I have strong development economics sector specific expertise in:
- Health economics (reproductive maternal and child health, animal health and anti microbial resistance, malaria, tropical diseases, HIV, nutrition, animal health and antimicrobial resistance)
- Public financial management
- Trade economics (regional trade in West Africa)
- Environmental economics (climate change in particular – mitigation and adaptation in developing countries, water, conservation agriculture)
- Economics of education
- Macroeconomic growth and livelihoods
- Industrial economics – UK competition policy, UK telecoms regulation market mechanisms and incentives based instrument design
Value for Money…
I have extensive experience and knowledge of VFM, having worked in this field since 2010. My focus is bringing out the value element of programmes during M&E by bringing in the cost dimension to evaluations and programme design choices. I have a very strong foundation quantitative rigorous cost benefit analysis, cost effectiveness analysis, return on investment. I also often take a more holistic and creative approach, especially in behaviour change and less tangible projects. In these cases mixed methods is often more appropriate.
Recent and current consultancies include:
- VFM adviser with Key Aid Consulting for a DFID funded study on the VFM of cash transfer programme models (current)
- VFM expert to DFID and Population Council for Adolescent girls empowerment Initiative in Kenya (AGI)using RCT data (current)
- VFM adviser to British Council on various projects (TREE, AAWAZ II) and setting up a VFM Strategy and toolkit, and training staff internally
- Quantitative Cost benefit analysis of Veterinary labs for the OIE
- Quantitative Cost benefit analysis for British Council Empowerment Fund bids
- Guidance notes and training courses for British Council, OIE, Start Network on Cost benefit analysis and social return on investment
- VFM adviser as part of the Evidence and Learning Facility of South Sudan (ELFSS)
- VFM adviser to the real-time evaluation of the £28m Final CBE Cycle 4 and 5 VfM Report (1)
- VFM adviser to the ongoing DFID Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme
- VFM adviser for the evaluation of the DFID Bangladesh child nutrition programme
- VFM adviser of the independent real time evaluation of the DFID Disaster, Emergency Preparedness Programme (DEPP)
- VFM assessment of the Northern Kenya cash transfers programme
- VFM assessment of the DFAT $0.5bn Education Partnership in Indonesia (2014)
- SIDA and ICRC value for money guidance note (2013)
- VFM advisory and training services to varous private sector consultancies, and NGOs, eg. Oxfam, Start Network, US-based NGO EngenderHealth, International Labour Organisation, Tony Blair Institute
- DFID Infrastructure professional cadre – VFM guidance note for infrastructure programmes – (Co-author 2012)Measure Maximize VfM in Infrastructure ASI
- DFID Southern Africa – Africa climate change programmes VFM metrics – focusing on energy sector programmes including renewables infrastructure, mitigation for on and off grid solutions and adaptation (2011)
- Contribution to DFID cash transfers VFM guidance paper
- DFID Afghanistan: VFM metrics for education, livelihoods and governance programmes for their internal strategy on VFM.
