Reporting Lines
The Economist (Policy Analysis) reports to the head of the PRIME pillar, under the guidance of the Division Director of ESA. He / she will work in close collaboration with the members of the policy monitoring component of PRIME and with the FAO Representation in the relevant countries as well as FAO regional and / or sub‑regional offices.
Technical Focus
Within the framework of ESA's policy monitoring and analysis activities and those of the MAFAP programme in particular, the Economist will contribute to implementing policy monitoring by estimating and updating price incentives and public expenditure indicators and duly analysing and documenting them through analytical products, in particular policy monitoring reviews. Through rigorous monitoring and analysis of indicators, the Economist will also play a role in identifying policy issues that governments may need to be aware of and may request ESA to further analyse in‑depth to inform policy reforms.
Key Results
Collection, analysis and review of information, data and statistics, and project / meeting services to support programme products, projects, publications and services.
Key Functions
Collects, reviews, cross checks and/or analyses relevant agricultural, economic, trade, market, social, environmental, nutrition / food composition and/or gender related data, statistics and information to support delivery of programme projects, products, publications and services.
Undertakes analysis, provides technical input for plans and reports and edits / revises technical documents and/or publications.
Participates in the development of improved tools and methodologies.
Updates databases and web pages.
Participates in multidisciplinary project / work teams.
Participates in the development of training materials and the organization of workshops / seminars.
Participates in the organization, conduct and follow‑up of meetings, consultations and conferences, the development / production of required materials and the provision of information and assistance to partners.
Specific Functions
Delivers, revises and finalises Price Incentives (PI) and Public Expenditure (PE) indicators for selected low‑ and middle‑income countries.
Supports the dissemination at country level of analytical products related to policy monitoring indicators through the identified channels in selected countries.
Drafts and/or reviews analytical dashboards and country synthesis notes for selected countries before publication.
Supports the production of policy monitoring indicators analyses, in particular global analysis and/or cross‑country comparisons studies on agricultural policy support.
Supports consistent applications of the methodological guidelines for PI and PE analysis.
Contributes to the effective implementation of other strategic partnerships with development partners involved in policy monitoring activities (OECD, IFPRI, World