Final Assessment of the 10th Five-year Development Plan: Evaluating an Economic Development Plan

The Individual Contractor will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of a national development plan by collecting and analyzing macroeconomic, sectoral and socioeconomic data, applying econometric and statistical techniques to develop counterfactual scenarios, and assessing progress toward development objectives.

Responsibilities

• Review plan documents and related policy material.
• Identify relevant indicators, targets and evaluation questions.
• Collect, compile, clean and harmonize macroeconomic, sectoral and socioeconomic datasets from national and international sources.
• Develop databases and documentation suitable for quantitative analysis.
• Contribute to design an evaluation framework and analytical methodology.
• Apply econometric techniques, including time series and panel data analysis, as appropriate.
• Support ESCWA’s broader analytical work and outputs, as needed.
• Assess performance across key macroeconomic and sectoral indicators.
• Conduct robustness checks and sensitivity analysis.
• Prepare reports, technical notes, presentations and policy recommendations.

Requirements

• A Master's degree in Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Development Economics, Data Science, or a related field is required.
• All candidates must submit a copy of the required educational degree.
• A minimum of 1 year of professional work experience in macroeconomic analysis, applied economics, econometrics, development planning, economic modelling or policy evaluation is required.
• Demonstrated experience working with macroeconomic and socioeconomic data is required.
• Strong knowledge of econometric methods, including time-series and panel-data analysis, is desirable.
• Proficiency in Stata, R, Python, EViews or similar analytical software is required.
• Experience in preparing analytical reports for governments, international organizations or research institutions is required.
• Experience in the Arab region is desirable.

Skills

• Macroeconomic Analysis
• Applied Economics
• Econometrics
• Development Planning
• Econometric Modelling
• Policy Evaluation
• Socio-economic Data Analysis
• Econometric Techniques
• Time-Series Analysis
• Panel-Data Analysis
• STATA
• Python
• EViews
• Analytical Report Production

Languages

Arabic, English