Dr Eldah Onsomu is the Ag. Executive Director of the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) and serves as the Secretary to the Board. She provides technical guidance and capacity building on policy and strategy formulation to the Government of Kenya and other stakeholders, with the overall aim of contributing to the achievement of national development goals. Before then, she was the Director, Economic Management at KIPPRA. Dr Onsomu’s research interests are in education, labour markets, health, poverty, public finance management and socio-economic policy analysis. She has published in various peer reviewed journals, book chapters and in policy analysis series in these thematic areas. She holds a PhD and a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi and a Bachelors Degree in Economics and Sociology from Egerton University, Kenya.