Experience

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  The Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (SDGC/A)

  • Kigali

  • Senior Economist

    • Apr 2018 - Present
    • Kigali

    Mainly to support the center's mandate of accelerating the SDG implementation by African Countries. This entails providing policy and technical support to the respective countries in the different areas. The main focal areas I will be following are in the realm of financing for SDGs and predominantly tax revenue mobilization.

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  SDG center Africa

  • Rwanda

  • Senior SDG Economist

    • Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
    • Rwanda

    Undertaking economic analysis, recommendations and reporting; developing appropriate methodologies/tools to support policy formulation and alignment of implementation of SDGs to socio-economic development policies across Africa.

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  EU Delegation in Uganda

  • Kampala

  • Infrastructure Economist

    • Mar 2015 - Mar 2018
    • Kampala

    The scope is broad from programme managemet, Infrastructure economic analysis and appraisail, regional integration and broadly Economic advisory .

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  Royal Norwegian Embassy, Uganda

  • Kampala

  • Senior Programme Officer/ EConomist

    • Oct 2012 - Feb 2015
    • Kampala

    JD is in range of economic analysis, public finance management, project appriasals, and monitoring, Oil Revenue management as well as being an anti corruption analyst: Specific responsibilities include not limited to; 1. Chaired the Donor Economist Group (DEG).The roles included but not limited to; promoting coordinated, prioritized, and economically informed policy dialogue with Government and other stakeholders including National Planning Authority. 2. Provided quality input to the DP input to the NDP process. In particular as DEG chair, I coordinated the DP quality assurance input on the macro fiscal sections of the NDP as well provided input on the accountability –PFM section.3. Produced a number of economic policy papers for embassy in realm of oil production, revenue generation in Uganda, the review of inflation targeting in Uganda, the banking industry growth and its down ward risks, the economic outlook of Uganda.4.One of the donor representatives that supported and provided quality and technical support to the design of public financial programme three (FINMAP III). I am the programme officer for public finance management and accountability related activities including working jointly with government team in producing quality PFM reports. I was also involved in the last two PEFA assessments. 5.Part of Taskforce that designed the Ugandan on Joint Budget support Framework. This included design of SMART indicators jointly with government ministries and jointly carrying out assessment of progress against the agreed joint assessment framework indicators.6.Quality reviewed the draft Country strategies of different agencies including the World bank7.Quality reviewed the IMF mission PSI reports and advised the Nordic IMF board representation accordingly.8.actively participate in Development Partner Working Groups such as the Donor Economist Group, Public Financial Management Development Partners Group and the Public Expenditure Review Working Group.

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  Etwino consults- The Economic seive

  • Managing consultant

    • 2011 - 2014

    Economic research in realm of macro economics and some micro economics. Lectured short courses on various topics ranging from taxes, fiscal policy and monetary policy

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  Royal Danish Embassy, Uganda

  • Macro economist

    • Jun 2008 - Sep 2012

    Task force member of the Joint Donor Budget support FrameworkWork portifolio- Public Finance Management including participating in PEFA assessments, Budget support assessment, cross cutting advisor to several projects on Aid management guidelines and procedures. generalist analyst at the embassy

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  UBA

  • Treasury OPs

    • 2008 - 2008