Professor of Economics, University of Nairobi
Acting ED, KIPPRA
Director, of Research Central Bank of Kenya
Germano Mwabu is Professor of Economics at the University of Nairobi. He was co-director of the AERC project on Poverty Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has also held the position of Senior Research Fellow, Director, Public Goods Project of the World Institute for Development Economics Research at the United Nations University, Helsinki (1996-98) and Associate Professor of Economics at Kenyatta University (1994-96).
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.
Prof. Robert Mudida is the Director, Research Department. He joined the Bank in July 2021. He holds a PhD and an MA in International Studies as well as a BA in Economics from the University of Nairobi. He also has an MSc in Financial Economics from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies. Prof. Mudida is a member of the Royal Economic Society and Society for Financial Econometrics.
A seasoned economist, Prof. Mudida has more than two decades of experience in macroeconomic and applied econometric research and capacity-building with a focus on time series analysis, panel data econometrics and experimental economics. He has garnered extensive experience as a distinguished visiting professor in several leading global universities. Prof. Mudida has also served as the lead consultant for several projects in various institutions such as the World Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Financial Sector Deepening and the Rwandan and Ugandan Governments amongst others. He has also been awarded the IMF academic fellowship for his research on economic issues.
Prior to joining the Bank, Prof. Mudida was the Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Governance at Strathmore University.
Prof. Mudida has published widely in top international journals in his core areas of research which are macroeconomics, financial economics, political economy and industrial organisation. He has also published four books namely Modern Economics, Financial Management, Structural Sources of Constitutional Conflicts and An Emerging Africa in the Age of Globalisation.
A seasoned economist, Prof. Mudida has more than two decades of experience in macroeconomic and applied econometric research and capacity-building with a focus on time series analysis, panel data econometrics and experimental economics. He has garnered extensive experience as a distinguished visiting professor in several leading global universities. Prof. Mudida has also served as the lead consultant for several projects in various institutions such as the World Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Financial Sector Deepening and the Rwandan and Ugandan Governments amongst others. He has also been awarded the IMF academic fellowship for his research on economic issues.
Prior to joining the Bank, Prof. Mudida was the Professor of Political Economy and Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Governance at Strathmore University.
Prof. Mudida has published widely in top international journals in his core areas of research which are macroeconomics, financial economics, political economy and industrial organisation. He has also published four books namely Modern Economics, Financial Management, Structural Sources of Constitutional Conflicts and An Emerging Africa in the Age of Globalisation.