Previous Projects

Human Resources Database, Southern African Transport and Communication commission (SATCC), Maputo, Mozambique. The assignment included information systems design and installation to facilitate creation and maintenance of a regional approach to sharing and exchange of resources, facilities and systems in the human resources development of the transport and communication sector in the SADC region.

Sugar Supply and Demand Study in Kenya, The Kenya Sugar Board. PPI completed a sugar supply and demand study for the Kenya Sugar Board. The Study examined the structure of the industry, institutional, policy and regulatory frameworks, consumer behaviour at both domestic and industrial levels, import and export arrangements, production and marketing capacity, international and regional trade agreements and protocols, cane production and pricing, and welfare benefits, and made supply and demand projections through 2007.

Evaluation of the Natural Resources Management Support (NRMS) Project, Government of the Republic of Niger:  NGR/NRMS/004. The evaluation assisted the Government of Niger and other actors in natural resource management to design and implement activities supporting natural resource management. The evaluation examined a range of activities conducted under the project and described the contribution of the NRMS to national development.

Assessment of the Private Sector Technology Transfer Methods, Ministry of State, Office of the President, Zimbabwe. The PPI Agricultural Economist, on request of the Zimbabwe Government, was commissioned to conduct an analysis and assessment of successful private sector endeavours involving agribusiness, cooperatives, NGOs, PVOs, farmers’ groups and other associations engaged in extension services. The resulting critical review identified conditions and methods, which support private sector technology, transfer activities for farmers in Zimbabwe.

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Reviewed Financial Management Systems and operations and facilitated a strategic planning and policy formulation/analysis workshop for the Bank of Uganda’s (BOU’s) senior management staff. This assignment was undertaken as part of the liberalisation of the finance sector, and strengthening of the process for privatisation and/or commercialisation of the public financial sub-sector. (Ministry of Finance and BOU, Uganda, Jan-Feb 1997).

Mid-Term Evaluation of the Africa Emergency Locust-Grasshopper Assistance Project (AELCA). A PPI team travelled to Niger, Senegal, Chad and Mali to assess the operational planning, implementation and managerial/administrative effectiveness with which the AELCA programs were implemented. The team found that the AELCA had performed laudably to combat the locust menace, but had been less successful in achieving secondary purpose – stimulating research and training to facilitate control of locust plaques over the long-term. 

The team provided specific recommendations to enhance the project’s effectiveness at the international level in working with the FAO for improvement of forecasting. At national level the team identified the need for technical assistance in entomology, logistics and commodities.

Tanzania Parastatal Retrenchment Policy Options Study to provide an economic and social rationale for statutory severance and other payments made/to be made to the Parastatal Enterprise retrenched staff (Presidential Parastatal Sector Reform Commission, United Republic of Tanzania, Sept – Dec 1998) funded by World Bank.