China - Environmentally-sustainable livestock production and processing

Every international consultant is expected to have

(i) at least a master’s degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant discipline,

(ii) 10-year relevant work experience, unless specified differently in below terms of reference for individual consultants, and

(iii) an excellent command of spoken and written English.

The economic and financial specialist and team leader will have

(i) a master’s degree in agricultural economics, economics, finance or a relevant discipline; and

(ii) work experience in economic and financial analysis of at least 5 ADB projects, or those of other international development banks as an international consultant.

The specialist, in cooperation with the counterpart national consultant, will conduct economic and financial analyses of the project and each subproject. The specialist will:

as team leader

• coordinate and oversee all TA activities as team leader and ensure coordination with and participation of stakeholders;
• manage and lead the consultant team members and ensure all inputs from the team members to be integrated in each report required by ADB;
• update the problem tree analysis and design and monitoring framework (DMF) with clear measurable target indicators and corresponding baseline data;
• prepare an implementation schedule, assess the implementation arrangements, and propose alternative arrangements if required;
• prepare all the reports required by ADB, including inception, interim, draft final, final reports, a draft RRP, and its linked documents in cooperation with other team members, ensuring consistency in contents within each report.

for financial analysis

• prepare project cost estimates and financing plan following ADB’s technical note: Preparation and Presentation of Cost Estimates for Projects Financed (2010);
• evaluate financial capacity of the governments as project financiers based on (a) the investment cost and the financial plan for the project, including recurrent costs and (b) their recent and projected future financial performance;
• evaluate each PPE’s financial performance and position based on the recent and estimated future audited (non-audited if not available) financial statements using key operating and financial ratios;
• undertake sensitivity analysis on key risks affecting the financial viability of the project and the subproject, and propose for measures of risks;

for economic analysis

• assess the macroeconomic and the sector contexts: demand and supply of goods produced with support of the project (i.e., meat and its products, livestock, feed, and organic fertilizer); identify and establish economic rationale of the public sector involvement; analyze least-cost investment options to achieve the project objective; undertake economic cost-benefit analysis of the project and each subproject; assess financial and institutional sustainability; undertake a distribution analysis to quantify which project main beneficiary and stakeholder groups will gain benefits and bear costs and what extent; undertake sensitivity analysis on key risks affecting the economic viability of the project and the subproject, and propose for measures of risks; and provide inputs relevant to cost and financing, financial and economic analyses to the team leader for preparation of reports required by ADB.