Mr. SHEBO NALISHEBO APPOINTED AS ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR UNDER THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (AfDB) GROUP 1 CONSTITUENCY
WHO IS Mr. SHEBO NALISHEBO?
Mr. SHEBO NALISHEBO, a Zambian national, is an independent consultant in Statistics and Public Finance and currently serves on the board of the Bank of Zambia. He has over 20 years of experience in economic and social statistics, econometrics and public finance.
From 2001 to 2012, he worked at Zambia Statistics Agency where he was responsible for computing gross domestic product and led Zambia’s first economic census used to benchmark and rebase the national accounts.
From 2012 to 2019, he worked at the Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research, where he headed the public finance unit and led several research works on Zambia’s public debt, budget and expenditure analyses and tax policy.
He has conducted research and policy analyses for government institutions (incl. Ministry of Finance and National Planning, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health) and international organizations (incl. UNICEF, UNECA, UNCTAD, World Bank, WFP and GIZ).
Works include public expenditure reviews for social protection and education, statistical measurement of illicit financial flows, strengthening capacity in tax reforms and ex-ante tax policy impact analysis, public debt audits, as well as an algorithm to develop an income assessment tool to on-board self-employed clients on the National Health Insurance Scheme.
Mr. NALISHEBO holds a Master of Science degree in Statistics from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Zambia. He also holds post-graduate qualifications in national accounts from InWEnt, Germany and Official Economic Statistics from United Nations Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific, Japan.
