Kimetrica LLC (funded by USAID) - Myanmar Analytical Activity (MAA) - 2019

Project Description:

USAID/Burma (Myanmar) requires analytical support to supplement its current portfolio of Democracy and Governance, national reconciliation, economic growth and health activities. This analytical support is aligned with the Democracy and Governance Project Appraisal Document and will primarily focus on the drivers of conflict impacting the implementation of development programs by USAID/ Burma. The activity will enable the Mission to better address emerging issues, take advantage of opportunities, and react to unexpected political and economic events and social conditions.

USAID/Burma anticipates the most significant need for support in addressing conflict dynamics in Kachin, Shan, and Rakhine States, southeastern Myanmar, and the influence of national political and economic actors and institutions based in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw. The multitude of layers impacting Myanmar’s development and democratic transition require continuous monitoring and analysis allowing the Mission to make strategic adjustments to implementation.

Landell Mills/ Funded by ADB - TA 9634-REG: Strengthening Integrated Flood Risk Management - 2019

Project Description:

The project aimed to strengthen the design and implementation of Integrated Flood Risk Management (IFRM) solutions, enhancing knowledge and application of IFRM strategies in DMCs of ADB. The assignment aimed to provide targeted technical support for program and project preparation and promote more holistic IFRM solutions, including basin-wide and NBSs that would deliver greater sustainability and long-term effectiveness, thereby strengthening flood resilience and adaptive capacity to climate change, land-use change, and other human interventions.

MKE mobilised and provided backstopping support to the inputs of the National Integrated Flood Risk Management Specialist position.

DFID & IMC - Framework Agreement for Expert Advisory Call Down Service (EACDS) - 2019

Project Description:

MKE was a member of IMC’s consortium, which was awarded this framework contract to provide additional technical expertise to DFID departments and overseas offices and Other Government Departments in the development of International Development. This includes but is not limited to: programme design and development, business case development, independent advice/inputs into new and innovative thinking and products and rapid provision of technical advisers to fill gaps on specific assignments where there is a time-sensitive need.

Plan International - Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Needs Assessment and Gender Analysis in Nyaung U, Mandalay Region - 2019

Project Description:

SRHR was one of Plan International’s programs to support  adolescents and young people in accessing relevant information and services to support the realization of their SRH rights and to take control over the lives free from gender-based violence, with aiming of achieving “My Body. My Future” project’s goal. MKE conducted a needs assessment on SRHR  with a gender inclusion analysis to inform the client on the final  design of the program to have a strategic and impactful intervention on target beneficiaries.

Dalberg Consulting CC/ the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark) - P4G – Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals (2030) - 2019

Project Description:

Within the context of managing and implementing P4G , Mekong Economics assisted Dalberg to organise meetings with various partners in Vietnam, reach out to Mekong Economics Ltd’ own networks to see if there were any partnerships that could be included in the call, helped partnerships with their 1-2 page concept notes, including editing the document and refining the partnership concept, facilitate the short-listing process between VCCI/MPI/Danish Embassy – arranging the meeting and providing content input on which partnerships are high potential in Vietnam (by February 15, 2019).

Mekong Economics also helped 5 short-listed partnerships with their full applications – supporting the partnerships refine the partnership concept, and with some editing/writing (by February 15, 2019), prepare a one-page word document on how P4G should engage with Vietnam in the coming years, reflecting on the learnings from this engagement (by February 21, 2019)

CFM - Tra Vinh Wind Project – Community Needs Assessment - 2019

Project Description:

The client is committed to maximising opportunities for delivering environmental and social benefits through its investments, particularly to the local communities in the area of influence of its project investments. The client has established an impact framework which provides an overarching approach to fulfilling this commitment. MKE was appointed to carry out stakeholder mapping and a needs assessment along with prioritisation and ranking to provide the information necessary for the development of this impact framework in one of the client’s projects.

Health Poverty Action - HARP Final Evaluation Service - 2018

Project Description:

Mekong Economics was selected to conduct a final evaluation of the HARP – F project. The overall aim of HARP was to improve the quality of life and reduce the vulnerability of households affected by the conflict in Kachin and Northern Shan states, Burma.

Our consultants undertook the following activities: literature reviews, data collection and compilation, data analysis and triangulation, liaising with relevant stakeholders and submitting reports to propose further actions

The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) - Socio-economic assessment of forest management in Myanmar & the Myanmar Selection System - 2017

Project Description:

As an implementing partner of the Responsible Asia Forestry & Trade (RAFT), phase 3 project in Myanmar, the RECOFTC Myanmar Country Program was tasked with providing partnership services to develop public and corporate policies that support sustainable forest management and responsible forest products trade.

To ensure these results, reviewing the Myanmar Selection System (MSS) with multi-stakeholders was a primary task under RECOFTC' mandate. For this purpose, MKE provided two experts to assess the economic viability, considerations of social needs in Myanmar forest management system, especially related to MSS and provided recommendations.

OECD - Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance. Perspectives on How Improving Corporate Governance Frameworks Can Support Capital Market Development - 2017

Countries Involved:

Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar.

Project Description:

Established in 1999, the OECD-Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance serves as a regional forum for exchanging experiences and advancing the reform agenda on corporate governance while promoting awareness and use of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance.

In this assignment, MKE conducted in-depth interviews with relevant stakeholders, produced and presented a Report on Sharing Perspectives on How Improving Corporate Governance Frameworks Can Support Capital Market Development in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar.

State Government of Victoria (Australia) - International Education Opportunities in Vietnam - 2017

Project Description:

The South East Asia Victorian Government Business Office (SEA VGBO) seeked to commission a project to scope international education barriers and opportunities in Vietnam for Victoria State’s universities and education service providers. MKE delivered a comprehensive report that provided strategic recommendations to support market access for Victorian higher education, vocational education and training (VET), English language and professional development providers.

Other tasks included: Undertaking desk research to define and broadly scope the sectors in Vietnam, and understanding the activities of Victorian organizations in Vietnam and Victoria’s comparative advantage; Outlining 4 case studies of successful foreign and local “commercial cooperation models” in Vietnam; Conducting 10 in-depth interviews with relevant stakeholders in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; Developing an itinerary for the Kuala Lumpur VGBO’s market visit to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. MKE was to deliver a report with rich findings and recommendations.