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Maputo, MZ

Timor-Leste And Mozambique

• Analyst for country level agriculture public policy monitoring review in Mauritania and Sierra Leone:
• Analyze Agricultural Public Expenditure for levels, functional and economical composition.
• Support international consultant on price incentive analysis in Sierra Leone for 4 value chains.
• Contribute to the development of the Food Systems PER Methodology and associated write-ups of methodology.Technical referent with the World Bank for Agricultural Public Expenditure Reviews (AgPER):
• Review selected draft AgPERs for Madagascar, Pakistan, Bhutan, Ghana, Niger and Sri Lanka.
• Support technically the country teams in preparation of the AgPERs in Armenia, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, and Namibia.

East Africa

Malawi’s Head of Monitoring and Learning Department- Hire, onboard, and develop the Monitoring and Learning Team (60+ staff).- Survey design, coding and analysis for 10+ surveys and 15 000+ data points per year.- Manage all administrative aspects of the department, including long-term strategies, procurement, staff planning, and budget owner for the.

• Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Manager – consultant (part-time)Restructure One Acre Fund Ethiopia's MEL department:
• Build capacity of the Ethiopia’s head of MEL department in organization and technical skills.
• Review and reallocate the team’s Roles and Responsibilities.
• Improve survey data quality mechanisms.
• Develop result dissemination tools for internal and external partners.

Burundi

Regular impact evaluations using methods such as regular linear regressions, Propensity Score Weighting or Principal Component Analysis using Stata.Creation of ad hoc impact evaluation methods upon needs (e.g., school material distribution, new seeds varieties or lime application)Result dissemination for a large audience and advocay for programmatic.

Monitoring and Analyzing Food and Agricultural Policies (MAFAP) Programme.Main responsibilities: Country focal point for Burundi and Ghana.- Computation of Public Expenditures toward food and agriculture in Senegal, Benin, Burundi and Ghana. Database manipulation, graphs and maps creation using R.- Value chain analysis to compute price distortion.

• Analyzing trends and impact of agricultural systems evolution on landscape in a small region in Normandy, France for the French State's agency at departmental level.
• Conducting of 50+ interviews with farmers or agricultural actors - focus on economical and technical performances of agro-systems.
• Modeling previous evolution and trends of agricultural system and crop cover in the region.
• Reviewing relevant literature covering agriculture, economics or anthropology research papers as well as national or regional statistics.Link to the thesis.

Master'S Degree

Master'S Degree