Tom Blanchard

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  • About me

    ODI Fellow (Economist) | Ministry of Finance, Ghana

  • Education

    • Ermysted's grammar school

      2008 - 2015
      A2: 4a*s, as: 6as, gcse: 10a*s

      Activities and Societies: Head Boy, School Council Chairman, Cricket, Cross Country, Rugby

    • Barcelona school of economics

      2020 - 2021
      Master's in specialised economic analysis: international trade, finance and development distinction (8.58)
    • Jesus college, university of cambridge

      2015 - 2018
      Bachelor of arts - ba economics

      Activities and Societies: Cambridge University Cricket Club, Afrinspire, Camvol, Jesus College Access

    • Massachusetts institute of technology

      2019 - 2020
      Micromasters: data, economics and development policy (dedp) a (87%)
  • Experience

    • Ebrd

      Jul 2014 - Jul 2014
      Intern at european bank for reconstruction and development - office of the chief economist

      • Worked on the EBRD's annual publication: The Transition Report 2014 – ‘Innovation in Transition’.• Collected data on transition economies. Recorded and presented data for statistical analysis.

    • Cepa ltd

      Jun 2016 - Jul 2016
      Intern at cambridge economic policy associates

      Internship at CEPA, an economic consultancy, as part of the Santander Work Placement Programme. • Worked on projects across Transport, Communications & Media, Water and Energy sectors.• Developed a model in Excel for TFL on the economic effects of congestion on freight vehicles.

    • Observer research foundation

      Jul 2017 - Sept 2017
      Research intern

      Two months volunteering with Camvol as a research intern at the Observer Research Foundation (a not-for-profit, multidisciplinary public policy think tank) in New Delhi. I worked within the Climate Change and Development Initiative, focusing on climate finance.• Wrote an extended report on the Raisina Dialogue 2017’s meeting on climate finance.• Co-authored a commissioned report on Nigeria’s energy sector and the scope for renewable energy investment from institutional investors.

    • Government economic service

      Nov 2018 - Aug 2020

      Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) Home Office Analysis and Insight (HOAI)

      • Economist

        Oct 2019 - Aug 2020
      • Economist

        Nov 2018 - Oct 2019
    • International labour organization

      Jul 2021 - Sept 2021
      External consultant

      • Researched COVID-19 essential workers defintion for 126 ILO member countries and created a resultant dataset using ISCO and ISIC codes. • Conducted cluster analysis in Stata. • Wrote a chapter for the ILO's World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) report 2023 on this data collection, cleaning and analysis.

    • The world bank

      Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
      Consultant

      Stata programming role working in the Jobs Group on the 'Jobs, Structural Transformation and Economic Growth’ report.

    • Odi

      Nov 2022 - now
      Odi fellow | ministry of finance, ghana

      Economist in the Ministry of Finance, Ghana. Revenue Policy Division.- Extractive industry fiscal regime modelling- Tax revenue forecasting- Annual revenue performance reports- Tax policy costings- Distributional analysis of the tax system- Technical training and capacity buildingThe Fellowship Scheme has two objectives: to provide low and middle income country governments with economists and statisticians where there are gaps in local capacity; and to give these economists and statisticians practical work experience in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Pacific and the Western Balkans. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Essential financial modelling

      Gridlines
      Sept 2024
      View certificate certificate
    • Imfx macroeconometric forecasting

      International monetary fund
      Jan 2023
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    • Mitx micromasters: data, economics and development policy

      Massachusetts institute of technology
      Sept 2020
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    • Imfx macroeconomic management in resource-rich countries

      International monetary fund
      Mar 2023
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