ToR for the hiring of a development economist to determine what data is needed for the MDGR and recommend development strategies (French).

ToR for the hiring of a statistician to develop MDG Indicators for local context, collect data, conduct statistical analysis and advise on how to strengthen statistical reporting in the country (French).

TERMS OF REFERENCE for PROGRAM PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION SPECIALIST WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON POVERTY REDUCTION ISSUES AND
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Situation Analysis and Elaboration of Participatory Poverty Monitoring

TOR to work with the Liberia UNDP Country Office to advise the government on strategic interventions in the short and medium term. In particular involves structural and systemic interventions, including capacity building proposals for financial and economic management (Budgetary; fiscal and monetary issues; establishment of a stable macro economic framework; PRSP, economic governance etc).

A sample TOR and Calendar by the Millennium Project for a national MDG planning process, including a detailed needs assessment.

Key documents used by Senegal in preparing a Needs Assessment (NA)Methodology.

Includes:

* Draft TORs for MDG Needs Assessment Analyst (English - blank)

* Draft TORs for Thematic Working Groups (English - blank)

* Making Sense of MDG Costing / Donner un Sens au Coût des OMD (French)

* Needs Assessment Methodology / Méthodologie de l'Évaluation des Besoins (French - Powerpoint)

* TOR for the Partnership between the Government of Senegal, UN Country Team, and the Millennium Project / Termes de Référence du Partenariat Entre le Gouvernement du Sénégal, L'équipe-pays du Système des Nations Unies et le Projet du Millénaire (French)

A series of TORs and supporting documents which Ethiopia used to conduct its MDGs Needs Assessment.

The TORs used in Conducting the Needs Assessment/Costing in Kenya

A draft terms of reference for an MDG needs assessment in Kenya. They draw on the needs assessment methodology developed by the Millennium Project.

ToR to undertake study for direct costing and costing the gap for MDGs

TOR for the MDG costing for Rwanda, which will provide a quantitative basis for defining the anti-poverty strategy and programs, as well as forecasting the needs and gaps for mobilizing additional resources. This project aims to quantify the "needs" for meeting the MDGs in terms of human resources, financial resources, and infrastructure.

These TORs were provided to the Sudan office by Abla Amawi, Assistance Resident Representative, UNDP Jordan, during a visit to help them in their MDG process

TOR for a Macroeconomist for Economic Growth towards Poverty Reduction and a Costing Expert for Economic Growth towards Poverty Reduction, to support the development of a scaled-up MDG-based National Sustainable Development Plan for Poverty Reduction for Yemen for 2006-2010. Duties involve: 1) Assist the Macroeconomic & Employment Generation Thematic Working Group (MEGTWG) in developing a macro- framework for poverty reduction in Yemen, consistent with the needs assessment approach; 2) Support the MEGTWG to initiate work on institutional reform dimensions of poverty reduction; and 3) Analyze macroeconomic growth dimensions towards fulfilling the MDGs by 2015 based on the MDG Needs Assessment and long term policy plan. This econometric model should specifically focus on financial requirements for achieving the poverty MDGs.

ToR Template for hiring of a costing consultant for the International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD) MDG Country Costing Pilot Report

TOR to support to the institutional organization and in the preparation of trimestrial reports for economic reform. Responsibilities also include ensuring the monitoring of social indicators of poverty reduction, ensuring the link between the macroeconomic framework and the PRS, and ensuring the macroeconomic projections are effectively integrated in the budget formulation process.