Basseterre Bay Road corridor
Cost–benefit analysis of coastal-resilience investment on the capital’s waterfront.
Consultancy
Government and firm-level consultancies
Professor Andre Haughton is an independent economic consultant with more than 20 years in economics and 14 years of commissioned consultancy across the Caribbean. He provides the economic evidence that governments, development partners and climate funds rely on to approve and finance major investments: cost–benefit analysis, input–output modeling, economic and financial impact assessments, and willingness-to-pay studies for climate resilience, infrastructure and development projects.
Cost–benefit analysisEconomic and financial impact assessmentClimate change and resilienceWillingness-to-pay studies
Independent economic consultantCaribbean · since 2012
20+
years in economics
14
years of consultancy, since 2012
US$260M+
in project investment appraised
7
Caribbean countries served
Areas of expertise
What clients bring him in for
Analysis built to satisfy ministries of finance, boards and international funders, and explained so decision-makers can act on it.
Economic and financial appraisal
Cost–benefit analysis, NPV, EIRR and benefit–cost ratios, sensitivity testing, and the go or no-go case for major public investments.
Climate change and resilience
The economics of adaptation for Green Climate Fund and Adaptation Fund projects in water security, coastal protection and resilient infrastructure, working with project teams from concept to submission.
Economic and financial impact assessment
Full impact assessment reports built on input–output models, multipliers and linkages, measuring what a project, sector, institution or event is worth to the economy.
Willingness-to-pay and demand studies
Household surveys and demand analysis that show whether users will pay for a service and whether a project can sustain itself.
Macroeconomics and public finance
Balance of payments, exchange rates, inflation, national budgets and debt in small open economies.
Firms, productivity and financial wellness
Productivity diagnostics and staff financial-literacy programs.
Track record
Selected assignments
Governments and development partners
SKN TransWater Programme
Economic and financial assessment for a program to double the national water supply.
Willingness-to-pay analysis
Household surveys and analysis of what residents will pay for a reliable water supply, for the TransWater Programme.
Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica
The colleges’ linkages and multiplier effects across the economy.
Citizen’s Guide to the National Budget
The national budget in plain language, built through public consultation.
JCDC Festival, 2012–2017
The economic contribution of the national festival competition.
Balance of payments and foreign exchange
Forty years of Jamaica’s foreign-exchange flows, for the Edward Seaga Research Institute.
Environmental Regulations Agency
Economist on the team that prepared the Green Paper and national policy framework.
Where the work has been
- Jamaica
- St Kitts and Nevis
- Barbados
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Guyana
- Saint Lucia
Including the region-wide Caribbean Premier League impact study.
Firms and organizations
Caribbean Premier League
Impact assessment and cost–benefit analysis for every host country.
Demand for climate-resilient buildings
Market demand for resilient housing and agricultural warehousing.
Clients and funders of work Andre has led or contributed to
Green Climate FundAdaptation FundWorld BankCHASE FundCaribbean Community Climate Change CentreGovernment of JamaicaDigicelJCDCVistaprintCaribbean Cement CompanyHardware & Lumber
Need evidence a minister, board or fund will trust?
From a feasibility study for a funding proposal to an economic impact assessment or a staff financial wellness program, Andre delivers analysis built to withstand scrutiny.