Consulting
I have undertaken over 80 consultancy assignments across a wide range of subject areas for over 20 bilateral and multilateral aid agencies and other organisations in over 25 countries. These include ADEA, AusAid, BMZ, British Council, Cambridge Education Consultants, CfBT, Danida, DFID/FCOD, European Union, IDS Sussex University, IDRC, IFAD, ILO, UNESCO, University of London, USAID, and the World Bank.
Vocational training and skills development
May 2010
UN International Fund for Agricultural Development
Up-date of ‘youth and rural livelihoods’ paper for publication.
September 2007
BMZ, German Government
Evaluation of the Engineering Capacity Building Programme, Ethiopia.
November 2006
UN International Fund for Agricultural Development
Background paper for IFAD Governing Council on improving livelihood opportunities for rural youth.
May 2002
Danida
Special advisory mission for the Danida vocational education and training SPS programme in Zambia.
November 2001
Danida
Global evaluation of the Danida vocational education and training programme, 1990-2001. Main author of synthesis report and Zambia and Tanzania country studies.
September 1999
International Development and Research Centre, Canada
USAID-funded review of youth development programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa with special reference to the link between sexual reproductive health and economic livelihoods.
September 1998
UK Department for International Development
Financial implications of the National Vocational Training Institute Support Project, Ghana.
June 1998
International Labour Office, Geneva
Policy paper on training to counter economic vulnerability and social exclusion.
December 1997
International Labour Office, Geneva
Background paper on vocational education and training in Sub-Saharan Africa for 1998 World Employment Report.
November 1994
Ministry of Education, Government of Botswana
Report on 'Training policy for education professionals in Botswana'.
January 1991
Education Policy Unit, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Background paper on vocational training in post-apartheid South Africa for the National Education Policy Investigation. Jan-March 1991.
November 1981
Commonwealth Foundation, London
Preparation of a report on skills qualifications in small island states.
June 1981
United Nations Industrial Development Organisation
Research Assistant - assisted UNIDO mission on technical and vocational training to Kenya.
The impact of HIV/AIDS on education
February 2004
UNAIDS
Report on AIDS scenarios in Africa with special reference to the education sector.
May 2003
Association for the Development of Education in Africa
Background report for the ADEA Biennial Meeting December 2003 on the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the education sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.
September 2002
European Union
Team leader of an assessment of the impact of HIV/AIDS on the education sector in Nepal.
January 2000
DFID and Rockefeller Foundation
The impact of HIV/AIDS on the education sector in Sub- Saharan Africa with country case studies in Botswana, Malawi, and Uganda and synthesis report. Overall co-ordinator and team leader for Botswana studies.
Teachers
September 2019
Cambridge Education/DFID
Member of Teacher Advisory Group for the DFID-funded. Strengthening Education Support Project in Uganda.
January 2017
Cambridge Education/UNICEF
Support for UNICEF initiative to develop a teacher incentives policy for Uganda.
January 2011
UNESCO
Background paper on teachers in low-income developing countries for May 2011 G8 meeting.
October 2008
Ministry of Education, Rwanda/DFID
Study for Ministry of Education on teacher motivation and incentives in Rwanda.
January 2008
Cambridge Education/DFID
Teacher policy studies for Kaduna, Kano, and Kwara, States, Nigeria.
May 2006
UNESCO
Consultant for the EFA Global Monitoring Report. Background paper on teachers in Sierra Leone.
July 2004
DFID
Coordinator of 12-country research project on teacher motivation and incentives in Africa and South Asia.
June 2004
DFID
Report on Teacher motivation and incentives in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. Knowledge and Skills for Development.
November 1993
UK Overseas Development Administration
Evaluation of UK aid to trade unions in developing countries with particular reference to Namibia and South Africa.
Teacher supply planning
September 2014
Oxford Policy Management/DFID
The supply and demand for primary and secondary school teachers in Katsina State, Nigeria.
April 2009
World Bank/DFID
Study for World Bank education Country Status Report on teacher supply and demand in Rwanda.
April 2008
Academy for Educational Development/USAID
Teacher supply and demand study for Ministry of Education, Namibia.
March 2007
Government of Botswana
Study on the supply and demand of teachers for the Ministry of Education.
January 1999
Ministry of Basic Education and Culture, Namibia
Preparation of a ten-year plan for educator development in Namibia.
Primary and secondary education
September 2019
Cambridge Education/DFID
Member of Teacher Advisory Group for SESIL Project in Uganda.
November 2018
Cambridge Education/Global Partnership for Education
Revision of National Education Strategic Plan and preparation of its implementation plan, Tanzania.
