multi-stakeholder workshop in Dar es Salaam
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| 2007 - 2007 |
House of Commons International Development Inquiry on Fair Trade (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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DFID was required respond to a House of Commons International Development Inquiry on Fair Trade. The inquiry's main question: how effective fair trade is in reducing poverty and how donors can support fair trade in their development assistance.
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Preparation of a report to inform DFID's response.
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| 2007 - 2007 |
Minerals Taxation Regimes (ICMM, International)
Team Leader |
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Team leader for a review of issues and challenges in designing and applying mineral taxation regimes. The review investigated the positive and negative links between natural resources, the taxation of their exploitation and the spending of resource revenue. It gave an overview of the different fiscal systems applied to the extractive industries and of the different tax and non-tax instruments. It summarised the arguments for and against taxing the mining sector differently to other economic activities. There was also a review of the theoretical and policy-oriented mining taxation literature, including a discussion of different approaches to collecting and spending mining revenues at the sub-national level
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| 2007 - 2007 |
EITI Pre-Validation Progress Report (EITI Secretariat, International)
Consultant |
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Review of EITI countries' progress in fulfilling the criteria required for them to meet 'Candidate Country' status.
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Preparation of recommendations to the EITI Board on decisions over country status
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| 2006 - 2006 |
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (DFID, Nigeria)
Consultant |
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Review of DFID's support to the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI).
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Project review and provision of recommendations on the design and log-frame for a Phase II DFID support to the NEITI.
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| 2006 - 2006 |
Review of Kenya Trade and Poverty Programme (DFID, Kenya)
Team Leader |
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Team leader for an annual review of the Kenya Trade and Poverty Programme and provision of advice to DFID on the development of a growth and private sector development programme.
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| 2006 - 2006 |
Caribbean Sugar National Adaptation Strategies (DFID, Caribbean)
Consultant |
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Consultant responsible for a synthesis of Caribbean Sugar National Adaptation Strategies which assessed the costings/budgets contained in the strategies. The purpose was to help identify the amount of transitional assistance needed under the EU financial framework for 2007-13 to enable countries to manage the adjustment process successfully
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| 2006 - 2006 |
Assessment of the Costings of the Sugar Action Plans (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Assessment for five ACP countries to help identify the amount of assistance needed under the EU financial framework for 2007-13
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| 2006 - 2006 |
OECD Fragile States Principles (OECD/DFID/World Bank/Belgian Government, Somalia and DRC)
Consultant |
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Preparation of a progress report on the piloting of the Fragile States Principles in Somalia and DRC. This summarised the process the pilot had followed in each country, identified the main issues emerging, and the Principles that had been selected as the most relevant
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| 2006 - 2006 |
Classifying Fragile States (OECD/DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Preparation of a background paper on 'Classifying Fragile States' for a DAC workshop. The paper considered the different approaches that have been used to classify fragile states. It attempted to apply the World Bank's 'Business Model' approach to the pilot countries in order to provide lessons on the applicability of the approach and raised questions and issues for discussion in considering how work on classifying fragile states can be taken forward.
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Research and analysis
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| 2006 - 2006 |
Development Policy Coherence (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Rapid assessment of UK policy coherence in partner countries, including involvement in case studies assessing the impact of UK policy on Bangladesh and Nigeria. The project was designed to pilot rapid assessments to develop a better understanding about the coherence of UK policies that impact on the development and poverty reduction of low and middle and income countries. It represented the first occasion that DFID had focused centrally on the need for greater coherence in policies for development and on the identification of practical examples and specific organisational arrangements to help achieve this.
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| 2005 - 2006 |
Growth in Africa (DFID, Africa)
Consultant |
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Consultant responsible for the preparation of an economic background paper on growth in Africa. The paper presented data on the levels and patterns of growth in DFID's 16 PSA countries, as well as for five key regional economic communities (RECs). It also presented data on some of the factors that are considered as being important in determining a country's growth performance. It analysed recent growth patterns, provided a literature review on Africa's recent growth performance, and presented scenario forecasts for economic growth over the next decade.
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Research and analysis.
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| 2005 - 2005 |
Review of European Commission Support to the Agriculture Sector (DFID/European Commission, Windward Islands)
Team Leader |
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Team leader of a project to review past EC support to the agriculture sector in the Windward Islands through the SFA and STABEX instruments. The review also considered the opportunities for employment-generating growth in the Windward Islands and the constraints that need to be addressed to enable this, with a particular focus on the agriculture sector in the context of preference erosion for bananas.
