CURRICULUM VITAE ENOCK NYOREKWA TWINOBURYO Personal Details: Nationality: Ugandan Official Address: P.O. Box 29075, Kampala, Uganda Telephone number: +256 776889253 Email: etwinon@gmail.com Blog: http://economicseive.blogspot.com/ Enock is an economist with a vision of contributing significantly to the economic research portfolio, development cooperation and economic making through various transmission channels in particular the technical one. Areas of Key Competence: 1. Strong theoretical and empirical understanding Macro and Micro economics 2. General Macro economics 3. General understanding of Public Financial Management PFM instruments (PEFA; PER, Audit reports) 4. Conversant with donor aid management guidelines in particular Norway and Denmark Guidelines. 5. Conversant with development planning ; ranging from theoretical foundations to practical comprehension 6. Well acquainted with statistical and econometric packages (Eviews, excel modeling, Micro fit, Stata, PcGiv). Well conversant with econometric theory and practice including the Basic social accounting matrix. Have a pipeline paper on monetary transmission mechanisms in Uganda using the Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium. This should solidify my skills in MATLAB usage 7. Well versed with growth models and their empirical applications 8. Hands on experience in computer Microsoft basic packages (Word, Excel) including excel modelling Key Outputs (Norwegian Embassy & Danish Embassy): 1. Chaired the Donor Economist Group (DEG).The roles included but not limited to; promoting coordinated, prioritized, and economically informed policy dialogue with Government and other stakeholders including National Planning Authority. 2. Provided quality input to the DP input to the NDP process. In particular as DEG chair, I coordinated the DP quality assurance input on the macro fiscal sections of the NDP as well provided input on the accountability PFM section. 1
3. Produced a number of economic policy papers for embassy in realm of oil production, revenue generation in Uganda, the review of inflation targeting in Uganda, the banking industry growth and its down ward risks, the economic outlook of Uganda. 4. One of the donor representatives that supported and provided quality and technical support to the design of public financial programme three (FINMAP III). In addition, I am the programme officer for public finance management and accountability related activities including working jointly with government team in producing quality PFM reports. I was also involved in the last two PEFA assessments. 5. Part of Taskforce that designed the Ugandan on Joint Budget support Framework. This included design of SMART indicators jointly with government ministries and jointly carrying out assessment of progress against the agreed joint assessment framework indicators. 6. Quality reviewed the draft Country strategies of different agencies including the World bank 7. Quality reviewed the IMF mission PSI reports and advised the Nordic IMF board representation accordingly. 8. Take responsibility for dialogue between the Embassy and Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and actively participate in Development Partner Working Groups such as the Donor Economist Group, Public Financial Management Development Partners Group and the Public Expenditure Review Working Group. 9. Management of different donor government programmes including the expired DANIDA support to the public sector management sector, public service reform programme, and the Poverty Reduction development Plan (PRDP) among others. 10. Technically participating in annual joint sector reviews including the Joint Annual review of Decentralisation. 11. Participation in the analysis of national and sector development policies, plans and public expenditure programmes, the budget processes and all discussions around the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). 12. Dialogue and participate in the International Monetary Fund s Policy Support Instrument and the World Bank s Poverty Reduction Support Credit process. 13. Studying, advising and dealing with various economic aspects such as monetary, fiscal policies and income. 14. Monitoring and assessing the macroeconomic situation and the implementation of macroeconomic policies. This also involves participation in Public Expenditure Reviews and writing routine (monthly/quarterly) status reports and economic updates. 15. Maintaining a statistical database to support macroeconomic analysis and forecasting. 16. Do annual and semiannual budget analyses. 2
Research Experience: - PHD accepted proposal at University of South Africa: Monetary Policy and Economic Growth: Lessons from EAC - Monetary policy performance in Tanzania (1961-2014): a review. Banks and Bank Systems, Volume 9, Issue 4, 2014 - Monetary Policy Dynamics in Kenya: 1963-2014. Problems and Perspectives in Management, Volume 12, Issue 4, 2014 - Monetary Policy and Economic Growth Dynamics in Uganda "Banks and Bank Systems", Volume 9, Issue 2, 2014 - Money Demand in Uganda under the Reform Program: 1986-2005- Un published thesis - Impact of Exchange rate variations on Economic Growth in Uganda: 1986-2002 - Provided input in to the regular Economic policy Research Centre policy notes and business surveys Consultancy Centre for Policy Analysis,May 2015 : Policy Analysis of fiscal deficits, inclusivity and the role of Parliament- A look at 2015/16 budget Society