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Support for enhancing capacity in advising, examining, and overseeing macroeconomic policies

Project Number 00059714
Location: Ha Noi
Start Date: Apr-2010
Duration: 2010-2014
Funding: Regular source: US$ 2,000,000; One Plan Fund: US$ 1,600,000; Government contribution: US$ 400,000
Executing Agency: Economic Committee of National Assembly (ECNA)
Implementing Agency: ECNA
Objectives:
  • National capacity enhanced for macro-economic advising and oversight to ensure sound and pro-poor macro-economic policies
Key Results:
  • Research programmes developed annually/bi-annually based on key macro-economic policies issues, options and hypotheses identified on broad consensus basis
  • Evidence-based macro-economic policy analysis/studies conducted to provide quality inputs to macro-economic policy making
  • Capacity of involved policy advising, examination and oversight agencies and research institutes strengthened for the former to better understand and use research results and the later to better conduct and communicate research works.
Status: Ongoing
Profile:

This project will contribute to the UN One Plan’s Outcome 1: “social and economic development policies, plans and laws support equitable and inclusive growth and conform to the values and goals of the Millennium Declaration and other relevant international agreements and conventions” and the Country Programme Output 1.10 “knowledge increased and policy options identified to promote more pro-poor public finance policies that take into account the impacts of trade liberalisation and financial reforms”.

The project provides two-fold and mutually complementary support to enhance capacity at i) Selected macro-economic policy examining and overseeing institutions and ii) Selected macro-economic policy research groups. Beneficiaries of the project include ECNA, National Financial Supervisory Committee, Central Party Office, Office of Government and Office of Presidency. Key activities include bi-annual national-wide conferences on strategic economic issues, frequent publications of research results and advocacy on macro-economic policies, thematic workshops, thematic research studies, networking and training.

Delivery in 2011: US$248,918 (as of February 17, 2012)

Delivery in 2010:  US$ 262,898.30 (as of 31 December 2010)

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Contact:

UNDP Programme Officer: Le Thi Ngoc Lien
Add: 25-29 Phan Boi Chau
Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Tel: (84 4) 3942 1495 ext. 121
Fax: (84 4) 3942 2267
Email:   le.thi.ngoc.lien@undp.org
Website: www.undp.org.vn

Name of NPD: Nguyen Van Phuc (Vice Chair of ECNA)
Name of PM: Nguyen Tri Dung
Add: 37 Hung Vuong
Tel: 84 4 3 7349022

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