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| 2005 - 2005 |
Budget Support, Fiscal Policy, Growth and Poverty Reduction (SECO, International)
Consultant |
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Preparation of an analytical framework to assist donors in understanding the linkages between fiscal policy, growth and poverty reduction in the context of budget support
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| 2005 - 2005 |
Support to Preparations for WTO Ministerial Meeting (Danida, Tanzania)
Team Leader |
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Team leader for a programme of support to the Government of Tanzania in preparing its position for the WTO ministerial meeting in Hong Kong. This included the preparation of detailed briefing papers on the main areas of the WTO negotiations, including agriculture, NAMA, cotton, services, TRIPS, trade facilitation and development.
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| 2004 - 2005 |
Support to the WTO Agriculture Negotiations (DFID, Nigeria)
Consultant |
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Preparation and presentation of papers at various international seminars and conferences held by UNCTAD, FAO, COMSEC and ICTSD on developing countries' interests and negotiating positions in the WTO agriculture negotiations.
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Research, analysis, workshop presentation and facilitation.
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| 2004 - 2005 |
Integrated Framework Process (Integrated Framework Process , Rwanda)
Facilitator |
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Donor facilitator for the Integrated Framework process in Rwanda, which is multi-donor approach to integrating trade issues into the PRSP and to facilitating dialogue between the government and donors on removing barriers to trade and growth. This involved working with the Rwanda Ministry of Commerce and a group of donors on the design of the Integrated Framework reform programme and in agreeing on ways to support the implementation of the programme.
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| 2004 - 2004 |
Rural-Urban Change (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Management of the preparation of eight country case studies on rural-urban change in developing countries.
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| 2004 - 2004 |
EU's Fruit and Vegetable Regime (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Assessment of the impact of the EU's fruit and vegetables regime on developing countries, with a view to providing DFID with recommendations on its position in discussions of reform to the regime.
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The analysis included an outline of the characteristics of the world and EU markets for fruit and vegetables, and of the workings of the EU regimes; an assessment of the mechanisms that affect the market access of exporters to the EU market; and some suggestions for potential areas for reform to the regime and related instruments.
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| 2004 - 2004 |
Trade Policy Development (DFID, Nigeria)
Consultant |
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Assistance to the Nigerian Ministry of Commerce in preparing an action plan for developing the government's trade policy.
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| 2004 - 2004 |
Import Prohibitions Policy (DFID, Nigeria)
Consultant |
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Consultant responsible for an assessment of Nigeria's import prohibitions policy. The purpose of the study was to assess Nigeria's import prohibitions policy, with respect to its effectiveness in achieving the government's social and economic goals and priorities, as well as with respect to its compliance with international commitments that Nigeria has made.
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In undertaking the research for the study, two visits to Nigeria were made, during which data and information was collected and consultations were made with a broad range of stakeholders in Abuja, Kano and Lagos.
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| 2004 - 2004 |
Political Economy of Trade Policy (DFID, Nigeria)
Team Leader |
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Team leader of an analysis of the political economy of trade policy in Nigeria. The purpose of the study was to deepen understanding of the trade policy process and the incentives for and blockages to change, and therefore help DFID and other stakeholders in the sector to manage their roles in supporting reform more effectively. The key trade policy issues for Nigeria and relevant international experience were examined. The study considered the factors that shape the trade policy environment and the manner in which policies are derived and implemented. It also assessed the role of, and interplay between, the different actors and institutions in the process. This included a review of their capacities, strengths and weaknesses, as well as the incentives and blockages to policy change.
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| 2004 - 2004 |
Review of Trade Policy Processes (DFID, Pakistan)
Consultant |
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Institutional review of the trade policy making process in Pakistan and related capacity building programmes. The objective of the review was to identify ways of strengthening Pakistan's trade policy by: proposing a process for drawing up a medium to long-term trade policy strategy document; strengthening the trade policy making process; and identifying the role of donor support and how it can most effectively be coordinated.
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Review Team Leader.
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| 2004 - 2004 |
Sugar Protocol Benefits (CTA, International)
Consultant |
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Study to provide ACP countries with recommendations on their negotiations position with the EU in the negotiations over the reform of the Sugar Protocol and options for safeguarding the existing benefits of the Sugar Protocol.
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| 2004 - 2004 |
Economic Growth Prospects (DFID, Nigeria)
Team Leader |
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Report providing analysis to inform DFID Nigeria's work on pro-poor growth, in the context of the emerging National Economics and Empowerment Development Strategy (NEEDS) that highlights the imperative for sustainable growth in the non-oil economy for poverty reduction.
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Research and analysis.
