Eric Hyman
Dr. Eric L. Hyman is an Environmental Economist in USAID/E3/Economic Policy/Capacity Building unit. He is Co-Activity Manager for the Climate Economic Analysis, Development, Investment, and Resilience (CEADIR) Project. He also is a member of the USAID Forward Local Solutions team with responsibilities for developing tools and providing training and technical assistance to promote direct awards to local organizations and the private sector under the Dr. Hyman has over thirty-four years of experience in project and program monitoring and evaluation, project appraisal, policy analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and environmental and social impact assessment,. His areas of specialization include small- and micro-enterprise development; microfinance; agricultural production, agricultural product processing, renewable energy; community forestry and non-wood forest products. He has field experience in Africa (Benin, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia and the Pacific (India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, American Samoa, and Western Samoa), Latin America (Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Peru), and Eastern Europe (Ukraine).
Dr. Hyman served as Economist and Environmental Advisor for the US African Development Foundation for approximately 11 years. There, he reviewed all project financial, technology, market, and environmental analyses; revamped and implemented the annual project impact monitoring system; prepared guidelines and policy manual sections; prepared Annual Performance Reports and agency budget requests; developed evaluation surveys and methodologies, and served as COTR for an external program evaluation.
Prior to that, Dr. Hyman was Chief of Program Evaluation at the NGO Appropriate Technology International/EnterpriseWorks Worldwide for 17 years. There, he served as Team Leader for project midterm and final evaluations; developed and implemented an annual impact tracking system; conducted financial, economic, and social impact analyses for new projects; conducted an organizational capacity assessment for the Zimbabwe field office; and served on contract assignments such as a multi-country feasibility study of high-valued coconut products for USAID/South Pacific.
Dr. Hyman has served as Team Leader for a microenterprise strategy for USAID/Zambia (Development Alternatives Inc.); the World Bank-funded Northern Nigeria Fuelwood Study; Team Leader (Silviconsult); and an evaluation of the UNDP/FAO Environmental Management in Forestry Project (SGS-Silviconsult). He was a steering committee member for an IDRC study of successful NGO programs for business development services for small- and micro-enterprises. He has also been a consultant for FAO, Winrock International, the World Bank, the World Wildlife Fund, the Conservation Foundation, the East-West Center Environment and Policy Institute, Impact Assessment Inc., the Social Impact Assessment Center, and the Development Bank of the Philippines.
Dr. Hyman has taught graduate courses in cost-benefit analysis (University of North Carolina) and appropriate technologies for development (University of Pennsylvania). He has also directed a graduate student tutorial for the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He is the lead-author of a book on environmental impact assessment and co-edited books on environment/natural resources issues in cost-benefit analysis and macro-policies for appropriate technology in the Philippines. He has authored or co-authored over 75 journal articles or book chapters.
Dr. Hyman has served as a Board member for the Small Enterprise Education and Promotion Network. He was on the Awards jury for the Lemelson-MIT Foundation $500,000 Technology and $100,000 Sustainability Awards and has served on proposal review panels for the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California Berkeley, and National Academy of Sciences/BOSTID Program. He has received a service award from SEEP, the Younger Professionals Award from the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD).
He received a Ph.D. and M.R.P. in Environmental Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was awarded a Morehead Fellowship and a B.A. in Economics and Environmental Science (double major with highest distinction) from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, where he was an Echol's Scholar.
Dr. Hyman served as Economist and Environmental Advisor for the US African Development Foundation for approximately 11 years. There, he reviewed all project financial, technology, market, and environmental analyses; revamped and implemented the annual project impact monitoring system; prepared guidelines and policy manual sections; prepared Annual Performance Reports and agency budget requests; developed evaluation surveys and methodologies, and served as COTR for an external program evaluation.
Prior to that, Dr. Hyman was Chief of Program Evaluation at the NGO Appropriate Technology International/EnterpriseWorks Worldwide for 17 years. There, he served as Team Leader for project midterm and final evaluations; developed and implemented an annual impact tracking system; conducted financial, economic, and social impact analyses for new projects; conducted an organizational capacity assessment for the Zimbabwe field office; and served on contract assignments such as a multi-country feasibility study of high-valued coconut products for USAID/South Pacific.
Dr. Hyman has served as Team Leader for a microenterprise strategy for USAID/Zambia (Development Alternatives Inc.); the World Bank-funded Northern Nigeria Fuelwood Study; Team Leader (Silviconsult); and an evaluation of the UNDP/FAO Environmental Management in Forestry Project (SGS-Silviconsult). He was a steering committee member for an IDRC study of successful NGO programs for business development services for small- and micro-enterprises. He has also been a consultant for FAO, Winrock International, the World Bank, the World Wildlife Fund, the Conservation Foundation, the East-West Center Environment and Policy Institute, Impact Assessment Inc., the Social Impact Assessment Center, and the Development Bank of the Philippines.
Dr. Hyman has taught graduate courses in cost-benefit analysis (University of North Carolina) and appropriate technologies for development (University of Pennsylvania). He has also directed a graduate student tutorial for the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. He is the lead-author of a book on environmental impact assessment and co-edited books on environment/natural resources issues in cost-benefit analysis and macro-policies for appropriate technology in the Philippines. He has authored or co-authored over 75 journal articles or book chapters.
Dr. Hyman has served as a Board member for the Small Enterprise Education and Promotion Network. He was on the Awards jury for the Lemelson-MIT Foundation $500,000 Technology and $100,000 Sustainability Awards and has served on proposal review panels for the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California Berkeley, and National Academy of Sciences/BOSTID Program. He has received a service award from SEEP, the Younger Professionals Award from the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD).
He received a Ph.D. and M.R.P. in Environmental Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was awarded a Morehead Fellowship and a B.A. in Economics and Environmental Science (double major with highest distinction) from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville, where he was an Echol's Scholar.
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