Governments and development agencies face hard trade-offs with tight budgets, volatile prices, climate shocks and rising public debt, and policies built on intuition rather than evidence are costly to reverse. Five days at an advanced level show economists and analysts how to frame policy problems sharply and test options before resources are committed. You apply cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, regulatory impact assessment and partial equilibrium and input-output models, and are introduced to computable general equilibrium and microsimulation for distributional effects.
Evidence sessions cover impact evaluation designs including randomised trials, difference-in-differences and regression discontinuity, plus behavioural insights, nowcasting with high-frequency data and scenario-based foresight. Innovation topics include policy labs, regulatory sandboxes and piloting at small scale. Exercises run in Stata, R or Excel, and you practise turning results into concise policy briefs and political economy assessments that decision-makers can act on. Economists and policy analysts in finance and planning ministries, central banks, revenue authorities, think tanks, regulators and development partners are the core participants. Afterwards you can lead an options appraisal from problem definition to recommendation. Choose a classroom session, live online delivery or an in-house run; each carries a CPD-accredited certificate.
Economic policy is being made under unusual pressure. Fiscal space is narrow, shocks from climate, commodity markets and global finance arrive more often, and citizens expect governments to show that public money delivers results. At the same time, new data sources, cheaper computing and a growing body of rigorous evaluation evidence give analysts better tools than ever to inform decisions, provided they know how to use them and how to communicate what they find.
The Strategy and Innovation in Applied Economics & Policy Analysis Training Course brings these tools together in a structured policy cycle. Participants begin with problem diagnosis, objective setting and the identification of policy options. They then appraise options using cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness techniques, discounting and sensitivity analysis, before modelling wider economic and distributional effects. Midweek sessions turn to measuring what works, comparing experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation designs and their data requirements. The later sessions address innovation in the policy process itself, from high-frequency indicators and nowcasting to policy experimentation, behavioural approaches and strategic foresight, and close with political economy analysis and the craft of the policy brief.
Every topic is paired with applied work on datasets and policy cases drawn from taxation, agriculture, energy subsidies, social protection and trade. Participants complete an end-to-end options appraisal in teams and defend their recommendation before a mock cabinet committee.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
Participants leave with:
Analytical rigour is matched with practical application throughout:
Day 1: Policy Problems, Options and the Analytical Toolkit
Day 2: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Regulatory Impact Assessment
Day 3: Economic Modelling and Distributional Analysis
Day 4: Impact Evaluation and Data Innovation
Day 5: Strategy, Political Economy and Policy Communication
The course is pitched at analysts and advisers who already work with economic data, including:
Participants earn a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy once they have attended the full course, completed the computer labs and presented their team's options appraisal.
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By the end of the Strategy and Innovation in Applied Economics & Policy Analysis programme, you'll be able to frame policy problems using problem trees, objective hierarchies and clear counterfactuals, appraise policy options with cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness analysis, including discounting and sensitivity tests, conduct a regulatory impact assessment proportionate to the significance of a proposal, and estimate economy-wide and distributional effects using input-output, partial equilibrium and microsimulation approaches. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The course is pitched at analysts and advisers who already work with economic data, including: Economists in ministries of finance, planning and trade, Research and policy staff in central banks, Policy analysts in parliamentary budget offices and legislative research units, Economic advisers in regulatory agencies and revenue authorities, Researchers in think tanks and university policy institutes, Economists and programme officers with development partners and multilateral banks, Strategy and public affairs economists in large companies and industry associations, and Monitoring and evaluation specialists moving into policy evaluation.
Strategy and Innovation in 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.
Strategy and Innovation in 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 Strategy and Innovation in 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 Strategy and Innovation in 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.
Strategy and Innovation in 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 Strategy and Innovation in 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 — Strategy and Innovation in 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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