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Lecturer
Email: kkigundu@chuka.ac.ke
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of Social Sciences
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
Economist
WORK EXPERIENCE
January – June 2023: The World Bank Group , Position: 2023 World Bank-AERC visiting scholar.
June 2021- Date: Chuka University , Position: Lecturer, Economics.
October 2017- 2021: Chuka University , Position: Assistant Lecturer, Economics.
March 2015- 2017: Chuka University , Position: Graduate Assistant
September 2014- March 2015: Kenol Kobil , Position: Depot Stock Accounts Assistant
November 2013 – September 2014: CIC Insurance Group , Position: Pensions Advisor
PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
September 2023 – Date: Policy Engagement Specialist with the EfD – Kenya in the Inclusive Green Economy (IGE) program.
September 2023 – Date: Project Coordinator with Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) in the Earth4All project
January – December 2022: Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa: Short Courses Facilitator – Research in Finance and Development Short Course.
November 2022: Fieldwork supervisor with the EfD – Kenya. Supervised a team of enumerators collectingdata on the topic “Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices on Anti-Microbial (AMR) Use and Resistance: A Socio-Economic Survey in Kenya.”
September – October 2022:Fieldwork supervisor with the EfD – Kenya. Supervised a team of enumerators collecting baseline data on the topic “Women and Children Drudgery Assessment: Malawi, Zambia, Kenya, and Tanzania”
EDUCATION
2017- 2023 PhD. Economics, University of Dar es Salaam & University of Nairobi
2015- 2016 MSc. Economics, Chuka University
2009 – 2013 BSc. Economics and Statistics- First Class Honours, Chuka University
2003-2007 KCSE, Gaichanjiru High School
1994-2002 KCPE, Amani Primary School
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
2010-2012: Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examinations Board (KASNEB) Certified Public Accounting, (CPA-K).
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
December 2019 – Date: Environment for Development (EfD) , Position: Research fellow
February 2021- Date: The Econometric Society , Position: Member
November 2017- Date African Economic Research Consortium , Position: Network Member
COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITIES
2015 – Date: GLAMA PREPARATORY SCHOOL , Position: Board Member
SCHOLALRLY PUBLICATIONS
1. Macharia, K.K. (2024). Technical Efficiency in the Services Sector of Selected Sub-Saharan African Countries. AERC Research Paper No. 555.
2. Macharia, K. K., Ngui, D. & Gathiaka, J. K. (2022). Effects of Energy Efficiency on Firm Productivity in Kenya’s Manufacturing Sector. Journal of Sustainable Development, 15(3), 90- 107.
3. Macharia, K. K., Gathiaka, J. K., & Ngui, D. (2021). Energy Efficiency in Kenya’s Manufacturing Sector. Energy Policy, 112715.
4. Macharia, K. K. (2017). Effect of External Public Debt on Exchange Rate in Kenya. International Journal of Economics Review & Business Research, 4(2), 25-46.
5. Omolo, J., & Macharia, K. K. (2016). Effect of External Public Debt on Economic Growth in Kenya. Journal of Business and General Management, 1(2), 33-42.
ONGOING PAPERS
1. Mulwa, R., Slunge, D., Odote, C., Anyango, S., Alusa, E., Macharia.K. K., Yara. S., & Musembi, E. (2024). Knowledge and Pesticide Use Practices Among Farmers Along River Kuja in Western Kenya.
2. Onyango, D. W., & Macharia, K. K. (2023). The Gendered Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War Policy Interventions in Kenya.
3. Macharia, K. K. (2023). Adoption of off-grid energy systems among on-grid connected households in Sub-Saharan Africa.
4. Macharia, K. K., Gathiaka, J. K., & Ngui, D. (2021). Energy and Non-Energy Inputs Substitution Possibilities in Kenya’s Manufacturing Sector.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Energy Economics, Environment and Natural Resource Economics, Production Economics, Agricultural Economics, Econometrics