The purpose of this exercise was to identify the role of these institutions, in policy analysis and decision-making, the nature of policies that they are responsible for, the potential participants identified for policy analysis training based on their professional titles, and the coverage of these institutions in terms of their analysis and use of information. Assessment of need for individual capacity included the nature of job, number of established posts and the number of posts filled, the grade of the post, and the role of this post in policy analysis and decision making. In general, the principal and senior economists are involved in policy analysis while the junior economists who are fresh from college with an undergraduate degree tend to undertake data collection and are also engaged in project preparation and monitoring and evaluation type of activities. Since most of the economists are members of the general economic pool, they are likely to be transferred to any ministry that deals with economic planning and policy making. While priority in choosing training courses for them should match the needs of the ministry in which they are currently employed, they will also benefit from other project-based and policy training courses offered at Bunda College.
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