Dr. Monica Sebastian Kauky is an Economist from Tanzania. She holds a PhD in Economics and a Master of Arts in Economics, majoring in Labor Economics and Public Sector Finance, both from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Her PhD thesis was titled “Examining the Effects of Household Shocks, including climate shocks, parental death and food price rise on Children’s Outcomes (nutrition, schooling, and labor) in Tanzania.” Her research interests cover a wide range of topics, including health and nutrition, agricultural economics with a specific focus on production, post-harvest loss, and food security, labor economics, welfare economics, particularly in terms of building resilience to household shocks, gender and women empowerment, and human capital development, particularly in early childhood development. More about Monica can be found here.

Dr. Wandeda Dickson Onyango is a Kenyan economist with a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Nairobi, earned under the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)’s Collaborative Ph.D. Programme. He also holds a Master of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts (Economics & Mathematics) degree, both from the University of Nairobi. His doctoral research focused on “Government Expenditure, Efficiency, and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan African Countries: The Role of Institutional Quality.” Currently, he serves as a lecturer at the University of Nairobi, where he teaches and mentors students in statistics, econometrics, and microeconomics theory. 

Dr. Onyango’s research interests span poverty and inequality, labor economics, fiscal policy, institutional economics, financial health, education economics, health economics, and environmental economics. His work reflects a commitment to addressing complex economic challenges and contributing to policy development in both national and international contexts. More about Dr. Onyango can be found here.