Senior officials and executives are asked to commit budgets and regulation on the strength of economic arguments they rarely have time to test. Five days give leaders the means to question that evidence, weigh trade-offs and defend a decision in public. Topics include market failure and the case for intervention, elasticities and incidence, fiscal and monetary transmission, cost-benefit appraisal, regulatory impact assessment and distributional effects on households and firms.
You also learn how analysts estimate whether a programme worked, from difference-in-differences comparisons to simple regression results, so you can read a technical report with confidence and ask the right questions of your own team. Policy memo clinics train you to turn analysis into a one-page recommendation with options, risks and costs. Case material draws on subsidies, taxation, trade, social protection and infrastructure choices common in African and emerging economies. The programme is designed for permanent secretaries, directors of planning, central bank and treasury staff, regulators, development partners and corporate strategy heads. Classroom, online and in-house delivery are available, with a CPD-accredited certificate at the end.
Public and corporate decisions increasingly depend on economic evidence, yet many leaders receive that evidence as a finished conclusion with the assumptions hidden. A subsidy, tariff, tax change or large investment can shift prices, jobs and fiscal balances in ways that only become visible after the fact. Executives who can interrogate the analysis behind a proposal make better choices and defend them more convincingly.
Executive Applied Economics & Policy Analysis is organised around the policy cycle. Participants begin with the core tools of microeconomic and macroeconomic reasoning and apply them to real problems of pricing, competition, public finance and growth. They then study how options are appraised, using cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, distributional assessment and regulatory impact methods, before examining how impact evaluation and econometric evidence are produced and where they mislead.
The programme is deliberately applied. Delegates work on policy dilemmas drawn from their own sectors, build simple models in spreadsheets, read published studies critically and finish by drafting a decision memo for a minister, cabinet committee or board. The emphasis is judgement and communication rather than mathematical derivation, so senior participants without a recent economics background can contribute fully.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave the course with:
The programme respects the limited time of senior participants and concentrates on judgement. Delivery includes:
Day 1: Economic Reasoning for Decision Makers
Day 2: Macroeconomic Context and Public Finance
Day 3: Appraising Policy Options
Day 4: Evidence, Data and Impact
Day 5: Policy Communication and Decision Memos
The programme is intended for senior decision makers and advisers, including:
On completing the programme and its practical exercises, participants are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
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By the end of the Executive Applied Economics & Policy Analysis programme, you'll be able to apply microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts to practical policy and business decisions, identify market failures and judge when intervention is justified, appraise options using cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness and multi-criteria methods, and assess the distributional effects of a policy on households, firms and regions. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme is intended for senior decision makers and advisers, including: Permanent secretaries, directors and heads of planning in ministries, Treasury, budget and revenue authority officers, Central bank and financial sector regulator staff, Policy advisers to governors, cabinets and parliamentary committees, Heads of strategy and chief economists in corporations and banks, Programme directors at development agencies and NGOs, Regulators of utilities, telecoms, energy and transport, and Think-tank and research institute managers.
Executive 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.
Executive 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 Executive Applied Economics & Policy Analysis starts October 12, 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 Executive 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.
Executive Applied Economics & Policy Analysis Training Course is pitched at advanced 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 Executive 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 — Executive 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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