Overview
Support ECA’s analytical and research work related to macroeconomic modelling, health financing, and development policy analysis in selected African countries.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct background research and literature reviews on health financing, macroeconomic policy, fiscal sustainability, public expenditure, structural transformation, and related development issues.
- Prepare analytical summaries, briefing notes, background papers, and technical inputs for reports, policy briefs, presentations, and other knowledge products.
- Review international experiences, policy frameworks, and best practices relevant to health financing, macroeconomic management, and sustainable development.
- Support the collection, cleaning, and harmonization of socio-economic, fiscal, health, and macroeconomic data from national and international sources.
- Assist in the compilation and management of databases for macroeconomic analysis and modelling.
- Perform descriptive statistical analysis and contribute to the interpretation of economic and social trends across selected African countries.
- Support econometric analysis and empirical assessments related to health financing, macroeconomic performance, fiscal policy, poverty, employment, and structural transformation.
- Assist in applying econometric techniques using statistical software (e.g., Stata, EViews, R, or Python).
- Contribute to modelling exercises involving Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs), Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) models, Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models, and macro-fiscal frameworks.
- Support scenario analysis and policy simulations under the guidance of senior economists.
- Assist in organizing technical workshops, stakeholder consultations, and capacity-building activities.
- Support coordination with ministries, national statistical offices, research institutions, and development partners.
- Contribute to the preparation of meeting reports, mission reports, and technical documentation.
- Prepare graphs, charts, tables, and data visualizations for analytical outputs and presentations.
- Perform other related research, analytical, and technical support tasks as required.
Required Experience
- A maximum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in socio-economic research, policy analysis, econometrics, or macroeconomic modelling is required.
- Experience working on development issues in African countries is desirable.
Qualifications
- An advanced university degree (Master’s degree) in Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Development Economics or a related field is required.
- A PhD in a relevant field is desirable.
