Org. Setting and Reporting

Within delegated authority, the Senior Economic affairs officer will be responsible for the following:

• Econ. or sectoral analysis – leads or participates in the formulation, organization and management of mandated programmes related to productive development policies, industrial policies, and sectoral and technological analysis and the formulation of productive development strategies, policies and actions for adoption by countries, territories, regions or the international community.
• Leads or participates in the identification of new or emerging development issues of potential concern to the Latin American and Caribbean region and the international community, and designs and develops programmes to address them.
• Supervises a team of staff economists undertaking this work.
• Commissions economic studies and analyses that cannot be undertaken internally.
• Conceives, plans and manages expert group meetin...