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The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) is hosting an Impact Evaluation Retooling workshop for AERC 40 faculty members and researchers from 18 sub–Saharan Africa (SSA) countries in, Nairobi. The workshop was officially opened by Prof. Théophile Azomahou, AERC, Executive Director. The face-to-face component of this blended workshop runs from July 10 – 15, 2023, while the online phase will run from July 17-21, 2023. The faculty members are drawn from the CMAP, CMAAE and the CPP universities while the researchers are drawn from the pool that have their PASHFARM research proposals under review.

The objective of the workshop is to equip Faculty Members and Researchers with tools for impact evaluation that are key for individual research and for teaching of research methods, econometrics, quantitative methods, and project analysis at the graduate level.

The workshop is being supported by the University of North Carolina (USA), the American Institutes of Research (AIR), the UNICEF and the AERC-BMGF PASHFARM project. The purpose of PASHFARM project is to rigorously research on retail markets for nutritious foods for improved policy development, program design and health in SSA.

The workshop facilitators include Dr. Sudhanshu Handa, Institute Fellow, American Institutes for Research (AIR); Prof. Gustavo Angeles, University of North Carolina, USA; Dr. Kaku Damoah, UNICEF Office of Research, and Dr. Duah Dwomoh, University of Ghana.