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| Livelihoods |
| Land |
| Public Services |
| Political Economy |
| Economics |
| Aid Management |
| Darfur |
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| August 2011 |
| Aid Effectiveness JM&Co's paper Why We Will Never Learn has been adopted as a Key Text in the Governance & Social Development Resource Centre's Topic Guide to Measuring Results. CAADP Pillar 4 A JM&Co team has completed a mapping of aid to Agricultural R&D in Sub Saharan Africa, and case studies on the CAADP process and donor support to CAADP Pillar 4 in Benin, Tanzania and Zambia. DARFUR At Durham University in June, JM presented the Sir William Luce Memorial Lecture titled How to Govern Darfur? This looked at social and political institutions from the 18th century to the present day. LIBERIA In March, JM led a 4 week training course in Public Financial Management for the Ministries of Finance and Economic Planning. |
James Morton & Company
A small consultancy supporting international efforts to promote growth and social development, JM & Co is based on its founder's 30 years experience across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and S. America.
Livelihoods
Bridging the gap between analysis and day-to-day reality, with an understanding based on:
- a unique set of field studies
- 15 years' work with public services in difficult areas
Land
From settlement in Darfur to national reform in Guyana, focussing on:
- Impact: Who gains and who loses?
- Institutions: Sustainable and affordable land law and land services?
Public Services
Taking Poverty Reduction Strategies through to Public Service Action, by combining:
- experience at the front line of service delivery
- a strategic approach which links policy reform with public expenditure management, and institution building. TOP
Political Economy
'.. the success or failure of an aid programme is essentially related to aspects of political economy ..’ That lesson from Darfur in the 1980s has been at the centre of JM’s work ever since.
Economics
Practical solutions underpinned by rigorous analysis, with a focus on:
- Innovation, especially in agriculture
- Growth: private sector development, market chains and rural finance
- Environmental Economics TOP
Aid Management
A systematic, tested approach to:
- Planning and implementing multi-million dollar programmes
- Evaluating welfare impacts
- Policy formation
Darfur
An understanding born of 6 years living in Nyala and Zalingei, a unique body of field material and theoretical research ranging from semi-arid ecologies through institutional economics to Islamic sociology. TOP
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| Livelihood Surveys |
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Photography With thanks to John Anderson, some photo- graphy from Yemen in the 1970s has been posted. Publications A paper for a Tanzanian client on Small Business Taxation: comparing E. European experience with the current situation in Tanzania.The Luce Memorial Lecture How to Govern Darfur? Also shortly to be published on Durham University's Luce Fund website. |
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| James Morton
& Co Ltd
UK
Company No 6331945
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| Tel: + 44 1 844 213063 |
| mail@jfmorton.co.uk |