Peter Oates
Director
Peter Oates has been a development specialist for over 35 years. Trained in economics and social anthropology, Peter has wide experience of institutional frameworks for economic, social and rural development with both governments and NGOs. This includes: evaluations and reviews of programmes; organisational analysis and capacity building; change management advice; management, monitoring, financial control and design of programmes; environmental assessments and detailed rural socio-economic studies. With an additional focus on local economic development and livelihoods, his skills include social impact assessment and the analysis of local policy options and priorities. He has worked as a consultant and in long-term jobs in Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Pakistan. His specialities are reviews and evaluations; institutional development and organisation strengthening; local economic and rural development and livelihoods; development programme management and analysis; community based development and civil society; and environmental assessment.
MSc Social Anthropology, London School of Economics (1984)
MSc Agricultural Economics, Wye College, University of London (1978)
BA Economics, University of Exeter (1973)
Latest projects
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Palestine: Evaluation of the capacity and institution building project at the office of the President
2010
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Palestine
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Sida
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Micro-projects programme in Swaziland
2009
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Swaziland
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EC
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Zambia review of institutional capacity building
2008
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Zambia
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EC
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Review of programme management and monitoring
2008
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Ethiopia
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Sunarma
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Joint evaluation of General Budget Support 1994-2004
2006
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Multi country
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DFID