Training workshop for HESPI research team

Training workshop for HESPI research team HESPI conducted a training workshop for its research staff on August 1-5, 2017, in Addis Ababa. The training focused on the application of microeconometric techniques for impact evaluation using STATA. Techniques of impact evaluation including randomized control trials, double difference and propensity score matching were covered. The research team were able to acquire skills on how to apply the different impact evaluation techniques to a particular program evaluation.
Report On Fiscal Transparency And Effective Budget Management; Training For Senior Officials Of Somalia And South Sudan; 31st of May – 3rd of June 2016

Report On Fiscal Transparency And Effective Budget Management; Training For Senior Officials Of Somalia And South Sudan; 31st of May – 3rd of June 2016

The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) is an independent, non-profit regional think tank, which builds capacity for institution in member countries of the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) and other low income countries. The institute is involved in high level quality research and mounting of specialized training on diverse issues for members of legislature and staff of relevant departments within the executive and other think tanks.  Among the Institute’s core programs, is institutional…
Report on Auditors Training of the Supreme Audit Institutions of the Federal Auditor General of Somalia and the National Audit Chamber of South Sudan (2-8 May 2016)

Report on Auditors Training of the Supreme Audit Institutions of the Federal Auditor General of Somalia and the National Audit Chamber of South Sudan (2-8 May 2016)

Institutional capacity building with the goal of improving financial sector effectiveness, and enhancing financial governance and integrity in post conflict countries has been The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute’s core programs component since establishment. It conducted empirical studies that verify the need for ensuring fiscal discipline, bringing resource allocation in line with policy priorities, creating an enabling environment for public financial managers for better public finance management and financial transparency to enhance the post-conflict…

HESPI recently initiated an internship program for post graduate students from the IGAD and internationally

What’s New ----------------------- The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute recently initiated an internship program for post graduate students from the IGAD and internationally. The recent HESPI interns, wrote the following: "My name is Aziza Abdurrahman Ahmed, and I am an upper class undergraduate studying economics at Hawassa University. I was a summer intern in HESPI for two months, doing a research paper on IGAD and its functions. HESPI helped me a lot giving me…