January 2009
UNESCO
Background paper for 2009 EFA Global Monitoring Report on EFA expenditure projections in Africa
July 2006
Institute of Development Studies/DFID
Impact assessment of the School Feeding Programme, Kenya
September 2004
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University for World Bank
Sierra Leone country case study for the Low-income Country under Stress (LICUS) research project.
January 2004
British Council/DFID
Team leader for the preparation of PRSP sector reports for agriculture, education and health in Sierra Leone and international consultant for the education sector review.
September 2003
DFID
Team leader for the review of the Rwanda Education Sector programme with special reference to the funding of higher education
August 2003
DFID
Background paper on public-private partnerships in the basic education sector in South Asia.
August 2003
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Consultant for the third Education Policy Support Initiative workshop, Zanzibar.
March 2003
World Bank
Secondary Education in Africa Research Programme. Team leader for Zambia country issues paper.
August 2002
UNESCO
Background paper for the Education for All Annual Monitoring report. Assessment of studies on the cost of attaining EFA.
April 2002
World Bank
Analysis of the impact of resources on learning outcomes in secondary schools in Uganda.
November 2001
DFID/Ministry of Education and Sports, Uganda
Team leader for a study on the internal efficiency and management of post-primary education and training in Uganda.
October 1998
Centre for British Teachers/European Commission
Project preparation for enlarged Barbados Language Centre, Bridgetown.
May 1998
UK Department for International Development
Synthesis evaluation of DFID support for primary education.
November 1994
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Adviser for study on structural adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Labour market analysis/human resources planning
January 2001
DFID
Co-ordinator of international research project: ‘Where has all the education gone? Tracer studies of secondary school leavers and university graduates in four African countries’.
September 1993
UK Overseas Development Administration
Feasibility study of a proposed labour market assessment in Egypt.
April 1993
International Labour Office, Inter-Departmental Committee on Structural Adjustment
Report on 'structural adjustment through manpower planning'.
March 1989
International Service for National Agricultural Research, The Hague.
Research priority setting in Tanzania: human resource planning for the national agricultural research system in Ghana; resource person at Southern Africa agricultural research management training workshop; preparation of management case studies.
March 1982
ISNAR, The Hague
Preparation of manpower and training plans for national agricultural research systems in Kenya and Senegal.
Industrial and economic analysis policy and practice
August 1997
African Development Bank
Background paper on industrial restructuring in Sub-Saharan Africa for 1998 African Development Report.
Higher education
September 2010
DFID
Evaluation of the DFID Developing Partnerships for Higher Education Programme (DelPHE).
January 2006
London University
Review of the Centre for Development Policy and Research, School of Oriental and African Studies.
January 2000
Centre for British Teachers for the European Union
Evaluation of the EU-funded project ‘Strengthening post-graduate training capacity in economics at Addis Ababa University’.
March 1996
UK Overseas Development Administration
Evaluation of UK aid to higher education in South Africa.
January 1993
UK Overseas Development Administration
Evaluation of university links projects in Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Capacity building and good governance
June 2005
Institute for Development Studies, Sussex University
Preparation of country and synthesis reports for the international assessment of UNDP good governance for poverty reduction programmes.
March 2005
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University for UNDP
Evaluation of the UNDP Good Governance programme in Uganda.
April 2003
Centre for British Teachers (CfBT) for DFID
Development of a long-term evaluation framework for the Primary School Management Development Programme, Botswana.
July 2002
DFID
Impact evaluation of the Primary School Management Development Project, Ministry of Education, Botswana.
August 2001
DFID
Evaluation of the African Capacity Building Foundation with field visits to Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
December 1999
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex for DFID
Strengthening policy analysis and management for poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa: a seven-country assessment of learning needs and the proposed establishment of a poverty reduction learning network for Eastern and Southern Africa.
September 1999
Centre for British Teachers for DFID
Adviser for the baseline survey for the Primary School Management Development Project, Botswana.
March 1999
Institute of Development Studies for DFID
Phase 1 of project ‘Strengthening policy analysis and management in Sub-Saharan Africa’.
Areas of expertise
- Primary and secondary education (51)
- Higher education (17)
- Vocational training and skills development (38)
- Teachers (16)
- The impact of HIV/AIDS on education (18)
- Educational outcomes and labour market analysis (11)
- Industrial development and foreign investment (7)
- Agricultural research planning and management (3)
- Teacher supply planning (7)
- Capacity building and good governance (9)
- Labour market analysis/human resources planning (8)
- Industrial and economic analysis policy and practice (4)
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