for International development, 2014: Intra agricultural Trade- whose interest is it? Newspaper and other article publications The African executive 20 may 2015- US dollar hammers the Uganda shilling The Ugandan bankers Institute April 2015- Euro zone banking sector lessons for Uganda. The Observer 28 October 2014- Now is the time to rebase Uganda's GDP The Observer 14 October 2014- Oil price slump not good for Uganda The newvision October 2014- The current account deficits are costly in the long run The newvision September 2014- The UMEME deal was legal The newvision 29 th may 2014 - Monetary policy may be sound but risks futility The Observer 22 may 2014- Pension liberalisation: never test the depth of water with both feet The Ugandan bankers Institute 2014- The Economic consequences of oil expectations so far The Newvision 16 may 2014 - Pensions sector liberalisation 3
The Newvision -26 November 2013 - Shared benefits for all require openness about oil resources The Newvision- 29 October 2013, how much is Uganda oil worth? The Observer 17 September 2013 - Increased 'Chinalisation' of Uganda could boomerang Ugandan bankers Institute 2013-Uganda economic worries in medium term Ugandan bankers Institute 2013-Uganda Banking sector solid but shallow The Newvision 8 th september 2013- Oil and Natural Resource Governance: Lessons for Uganda Ugandan bankers Institute Euro zone crisis and its implications on Uganda The Africanexecutive 15-22 august 2012- Uganda: Are Districts Restricting Development? The Africanexecutive march 2012 Uganda and the paradox of plenty The African executive Real Estate: Are Uganda s Real Estate Prices Sustainable? The Observer 3 July 2011- How to understand Uganda's inflation The Observer 2011 Our consumption bubble will eventually burst Employment Record: March 2015- to date Infrastructure Economist, European Union,Uganda October 2012 to-march 2015: Senior Programme Officer & Economist, Royal Norwegian Embassy 2013/14 Part time lecturer at Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU) in economics courses namely: mathematical economics, statistical methods, macroeconomics, history of economic thought, international and development economics. June 2008 to September 2012: Macro Economist, Royal Danish Embassy Uganda July 2007 to April 2008: Financial Markets Operations Manager, Standard Chartered Bank. 4
October 2006 to June 2007: Tutorial Assistant at the Department of Economics, University of Dar es Salaam: Micro-economics, Econometrics and Environmental Economics. July 2004 to August 2005: Tutorial Assistant at Makerere University, Faculty of Economics and Management: Introduction to Mathematical Economics. Education Background: 2013-2016 University of South Africa PHD in Economics 2005-2007 University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) Master of Arts in Economics: Electives Monetary Economics, Public Expenditure Economics and Environment economics (First class) 2001-2004 Makerere University, Uganda Bachelor of Arts in Economics (First class) Other Professional Training: Revenue Watch Governance of Minerals, Oil, and Natural Gas -Accra 11 th - 24 th August 2013 The training encompassed a number of issues but not limited to; understanding the value chain of the extractives, the fiscal metering of the oil and gas sector, Political Economy of Natural Resource Management, local content, legislative and policy framework, the fiscal regime, fiscal rules and the general macroeconomics of oil extraction. In addition to training, I have published a number of articles on the fiscal regime, fiscal rules of Uganda and the oil macroeconomics. AERC workshop on Youth Unemployment and Capital Flight 20th-24 th March 2013 This training entailed a number of presentations by seasoned researchers from AERC, African development bank and others from Diaspora. Understanding and assessing the impact of economic social reforms through use of Social Accounting Matrix tool- World Bank training July 2 nd -6 th 2012. 5
DANIDA Online PFM Training: The online basic introductory course details the basic PFM framework of fiscal discipline, operational efficiency and allocative efficiency, while defining the tools of PFM. The training does an extensive coverage of the basic budget planning cycle from planning to oversight and what key PFM messages to look out for. Advanced Public Financial Management training by DFID in Glasgow-April 2010. This training provided advanced training to PFM practitioners and builds from the DANIDA online PFM training. The Course gives extensive hands on training on most of the PFM instruments, including understanding the PFM reform strategies in different countries like Cambodia that uses a platform approach in its reform, detailed understanding of methodology used in PEFA among others DANIDA Economists meeting on Aid Effectiveness 2009 1 st -3 rd April 2009. This was a follow up on the Paris review 2008 and understanding the different mechanism of budget support used in respective countries. I made the presentation on Uganda. 6
Referees: Edward SENNOGA (Ph.D), Country Economist, African Development bank, Rwanda Tel: +256774256196 Email: e.sennoga@afdb.org Prof. Nicholas M Odhiambo, PhD Research Chair, Macroeconomic Policy Analysis (MPA) Department of Economics University of South Africa Email: odhianm@unisa.ac.za / nmbaya99@yahoo.com Morten Svelle (Mr.) Minister counsellor Norwegian Embassy, Kampala Morten.svelle@mfa.no Tel +47 415 70 254 7