Governments, central agencies and development partners spend heavily on subsidies, tax changes, social transfers and regulatory reforms, yet many are never assessed rigorously enough to show whether they worked or offered value for money. Weak evidence leaves budget offices and policymakers repeating costly mistakes. The five days combine economic reasoning with evaluation practice. Sessions cover policy theory of change and results frameworks, indicator selection for economic outcomes, ex-ante and ex-post appraisal, cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, discounting, shadow pricing and sensitivity testing.
Impact evaluation methods are treated in depth: randomised designs, difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, propensity score matching and instrumental variables, with hands-on work in Stata or R on household survey and administrative data. You also practise regulatory impact assessment, distributional and gender analysis, and writing policy briefs that busy decision-makers will read. Policy analysts, economists in ministries of finance and planning, central bank and revenue authority researchers, M&E specialists, parliamentary budget office staff and development partner advisers will gain most. Afterwards you can design a credible evaluation of a policy and present its economic case. Sessions run in the classroom, online or in-house, and successful participants gain a CPD-accredited certificate.
Economic policy decisions, from fertiliser subsidies and cash transfer programmes to tariff changes and infrastructure investments, commit public resources for years. Treasuries, parliaments and development partners increasingly ask for evidence that such interventions achieve their intended outcomes at reasonable cost, and for honest accounts when they do not. Meeting that demand requires analysts who can bring together monitoring systems, economic appraisal and rigorous impact evaluation.
The Monitoring and Evaluation of Applied Economics & Policy Analysis Training Course gives participants a practical toolkit for that work. It starts with how policies are expected to change behaviour and markets, expressed as a theory of change and a results framework with measurable indicators. It then covers economic appraisal before a policy is adopted, weighing costs against benefits or against a single outcome measure, and evaluation after implementation, using experimental and quasi-experimental designs. Participants learn to judge data quality, interpret effect sizes, consider who gains and who loses, and avoid common errors such as ignoring counterfactuals or double counting benefits.
Each day mixes concepts with computer-based exercises. Participants work with real-format datasets in Stata, R or Excel, critique published evaluations and complete an evaluation design and policy brief for a programme relevant to their institution.
Over the five days, participants will learn to:
The practical results you take home are:
Delivery balances economic concepts with hands-on analysis. Participants work through:
Day 1: Policy Logic, Results Frameworks and Indicators
Day 2: Economic Appraisal with Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Day 3: Impact Evaluation Designs
Day 4: Applied Analysis with Policy Data
Day 5: Evidence Use and Policy Communication
This programme is relevant to analysts and evaluators working on public policy, including:
Each participant who attends the full programme and completes the computer labs and evaluation design exercise is awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
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By the end of the Monitoring and Evaluation of Applied Economics & Policy Analysis programme, you'll be able to construct a theory of change and results framework for an economic policy or programme, select economic outcome indicators and assess the quality of administrative and survey data, conduct cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, including discounting and sensitivity tests, and choose an impact evaluation design suited to the policy, data and timeline available. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
This programme is relevant to analysts and evaluators working on public policy, including: Economists and policy analysts in ministries of finance, planning and trade, Monitoring and evaluation officers in government delivery units, Researchers in central banks, revenue authorities and statistics offices, Parliamentary budget office and committee research staff, Economists and M&E specialists in development partner and UN agencies, Researchers in think tanks and university policy institutes, Programme managers responsible for subsidy, social protection or investment programmes, and Consultants who carry out policy and programme evaluations.
Monitoring and Evaluation of 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.
Monitoring and Evaluation of 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 Monitoring and Evaluation of 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 Monitoring and Evaluation of 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.
Monitoring and Evaluation of 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 Monitoring and Evaluation of 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 — Monitoring and Evaluation of 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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