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• Offering advice and
  support on the design and overall management of the capacity development,
  policy research and dissemination programme.
• Undertaking quantitative
  analysis of available household survey data to examine socio-economic
  trends in the country.
• Examining economic,
  social and institutional obstacles to poverty-reducing growth using both
  econometric and economy-wide modelling techniques.
• Evaluating the macro and
  micro-economic impacts of recent Government Policies and Programmes.
• Building the capacity of
  Ministry staff members in econometric techniques and other methods of
  quantitative analysis and research.

• The candidate should
  possess a Masters degree in Development Economics, Economics and statistics,
  or Quantitative Economics.
• A minimum of three (3)
  years of relevant work experience in research and policy-related analysis
  at the national or international level.
• Strong competences in modern
  econometric techniques.
• Proficiency in the use
  and application of STATA for statistical data analysis is a must and will
  be tested at interview stage.
• Good working knowledge of
  other advanced software programmes for statistical data analysis would be
  an asset (e.g. EViews, SPSS).
• Expertise in interpreting
  and analysing macroeconomic data (such as national accounts, aid, fiscal,
  monetary, balance of payments, debt and foreign exchange), including
  drawing out the implications for growth and poverty.
• Practical knowledge of
  Computational General Equilibrium analysis.
• Experience in the use of
  the Maquette for MDG Simulations (MAMS) model would be an added advantage.
  

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