A focus on emerging and developing countries, especially in Africa, is highly recommended.
Knowledge of modelling in Matlab, Stata, Octave, Eviews and Dynare is essential.
Sound teaching experience in Economics, Econometrics, Development Economics, Statistics, Mathematical Modelling, Finance and International Finance will be an added advantage.
At least 10 years working experience in economic research, macroeconomic modelling and macroeconomic research is a strong advantage.
A track record of research in various dynamic macroeconomic modelling – Global Vector Autoregressive Analysis (GVAR) and other simpler Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) models.
A PhD in Economics/econometrics will be an added advantage.
At least a Master’s degree in Economics, Econometrics, Mathematical Economics, Development finance and Financial modelling.
The consultant must be a citizen of a member countries of the Bank, and have important skills in key areas that include :
Essential Specialized Skills/Competence :.
Other tasks as assigned by the Management of the African Development Institute.
Support the work of setting up the Macroeconomic Modelling Academy (MEMA).
Develop criteria for measuring effectiveness of training sessions and provide an assessment of each of them with a view to ensuring required ongoing improvement.
Contribute to the quarterly Departmental report on capacity development activities.
Assist with the implementation of the Department’s activities as outlined in the Debt Action Plan.
Undertake technical assistance missions to RMCs.
Contribute to the development of various DSGE and other macroeconomic models that incorporate specific characteristics and peculiarities of African countries.
Deliver the training sessions to upscale participants’ knowledge and skills on the role and use of Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models in economic analyses.
Assist in the review, design and production of the training materials.
Under the direct supervision and guidance of the Manager of the Policy Management Division of the African Development Institute, the Individual Consultant will carry out the following tasks :.
The African Development Institute hereby invites qualified Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in the following Assignment : A Consultancy for Provision of Training on Advanced Macroeconomic Modelling for African Economies.
Individual Consultant to Support the Provision of Training on Advanced Macroeconomic Modelling for African EconomiesĪvenue Joseph Anoma 01 BP.