Overview
The project “Development policies for sustainable economic growth in Southern Africa” has been implemented by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Mozambique, Zambia, Mauritius and Tanzania in the period from 2016-2020 with the overall aim of building capacity to design and implement development policies for sustainable economic growth. This was to be achieved by country-specific research based on established UNCTAD tools and methodologies as well as a number of national training workshops for policymakers in the four countries to improve their capacity to formulate integrated macro-economic, trade and sectoral policies in support of productive transformation. Regional workshops were also delivered to explore obstacles and opportunities for regional collaboration and value chains, as well as coordinated policy efforts to enhance the regional economic integration. This report evaluates the project design, project management, implementation, the extent to which gender equality and human rights have been mainstreamed in the project as well as the overall project performance. The assessment is based on an online survey with 46 workshop participants and virtual interviews with 23 key stakeholders (16 men and 7 women).