The Government of Kenya in partnership with the African Economic Research Consortium initiated a project titled <\/span>Capacity Building Project for Economic Policy Analysis: A Comprehensive Approach to Strengthening the Policy Analysis and Economic Management Capacities in the Treasury<\/span><\/i>. The project, which was initiated in March 2010 and became effective in January 2011, was informed by the need to strengthen economic policy analysis and financial management capabilities within the National Treasury, which is the leading institution in government responsible for economic analysis and management, as well as implementation of the country\u2019s various economic policies. To achieve the overall objective, the Government of Kenya under the National Treasury established a Capacity Building Endowment Fund over a period of six years to implement the following five modules:<\/span> (a) <\/span>Institutionalization of Economic Policy Analysis; (b)<\/span><\/i> Placement of Graduates and Contract Policy Analysts; (c)<\/span><\/i> Building Treasury Macro Model for Research and Policy Analysis; (d)<\/span><\/i> Training Programme for Masters and PhD; and (e)<\/span><\/i> Establishing a Network of Annual Exchange of Policy research through Economic Conferences.\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n <\/p>\n