African Growth & Development Policy Modeling Consortium

The African Growth and Development Policy Modeling Consortium is an initiative aimed at positioning African experts to take a leading role in the study of strategic development questions and the broader agricultural growth and policy debate facing African countries. read more

AGRODEP Country profile: Ghana

The AGRODEP portal provides profiles of African countries. Each country page includes the national flag, links to briefs by various organizations on important topics about the country and links to websites of national organizations and research institutions in the country. In addition, each country page provides links to available economic models, datasets, resources, and profiles of AGRODEP members from that country.

NEW MEMBERS JOIN THE MODELING CONSORTIUM

AGRODEP welcomes twenty nine new members who joined the Consortium this month. The new members come from fifteen different countries in Africa. They bring diverse experiences and professional backgrounds and interests. The Consortium consists now of eighty four members.

14 May, 2012 - 25 May, 2012

2012 AGRODEP training course: GAMS-based Computable General Equilibrium Modeling (basic)

Entebbe, Uganda

The training on building multi-sector Computable general equilibrium (CGE) models will be given by Veronique Robichaud, a senior resource person at the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP). The objective of the training is to develop the participants’ expertise in understanding and building multi-sector computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, which are used to analyze the microeconomic impact of macroeconomic shocks and policies on a national economy.

Makochekanwa, Albert

Albert Makochekanwa received the Research Valorization Grant provided by AGRODEP in order to enable its members to present the outcome of their research at international conferences. He attended the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)'s International Conference held at Oxford University, United Kingdom on March 18-20, 2012. The grant enabled Albert to present his research on COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite FTA: Implications on welfare and food security. Albert is a citizen of Zimbabwe. He is currently, a Trade Analyst at the USAID Southern Africa Trade Hub where he conducts research, analysis, and provides policy advice on non-tariff barriers and intra-regional trade in the SADC region. He is also involved in strengthening the capacity of the SADC Secretariat to effectively implement and monitor the implementation of the SADC Free Trade Area as well as increase regional economic integration.