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Technical consultancy:
Economics and finance

Economic and Financial Advice for Smarter Decisions

Sound economic and financial analysis helps organisations make better investments, understand risk and design programmes that deliver measurable results. Prime Consulting provides practical, evidence-based economic and financial insight across commercial, public sector and development settings, ensuring decisions are grounded in both market realities and wider social or environmental benefits.

Our team has strong capability in economic modelling, financial assessment and quantitative risk analysis. Work ranges from commercial investment appraisals to policy focused evaluations where non-market outcomes such as climate change mitigation must also be considered. Capability is strengthened further through our specialised economics and finance division Nimmo Bell & Associates.

Prime Consulting is also an accredited member of the Green Climate Fund’s trusted Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme, providing capacity-building support to help developing countries access billions of dollars in GCF financing.

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Our Expertise

Our team has a strong record of assessing investments, programme relevance and sustainability, and quantifying economic outcomes for decision makers.

We regularly develop and apply evaluation frameworks and work with theories of change and results frameworks to track progress and strengthen performance.

We also do financial evaluations for firms and commercial investment feasibility studies.

Clients include central and regional government agencies, industry bodies and private sector organisations.

Prime Consulting’s economic and financial work spans:

  • Natural resource economics and climate finance

  • Financial and cost benefit analysis

  • Quantitative risk analysis

  • Strategic economic analysis

  • Programme design, management and evaluation

  • Public policy advisory

  • Economic research

  • Financial and compliance auditing

  • Governance support at national, industry and business levels

  • Impact evaluation

Examples of Our Work

  • Completed a cost benefit analysis for water infrastructure and pricing reform for Kosrae, commissioned by SPREP and the Asian Development Bank.

  • Provided economic and financial CBA and financial management assessments for an ADB funded project supporting flood protection and climate resilient irrigation across 17 provinces.

  • Undertook financial due diligence, cost benefit analysis and management assessments for major investments in transport, water and tourism infrastructure.

  • Evaluated the economic return on levy funded research for DairyNZ and Dairy Insight to guide future industry investment.

  • Reviewed financial systems for several ministries, including Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Rural Rehabilitation and Development and Energy and Water.

  • Provided technical input and economic analysis for development of the national economic plan, funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

  • Completed economic analysis of alternative farrowing systems for the Ministry for Primary Industries and the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.

  • Assessed the economic impact of proposed changes to import health standards on behalf of New Zealand Pork.

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