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Lecturer
Email: abunde@chuka.ac.ke
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Social Sciences
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
Economics – Regional Development & Policy
WORK EXPERIENCE
June 2019 to date: Chuka University – Lecturer in Economics
Jan,2015 – May, 2019: Chuka University – Assistant Lecturer in Economics
2014: Moi University – Part – time Lecturer in Economics
2016: Meru University of Science & Technology – Part – time Lecturer in Economics
2013: University of Eldoret – Part-time Lecturer in Economics
2013/2014: Kisii University – Part – time Lecturer in Economics
2007: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics – Research Assistant
2009 – 2010: Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis – Research Assistant
2014: KIPPRA Young Professionals Training Program – Young Professional (YP)
2008 – 2014: District Monitoring and Evaluation Officer – National Accelerated Agric. Inputs Access Prog.
2008: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention – CDC KEMRI – Research Assistant
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Resource Mobilization, Group Dynamics, Financial Literacy & linkages
EDUCATION
PhD in Economics – University of Nairobi (On going)
Master of Arts in Economics – Moi University
B.Sc. Agricultural Economics – Moi University
Public Sector Financial Management – KSoG
KEY RESEARCH PROJECTS
2010: Analysis of productivity and competitiveness of various sectors in Kenyan economy – KIPPRA
2010: Crime Victimization Survey – KIPPRA & United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
2010: Consumer Understanding and Perception of Insurance in Kenya – Insurance Regulatory Authority
2009: National Energy Survey – KIPPRA & ERC
2008: Evaluation of Impact of Post Election Violence on Patients Access to Healthcare Services in Kenya – University of California/CDC Atlanta, CDC Kenya & KEMRI.
2007: KAIS Survey, Kenya – Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
2010 – 2013: National Accelerated Agricultural Input Access Project – MoA, FAO, AfDB and WB
RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests are mainly on Regional and urban economics, Policy Impact modeling, Economic Development, Public sector economics, Monetary Economics, Energy Economics, Financial Economics and Econometrics, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, International Trade, Agricultural Economics, Health, and Infrastructural Economics.
POSTGRADUATE TOPICS SUPERVISED
1. Effects of External Public Debt on Macroeconomic Variables in Kenya
2. Effects of Public Debts on Economic Growth in Kenya
3. Effects of Unsecured Commercial Bank Loans on Financial Performance of Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies in Kenya.
4. Analysis of Macroeconomic Determinants of Economic Growth in Kenya
5. Effects of Macroeconomic Variables on Unemployment Rate in Kenya.
6. Effect of Government Infrastructure Investment on Economic Growth in Kenya
7. Effect of Fiscal Policy Variables on Economic Growth in Kenya
8. Effect of Health Expenditure on Economic Growth In Kenya