MPA
DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS
Donald Mark Pearson
Mark Pearson is a development economist with extensive experience working as a consultant across Africa—particularly in East, Southern, West Africa, Sudan, and the Horn of Africa. He has led large, multi-disciplinary teams and managed complex regional projects focused on regional integration, trade, infrastructure, and investment.
He has played a key role in trade policy and regional agreements, including developing and implementing the COMESA Free Trade Area, contributing to the COMESA–EAC–SADC Tripartite Framework, and supporting countries with tariff reforms, rules of origin, trade facilitation, and dispute settlement. He also helped design and manage adjustment and support facilities for COMESA member states. In trade facilitation and logistics, Mark has led major diagnostic studies, national and regional transport strategies, border post evaluations, and time-release studies across the COMESA region. He has worked on customs reforms, AEO schemes, single window systems, and modernization of customs clearance processes. His infrastructure and transport economics work includes leading regional infrastructure funds, preparing regional infrastructure master plans, and supporting corridor development across Africa (e.g. North–South, Djibouti, Berbera, Walvis Bay). His expertise spans roads, railways, ports, aviation, corridor monitoring, GIS, and infrastructure financing mechanisms.
He also brings experience in data analysis, survey design, capacity building, private sector development, agro-processing, value chain analysis, and business process analysis.
Projects
Global Clean Power Alliance Supply Chain Mechanism
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Design a strategic, evidence-based programme that strengthens Zambia’s clean energy supply chains in alignment with national development priorities and the Global Clean Power Alliance (GCPA) framework.
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Establish a team of Zambian experts and capacitate the team to participate effectively in the GCPA framework.
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Preparation of a Briefing Book on the 4 pillars of the GCPA SCM (traceability of CRMs, high voltage transmission standards, circularity and value addition for CRMs)
Lead Consultant on enhancing digital connectivity along transit corridors
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Preparation of the UN/CEFACT recommendation on the Toolbox for Enhancing Digital Connectivity. This involved:
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Finalising scoping and stakeholder mapping
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Drafting the policy recommendation and Pilot BPA
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Coordinating expert contributions and support project meetings
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Delivering a policy recommendation “Enhancing Digital Connectivity Along Transit Trade and Transport Corridors”
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