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| 2003 - 2003 |
Poverty Orientated Budget Support (DFID, Zambia)
Team Member |
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Member of a team commissioned to design a joint donor programme for poverty oriented budget support to the Zambian Government. The main objective of the consultancy was to make recommendations to the Zambian authorities and interested donors on a proposal and memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the management of budget support which would form the basis of a negotiated agreement. The draft MOU suggested the 'rules of the game' and operational modalities according to which a budget support arrangement might operate. The proposal set out recommendations about whether a move towards budget support was appropriate.
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| 2003 - 2003 |
Role of Large Middle Income Countries (DFID, Nigeria)
Consultant |
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Analysis of changes in the regional and international roles of large middle-income countries and the opportunities and constraints to change they offer to other countries' development. The study focused its analysis on four large middle income countries: Brazil, China, Russia and South Africa. It considered the strong two-way influences between domestic changes and regional and international developments relating primarily to economic, political, security and social factors.
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| 2003 - 2003 |
Drivers of Change (DFID, Nigeria)
Consultant |
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Study to identify the factors that could drive pro-poor change in Nigeria: i.e. the main incentives, actors, opportunities and forces for pro-poor change. This included a consideration of how these drivers can be influenced, both through the demand for and supply of these mechanisms, for example through government, civil society, the international community, the media and the private sector. The work played a major part in the preparation of DFID's Country Assistance Plan for Nigeria.
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| 2003 - 2003 |
Analysis of the Impact of Preference Erosion in Sugar (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Study on the impact of preference erosion in sugar for ACP countries. Included detailed recommendations on how the impact of preference erosion should be addressed by donors.
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| 2003 - 2003 |
Design of a Special Products modality in the context of the WTO negotiations (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Analysis of the design of the Special Products modality in the WTO agriculture negotiations, which would provide developing countries with the ability to limit tariff reductions for specified sensitive products. The paper reviewed: whether the Special Product concept is justified, how the products would be identified; the nature of the concessions for the products; and which countries would be entitled to these concessions. The paper was presented in the WTO, Whitehall and at a European Network conference in Paris.
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| 2003 - 2003 |
Review of Pakistan Trade and Poverty Project (DFID, Pakistan)
Team Leader |
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Leader of a team undertaking a Project Completion Review of DFID's Trade and Poverty Project in Pakistan and advising on future trade-related interventions in DFID's programme. The objectives of the review were to: describe the extent to which the purpose and the goal of the project had been achieved; conduct an institutional assessment of Pakistan's capacity to participate in trade negotiations; assess whether there was a continuing need for capacity building support; review with the other key donors their plans to support trade policy capacity; review with the GoP its plans to finance consultancy support from its own resources; and to recommend to DFID whether or not there was a case to continue to support trade policy capacity building.
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| 2003 - 2003 |
Support to Preparations for the WTO negotiations (DFID, Nigeria)
Consultant |
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Design and management of a programme of technical assistance to help the Nigerian government prepare for the Cancun WTO ministerial meeting. The Federal Ministry of Commerce requested assistance to identify the key priorities for assistance for the next six months. The Ministry and DFID Nigeria had also expressed an interest in producing some high-level policy briefings on trade and development for the incoming administration. The purpose of the design mission was to prioritise the key trade priorities for Nigeria, particularly those relating to the WTO negotiations, based on consultations with key stakeholders, and to consider the proposal for the development of high level policy briefings.
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| 2003 - 2003 |
WTO 'Marrakesh Decision' (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Analysis of the impact of agricultural market liberalisation on developing countries' ability to compete on world markets. The analysis provided a summary of the current structure and destination of developing countries' agricultural exports, the distortions present in world agricultural markets and market access barriers faced by developing countries' exports, the likely implications of agricultural trade liberalisation for developing countries and suggestions for what needs to be done if developing countries are to harness the opportunities provided by liberalisation.
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Research and analysis.
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| 2003 - 2003 |
Review of the WTO Agriculture Negotiation Proposals (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Preparation of a report to clarify the issues and concerns in the WTO Agriculture negotiations, bearing in mind the perceptions, and the likely negotiating positions of developing countries. This included an outline of the likely future progress of the negotiations, followed by some basic considerations for a new agreement. A summary of the most important issues for developing countries in the negotiations was provided, as well as an examination of the draft modalities document prepared for the March 2003 meeting of the Special Session of the Committee on Agriculture.
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| 2003 - 2003 |
EU Dairy Regime (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Assessment of the implications of the different options for reform to the EU's Dairy Regime that had been put forward by the European Commission, in terms of their likely effects on the EU dairy market and the implications of these effects on developing countries. The report concluded with recommendations for the line that DFID should take in these discussions in order to maximise the potential gains to developing countries.
