Governments, regulators and development agencies spend large budgets on programmes whose effects are rarely tested before launch. Analysts who can turn economic reasoning into a clear recommendation are scarce, and ministers and boards notice when the numbers are weak. This five-day programme equips you to frame a policy question, build the evidence and defend a recommendation. You work through market failure, externalities, public goods, incidence of taxes and subsidies, cost-benefit analysis with discounting, distributional impact and basic regression using real datasets in Excel and Stata-style output.
Each session pairs a concept with an exercise: estimating a demand elasticity, appraising a road or health project, comparing policy options in a decision matrix, or reading a regression table without being misled by it. The final day is given to writing a two-page policy brief and presenting it to a mock committee. The programme suits economists, planners, budget officers, research officers, programme managers and advisers in ministries, central banks, county governments, NGOs and donor agencies. Afterwards you can quantify trade-offs, state assumptions openly, test results for sensitivity and communicate findings to non-economists. Delivery is classroom, online or in-house, with a CPD-accredited certificate.
Policy choices in taxation, trade, health, education, energy and agriculture all rest on assumptions about how people and firms respond. When those assumptions go unexamined, programmes underdeliver, subsidies leak and regulations create costs nobody planned for. Practitioners who apply economic tools with discipline add credibility to every proposal that crosses a decision maker's desk.
The course moves from first principles to applied judgement. Early sessions revisit microeconomic foundations through a policy lens, including market failure, elasticities, welfare effects and the incidence of interventions. Middle sessions cover appraisal methods such as cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, discounting, risk and sensitivity testing, and macro linkages that shape the policy environment. Later sessions introduce data handling, descriptive statistics, correlation versus causation, and regression, with attention to what the output does and does not prove.
Teaching combines short lectures, spreadsheet workshops and group policy clinics. Participants practise on datasets drawn from typical public-sector situations and finish by preparing a brief that sets out options, evidence, risks and a recommendation, so the learning is immediately usable in committee papers and cabinet memos.
After completing the programme, participants will be able to:
Each participant takes away:
The sessions treat economics as a working tool rather than a lecture subject. Participants experience:
Day 1: Economic Reasoning for Policy Work
Day 2: Demand, Supply and Policy Incidence
Day 3: Project and Programme Appraisal
Day 4: Data, Statistics and Regression for Policy
Day 5: Macro Context, Communication and Synthesis
The programme is designed for people who produce or rely on economic analysis in their work, such as:
Participants who attend the full programme and complete the exercises receive a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion from Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
The certificate reflects practical competence in economic appraisal and policy analysis demonstrated through the brief prepared on the last day.
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Everything you need to know about this course before you register.
By the end of the Applied Applied Economics & Policy Analysis programme, you'll be able to frame a policy problem and identify where markets fail to deliver good outcomes, estimate and interpret price, income and cross elasticities for policy use, analyse who gains and who bears the cost of taxes, subsidies and regulation, and conduct cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis with appropriate discounting. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme is designed for people who produce or rely on economic analysis in their work, such as: Economists and policy analysts in ministries and agencies, Planning and budget officers in national and county governments, Research officers in think tanks and universities, Programme managers and advisers in NGOs and donor organisations, Regulatory affairs and competition officers, Monitoring and evaluation specialists seeking economic grounding, Central bank and treasury staff in junior to mid-career roles, and Consultants preparing economic appraisals for clients.
Applied Applied Economics & Policy Analysis Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Applied Applied Economics & Policy Analysis Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Applied Applied Economics & Policy Analysis starts October 19, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Applied Applied Economics & Policy Analysis Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Applied Applied Economics & Policy Analysis Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Applied Applied Economics & Policy Analysis Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Applied Applied Economics & Policy Analysis Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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