Introduction
Welcome to Mick Foster Economics Limited.
The site provides access to downloadable copies of papers and reports by Mick Foster, as well as details of projects he is involved in via Mick Foster Economics Limited, the company he established in September 2002. The company is basically a vehicle for Mick to provide consultancy services, and he is the sole employee, although Mick Foster Economics Limited often works in association with other companies and consultants on larger projects.
Background Information
Mick is a development economist with over 30 years experience, including working in more than 40 countries, and on most sectors. He worked for most of his career for DFID, finishing as head of Africa Economics Department. He left to set up the Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure (CAPE) within the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Under Mick's leadership, CAPE did pioneering work on Sector Wide Approaches, on aid and public expenditure, and on how aid can best support poverty reduction strategies. MFEL contracts have continued to involve Mick both in overall thinking and analysis about aid (e.g. studies on the case for aid, on aid predictability, on the implications of increased aid dependence, and on how to assist fragile states), and in direct consultancy support to countries, including work on public expenditure reviews, sector reviews, the design of aid modalities, and fiduciary risk assessments, often as team leader. He has a strong track record of providing clear analysis of complex problems, and innovative but practical approaches to solving them.