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| 2003 - 2003 |
Evaluation of DFID's Country Programme (DFID, Brazil)
Consultant |
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Evaluation of DFID's Country Programme in Brazil 1997-2003. The evaluation aimed to assess the development contribution of the 1998-2000 DFID Brazil Programme (distinguishing the ex ante and ex post country strategies) with a view to informing the priorities, implementation and evaluation of the 2001-03 programme.
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Economic analysis
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| 2003 - 2003 |
Evaluation of DFID's Country Programme (DFID, Romania)
Consultant |
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Evaluation of DFID's Country Programme in Romania.
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Preparation of a report on politics, society and foreign assistance in Romania since 1997.
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| 2001 - 2003 |
Africa Trade and Poverty Programme (DFID, Africa)
Consultant |
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Support to the design, monitoring and evaluation of the individual ATPP projects in several countries in Africa, including Kenya, Swaziland, Tanzania, Nigeria, Botswana, and Namibia. Assistance was also given to DFID regarding the contracting of the ATPP Implementation Contract and for the general operation of the ATPP.
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| 2001 - 2003 |
State and Local Government Reform Programme (DFID, Nigeria)
Team Member |
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Member of the Public Expenditure Management team under DFID's State and Local Government Reform programme in Nigeria, working in three states on reform to improve budgetary prioritisation, stakeholder consultation, transparency and predictability in the budgeting process and evidence-based planning.
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| 2002 - 2002 |
DFID Budget Support (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Preparation and presentation of several papers for DFID on aid instruments and on general budget support.
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Included a paper presented at the DFID Infrastructure and Urban Development Advisors' Conference. The purpose of the paper was to guide IUDD advisers in future discussion on aid mechanisms. The paper outlined different types of aid mechanisms in use, considered the role for IUDD advisors in the provision of each form of aid and provided ideas on how to decide between the different types of aid mechanism.
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| 2002 - 2002 |
Budget Support Training Materials (European Commission, International)
Consultant |
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Design and preparation of training materials for EC staff on budget support and assessing and monitoring policies at the macro and sectoral level. The purpose of the training materials was to help staff better understand the rationale for EC support to Sector Programmes and how to prepare, finance and implement a Sector Programme Support operation. They also provided an overview of the analytical processes required to prepare and manage EC support to Sector Programmes.
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| 2002 - 2002 |
Review of DFID's Support to IFAD (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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In considering its contribution to the sixth replenishment of IFAD?s resources, DFID was considering 'split funding', meaning that as well as a contribution to IFAD's core budget, funds would be provided for a multi-donor supplementary fund that had been proposed by IFAD for 'Innovative Partnerships for Rural Poverty Alleviation'.
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In this context, the consultant undertook a review of DFID's existing support to IFAD through its core budget and an assessment of DFID's proposed contribution to the multi-donor 'Innovative Partnerships for Rural Poverty Alleviation' Supplementary Fund. Recommendations were provided on the design of the multi-donor fund.
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| 2002 - 2002 |
Development Finance Institutions (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Participation in a study on the policies, activities and performance of international Development Finance Institutions.
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| 2002 - 2002 |
'Development Box' Proposals (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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Preparation of an influential study to assesses the proposals for the creation of a Development Box in a revised WTO Agreement on Agriculture. As well as the Development Box proposals, it considered most of the Special and Differential Treatment measures proposed in the course of the WTO agriculture negotiations. The study was presented to delegates in the WTO and the European Commission.
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Research and analysis.
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| 2002 - 2002 |
Agricultural Safeguard Mechanism (DFID, International)
Consultant |
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In the context of the agriculture negotiations in the WTO, the consultant undertook a study which provided detailed consideration of the design of a proposed agricultural safeguard mechanism that would be provided to developing countries to protect small farmers from the damaging effects of temporary fluctuations in the price and quantity of imported staple food and other crops that are sensitive from a food security perspective. The study was presented to delegates in the WTO and the European Commission.
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| 2001 - 2002 |
Supporting the Drivers of Pro-Poor Change (DFID, Bangladesh)
Consultant |
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Study of the socio-economic, political and governance factors effecting Bangladesh's development prospects. The study was intended to contribute to discussions between DFID, other parts of the UK government, the government of Bangladesh and other development partners, including in the private and non-governmental sectors and among international agencies. The central message of the study was that prospects for continued progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh depend substantially on the effectiveness and accountability of a range of institutions - formal and informal; public, private and non-governmental; market and non-market; local, sectoral, national and even international; and rural and urban. This was the first Drivers of Change study ever undertaken for DFID.
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Research and analysis.
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Trade Liberalisation Impact Study (European Commission, Malawi)
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Study on the impact of trade liberalisation under the Cross-Border Initiative on the domestic industries of Malawi.
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