Consultant to train 8 pilot countries in the methodology of National Inclusion Accounts

Contract

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Result of Service

For 2024, the central focus of the Development Account project is on estimation of the National Inclusion Accounts in the eight pilot countries. This consultant will teach the methodology for National Inclusion Accounts to these eight countries and provide methodological support to government officials, national consultants, and National Transfer Account teams as they make their national estimates.

Work Location

Remote

Expected duration

17 Jun 24 - 28 Feb 25

Duties and Responsibilities

The Secretary-General’s report on Our Common Agenda highlighted the importance of strengthening capacities to understand and assess the future, building long-term intergenerational thinking into important policies and decision-making. One of the defining characteristics of humanity’s future is population ageing – the rising proportion of older persons in the population. Population ageing has also been identified as one of the five key megatrends shaping the future by the UN Economist Network. This echoes longstanding calls for integrating population into development planning expressed by the General Assembly, the Commission on Population and Development, the Asian and Pacific Population Conference, the Regional Conference on Population and Development and the Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America. This Development Account project directly responds to these calls by transforming National Accounts into a policy instrument that addresses the twin goals of inclusion and sustainability in the context of population ageing. National Inclusion Accounts disaggregate national economic statistics by age and socioeconomic status and help identify and observe how economic resources are shared between population groups. This type of accounting is needed for long-term forecasts of the costs and funding sources for social protection, education, and health care programmes to ensure their fiscal sustainability and evaluate their success in achieving inclusive sustainable development. This project will support eight developing countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Asia and the Pacific to strengthen capacity to produce National Inclusion Accounts, analyze the impacts of population ageing on inclusive and sustainable development, and formulate public policies and plans taking into account future demographic change, while promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth. The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs conducts demographic research, supports intergovernmental processes at the United Nations in the area of population and development, and assists countries in developing their capacity to produce and analyse population data and information. Further information on DESA is available on the following website:www.unpopulation.org. Under the supervision of the Population Affairs Officer, the consultant will provide training in the methods of National Inclusion Accounts. The target audience are government officials, national consultants, and the NTA country teams in the 8 pilot countries participating in this Development Account project. The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs conducts demographic research, supports intergovernmental processes at the United Nations in the area of population and development, and assists countries in developing their capacity to produce and analyse population data and information. Further information on DESA is available on the following website:www.unpopulation.org. Under the supervision of the Population Affairs Officer, the consultant will provide training in the methods of National Inclusion Accounts. The target audience are government officials, national consultants, and the NTA country teams in the 8 pilot countries participating in this Development Account project. The following activities will be undertaken by the Consultant: • Prepare and provide training materials on NIA estimation (such as PowerPoint slides, Excel worksheets, and STATA or R programming codes) to DESA and the country teams. • Provide virtual training to government officials, national consultants and the NTA country teams for the 8 pilot countries. • Assist government officials, national consultants, and NTA country teams in understanding the NIA estimation methods. • Collect feedback on the draft manual for National Inclusion Accounts for use in its revision, from the government officials, national consultants, and NTA country teams from the 8 pilot countries. • Provide updates and summary progress reports to DESA on work carried out and results obtained.

Qualifications/special skills

Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in demography, statistics, economics or related field is required. At least 10 years of experience in economic, demographic, or related field of research and analysis is required. Expert knowledge of the National Transfer Accounts is required.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. Fluency in spoken and written English is required for the assignment.

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.