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1 Name: Joseph Onjala, PhD C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E Biographical Information Date of Birth: 15th August Profession: Environmental and Resource Economics Researcher with special interest in Development issues. Work Experience: 16 years. Mailing Address: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Post Office Box 30197, Nairobi. Tel: , (H) Fax: Mobile: ; ; jonjala@uonbi.ac.ke; onjalajosef@yahoo.com Main Academic and Professional Interests: Resource and Environmental Management (Economics); Water and Energy Policy Analysis; Industry, Trade Issues, and Development and Growth Economics. Position from August 1993 to date: Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi. Terms of Service: Permanent and Pensionable. Current Teaching: o Research Foundations (Master of Arts Core Course, Institute for Development Studies); o Resource and Environmental Management, Development Studies (Master of Arts Course, Institute for Development Studies); o Environmental Economics (Fourth Year Undergraduate, School of Economics, University of Nairobi). Formal Education October 1998-January 2002 PhD, 2002; Roskilde University (Denmark) Department of Environment, Technology and Social Studies, PhD Dissertation entitled: Managing Water Scarcity in Kenya: Industrial Response to Tariffs and Regulatory Enforcement. May/June 1997 Goteborg University (Sweden) PhD Coursework School of Economics and Commercial Law: Graduated from the 1997 PhD coursework in Environmental Economics in the Swedish PhD curriculum. 1

2 University of Nairobi (Kenya) Master of Arts [Economics]. Thesis: Macroeconomic modelling on Energy-Economy Interactions in Kenya University of Nairobi Bachelor of Arts (Economics). Upper 2nd Class Honours degree in Economics. Training Courses May, 2000 "Natural Resource Accounting" by Environmental Economics Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (EENESA) and Resource Accounting Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (RANESA) for one week in Pretoria, South Africa. December, 1999 "Natural Resource Accounting" by Environmental Economics Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (EENESA) and Resource Accounting Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (RANESA) for one week in Swakopmund, Namibia. November/December 1998 "Advanced Methods in Economic Valuation of Environmental Resources" held at CATIE, Turrialba, Costa Rica 23 Nov - 4 Dec, October, 1995 "Research Methodology" at a Workshop organised by African Economic Research Consortium [AERC] in Nairobi - Kenya. July 1993 "Teaching of Environmental Economics" by United Nations University (WIDER)/University of Malta, for two weeks in Valleta, Malta. Certificate in Teaching of Resource and Environmental Economics. Previous Employment December 1990-Sept 1993: Worked with Ministry of Energy (Nairobi) as Economist I. Responsible for Energy Sector Planning, Preparation of Project Briefs for Funding and Drafting the energy chapter in the National Development Plan. 2

3 On-going Consultancy/Research Activities: March, 2006: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Preparation of the 5th Human Development Report for Kenya Human Security and Human Development, From June 2004: Household Demand and Welfare Implications of Urban Water Pricing in Kenya. Funded by African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). June, 2005: Beyond The Water s Edge: The Relative Power of Community in Madagascar, Kenya, India, Israel, and the United States. A Water Research Project with Dr. Richard Marcus, University of Alabama-USA. Selected Tasks/ Consultancies Completed January, 2006: Organisational Development of Kenya Ports Authority and Dockworkers Union. Fagligt Internationalt Center (FIC), Denmark. February, 2006: Case studies: vulnerable fisheries in the context of the WTO s NAMA negotiations Norwegian Church Association (NCA), Norway. October, 2005: Leather Sector Value Chain Analysis for United Nations Industrial Development Programme (UNIDO). November, 2005: Integrated Assessment and Planning for the Energy Sector in Kenya. Contracted by Kenya Institute of Public Policy and Research (UNEP/KIPPRA). October, 2005: Implications of Liberalization of Markets for Non-Agricultural Products in Kenya. Final Report. This study was commissioned by several Kenyan civil society organizations working on issues related to global and regional trade agreements, i.e. EcoNews Africa, Kenya Women Workers Organisation (KEWWO), Kenya Human Rights Commission, Kenya National Federation of Agricultural Producers (KNFAP), Christians for a Just Society (CFJS). June, 2005: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Preparation of the 4th Human Development Report for Kenya Industrialization and Human Development, 2004/2005 (Co-Team Leader). October 2004: A Study on Cost Benefit Analysis of Various Crops grown in the Mara River Basin, Narok and Bomet Districts in Kenya. For by World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature, East African Regional Office in Nairobi. May, 2003: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Productive Capacity Initiative in the Industrial Sector. 3

4 June, 2003: Winrock International/ African Rural Policy Analysts Network: Aids and Agriculture in Kenya. Selected Research and Publications Book Chapters "Economic Growth and Development in Kenya Since Independence" in Ng'ethe N. and W. Owino W. (eds) (2000). From Sessional Paper No.10 to Structural Adjustment: Towards Indigenising the Policy Debate. The Regal Press Kenya. Industrial Water Management in Kenya: Towards Appropriate Institutional Arrangement forthcoming in a book on Water Management in East African Towns by IFRA. Land and Water Management Policy in Kenya forthcoming in a book on Land and Water Management in East Africa by IFRA. Journal Articles "Towards Industrial Water Management in Kenya: Loopholes in the Existing Institutional Arrangement." Ny Verden, July Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen. "Ranking Environmental Services in Different Countries" Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 4. Part 1, Pp (co-authors: B.Olsson, P.Birungi, S.Huda, G.R. Motlaleng, T. Sterner) Bridging the Urban Waters- Public or Commercial? Early Lessons from Institutional Changes in Kenya Water Policy Journal, (forthcoming), Working Papers Firm Compliance to Regulatory Enforcement of Industrial Wastewater Standards in Kenya IDS Working Paper, (forthcoming), Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi. "Regulating Industrial Wastewater in Kenya: Towards an Appropriate Institutional Arrangement". CDR/IIS Working Paper No. 02.8, July Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen. "Good Intentions, Structural Pitfalls: Early Lessons from Urban Water Commercialisation Attempts in Kenya". CDR/IIS Working Paper 02.2 January Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen. 4

