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C U R R I C U L U M V I T Curriculum Vitae: Kamau A W, 2012 Curriculum Vitae I.Background Information Name: Anne W. Kamau, PhD Sex: Female Marital Status: Single Nationality: Kenyan Postal Address: Research Department, Central Bank of Kenya P.O. Box 60000, Nairobi Kenya Email Address: [email protected] Telephone: Tel: +254-20-2860000/3251 or 8646320 Telephone: Tel: +254-725-298845/0722-732957 Telephone: Tel: +1 202 238 3567 (current) Webmail: http://www.brookings.edu/experts/kamaua.aspx II. Academic History: a) PhD (Economics), University of Nairobi, Kenya. 2005-2009. Course work 1½ years and thesis 2½ years. Thesis titled, “Efficiency in the banking Sector in Kenya; An Empirical Investigation”, Degree awarded in 2009. b) MA in Economics, University of Botswana, Botswana. 1998-2000. 1year course work and 1 year thesis. Thesis titled “Financial liberalization and demand for money implications for the conduct of monetary policy” Degree awarded in 2000. c) BA in Economics major, –University of Nairobi, Kenya.1993-1997. First class honours. III. Work Experience a) Researcher, Monetary division and Macroeconomic forecasting division, Research Department, Central Bank of Kenya (July 2008 – present) Key tasks include Liquidity forecasting, developing and implementing monetary programme. Liquidity forecasting requires continuous revisions and updating of the central bank balance sheet so as to get accurate daily forecasts. The daily forecasts are then used to manage liquidity in the market. The monetary programme is monitored on a continuous basis to ensure that the Central bank is meeting its targets on the amount of money supplied in the economy alongside the government objective of growth. I am currently part of a select team that is developing a macroeconomic model for the Central Bank of Kenya. I am also involved in various studies being undertaken in the research department. b) Policy Analyst, Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA) (September 2002-Oct 2005). Key responsibilities included writing Policy papers on various Economic issues. The work involved research and coming up with policy documents for decision-making by government officials. For purposes of consistent policy making, use was made of models such as the KIPPRA-Treasury-Macro-Model (KTMM) to forecast growth paths and to provide policy packages suitable for growth path. Other models and tools intensively used were the social accounting matrices (SAMs), computable general equilibrium (CGE) and Econometrics. I was a member of the Tax Policy Unit (TPU) where we came up with revenue forecasts intended to meet government 1 Curriculum Vitae: Kamau A W, 2012 expenditures. I was a member of Tax Justice Network which was concerned with issues of tax equity. c) Banker, Barclays Bank Kenya, Limited (August 2000 to August 2002) This is the market leader in the banking industry. My duties included selling bank products - loans, various accounts and investment packages as well as supporting the sales team. During this period, was able to gain considerable experience in banking industry having worked in different departments of the bank – cash, loans and advances and retail banking. d) Part time Lecturer Lecturer, School of business, Moi University, Course Lectured: Quantitative Methods, International Banking and supervised masters theses, 2010-2011. Assistant Lecturer, School of Economics, University of Nairobi, Course Lectured: Financial Economics and Quantitative Methods, 2001 and 2007. IV. Publications 1. Intermediation efficiency and productivity in the banking sector in Kenya; Interdisciplinary journal of research in business Vol 1, Issue 9 (p12-26) September 2011 2. Interest rate pass through in Kenya, International journal of development issues, Vol 10, No. 2 2011, Pg 170-182 3. Macroeconomic Developments and Banks’ behavior in Kenya: A Panel data analysis, Savings and Development No. 2-2010 XXXIV 4. Financial innovations and monetary policy transmission mechanism, International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 50, 2010. 5. Estimating the size of the underground Economy in Kenya, KIPPRA discussion paper, 82/2007 6. Monetary policy reaction function in Kenya, KIPPRA discussion paper, No. 58/2006 7. Fiscal Architecture revenue capacity for Kenya, KIPPRA discussion paper, No. 45/2005 8. Capital Requirements and bank risk behavior, Empirical evidence in Kenya, KIPPRA discussion paper, No. 36/2005 Other Publications 9. http://www.brookings.edu/experts/kamaua.aspx Research and commentary; several articles and video on various topical issues. 10. Financial liberalization and demand for money in Kenya; Impact on the conduct of monetary policy. Master’s thesis, University of Botswana, Botswana, 2000. 11. Efficiency in the banking sector in Kenya; an empirical investigation. Doctoral thesis, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009. 12. “Housing facilities for employees at UNEP” UNEP report paper 2 Curriculum Vitae: Kamau A W, 2012 On-going Research work at the Central Bank. 13. Money demand for Kenya 14. Monetary policy in incomplete market Great Achievement Being part of a team that worked for 2 years (2009-2011) to build a running Macro Model for the central bank. The model is peer reviewed and awaiting adoption. V. Conferences where I have presented written papers African Econometric Society, AES, Nairobi Kenya 2011 and Cairo, Egypt 2010. Presented a paper on Macroeconomic fluctuations and bank behavior in Kenya and Efficiency in the banking Sector in Kenya, respectively. African Economic Research Consortium, AERC, Dar es salaam, Tanzania, 2007. Presented Work in progress on the PhD thesis. VI. Capacity Building Activities . Facilitated retooling courses in Panel data series held in KIPPRA . Macro modelling courses—Resource Person for 2-week training workshops on macro modelling and forecasting that was organised annually while at KIPPRA. The programme targeted government officers and economists from government institutions and central banks from the region. Participated in various exercises on Public expenditure Tracking that involved monitoring and evaluation of expenditures by the Government. Conducted several surveys while at KIPPRA. SME (small and micro enterprises) and RPED survey. VII. Computer literacy and other competencies . Diploma in Modelling and Accounting for sustainable Development, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands. Certificate on GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Programme), University of Pretoria, South Africa. CPA I (Section 2), Strathmore College, Nairobi . Computer Skills – Ms-Office, Statistical skills SPSS, TSP43A, Eviews, PCGIVE Stata, Nairobi, Modern Computer Visions. Languages – English (Fluent), Swahili (Fluent) and French (fair) VIII. Grants and Scholarships October 2005 – 2009: Under a Merit scholarship (African Economic Research Consortium) AERC for the collaborative PhD program. April 2003 – June 2003: Under a merit grant (Netherlands Fellowship Programmes Training Programme (NFP-TP) August 1998 – August 2000: Under a Merit scholarship (African Economic Research Consortium) AERC for the joint collaborative Masters program. 3 Curriculum Vitae: Kamau A W, 2012 IX. Volunteer Service and other Responsibilities 1999- 2010 Treasurer in several groups, church cell group, Family group and lady friends group. 1996-1997 Assistant research and development training co-ordinator for ECOSA, Economic Students' Association, University of Nairobi. 1993-1997 member of ECOSA Referees Professor Francis Mwega, University of Nairobi, Department of Economics, Personal address, P. O. Box 30197, NAIROBI Tel: 254 –20-337436 Ext 28530 (Office); 254-20-4343918 (House) Mobile Tel: 0733-606672 E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] Professor Mwangi Kimenyi, Director, Africa Growth Initiative, Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington DC, 20036-2103, USA, Tel: 1 (202) 797-6252. Email:[email protected] Dr. Stephen N. Karingi, Chief, Trade and International Negotiations Sections, Trade, Finance and Economic Development Division, UN Economic Commission for Africa, P.O.Box 3001, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel: +251-11-5445 443 Fax +251-11-5513 035 E-mail: [email protected] 4 .
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