5 "Water Pricing Options in Kenya: Cases of Mwea and West Kano Irrigation Schemes. CDR/IIS Working Paper 01.9, November Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen. "Multi-Nation Contingent Valuation: The Case of Kenya." EEU Working Paper 2001:15, Environmental Economics Unit, Department of Economics, Goteborg University, Sweden. "Impact Assessment of the WEDCO Enterprise Development Project." IDS Occassional Paper Number 68. Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi. "Total Factor Productivity in Kenya: The Links with trade Policy." IDS Working Paper 511, Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi. "Pollution by Sugar Industries in Kenya: The Case of Nyando River." IDS Working Paper 512. Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi. "Industrial Water Demand in Kenya: Eccentric Behaviour Among Firms?" EEU Working Paper 2003:--, Environmental Economics Unit, Department of Economics, Goteborg University, Sweden. "Total Factor Productivity in Kenya: The Links with Trade Policy." Research Paper No.118, November African Economic Research Consortium. Water Sector Management: The Appropriateness of the Institutional Arrangement in Kenya, IDS Working Paper No.535, IDS Policy Briefs Issues in Groundwater Management in Kenya, September, The Challenges and Options for business in Accessing Electricity and Water Services in Kenya, November, Competitive Research Grant Awards June : by African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). Household Demand and Welfare Implications of Urban Water Pricing in Kenya. Satisfactory Interim Report presented in December, 2004 at Hotel Intercontinental, Nairobi. October 2004, by World Wide Fund for Nature. To Study on Cost Benefit Analysis of Various Crops grown in the Mara River Basin, Narok and Bomet Districts in Kenya. March 2004 by Winrock International (Washington): To study the Institutional Arrangements for Aids Interventions in Agriculture and Aids & Agricultural Technology Needs by Farmers. 5

6 July 2002 by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Washington: To examine Rural Service Provision in Kenya. October by Danida (ENRECA Project): To examine Industrial Water use and Wastewater Disposal in Kenya. December, funded by the Environmental Economics Unit (EEU) University of Gothenburg Sweden and SIDA. A Multi-country study to examine Environmental Priorities in LDCs: A CVM Study on how people in different socio-economic settings value environmental resources. January By African Economic Research Consortium (AERC): Total Factor Productivity Growth in Kenya: The Links with Trade Policy. December 1997 by Environmental Economics Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (EENESA). To examine Water Pricing in Irrigation Schemes in Kenya. December 1996 By Environmental Economics Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (EENESA). To examine Pollution by Sugar Industries in Kenya: the Nyando Basin. June 1996 by African Rural Social Scientists Network (ARSSN) / Winrock International to examine gender impacts of Pollution by Agro-based Industries along river Nyando. December By African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Investigating Sources of Economic Growth in Kenya: A Growth Accounting Approach. Findings presented during the bi-annual workshop organized by African Economic Research Consortium in June International Conference Papers June, 2001: Presented a paper on "Urban Water Institutional Transformation in Kenya" at the 7th Conference of the International Water and Resource Economics Consortium and 4th Seminar on Environmental and Resource Economics at Gerona, Spain. May, 1998: Presented a paper on "Household Production Function Approach to Estimating Pollution Impacts" at the Beijer Research seminar at The River Club Hotel, Livingstone, Zambia. June, 1998: Presented a paper on "Water Pricing Options in Kenya's Irrigation Schemes" at the World Congress on Environmental and Resource Economics, organised by Global Network of Environmental Economists (GNEE), Venice, Italy. July, 1997: Presented a paper on "Gender Impacts of Pollution by Agro-based Industries in Western Kenya" at a workshop organised by African Rural Social Scientists Network (ARSSN) in Cotonou, Benin. 6

7 December, 1997: Presented a paper "Towards Appropriate Pricing of Irrigation Water In Kenya" at the EENESA workshop held in Zanzibar (Tanzania). June, 1995: Presented a paper on "Sources of Economic Growth in Kenya" during the biannual workshop organized by African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) in June July, 1995: Presented a paper on "Water Management in the Nyando Basin" at a conference organized for African Scholars by Beijer Institute for Ecological Economics in July 1995 in Gozo - Malta. Seminar Papers November, 2002: Presented Phase I report, "Assessing the Impact of Rural Service Provision on Agricultural Productivity in Kenya" at International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Headquarters in Washington D.C. April, 2002: Presented a paper on "Towards Industrial Water Management in Kenya: Institutional Issues" to a seminar organised by Institute for Development Studies and the Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen in Nairobi, Holiday Inn. September, 2002: Presented a paper on "Firm Compliance to Regulatory Enforcement of Industrial Wastewater Standards in Kenya" to an International Conference organised by Institute for Development Studies and the Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen in Mombasa. April, 2001: Presented a paper on "Institutional Issues in Urban Water Provision in Kenya" to a seminar organised the Institute for Development Studies and Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen in Machakos Garden Hotel. October, 1995: Presented a paper on "The Experience of Growth and Development in Kenya since Independence" to a seminar organised by the Institute for Policy Analysis Research [IPAR] in Naivasha - Kenya. Conference Responsibilities September, 1991: Resource person at a seminar organized for energy agro-forestry centre managers at Severin Sea Lodge, Mombasa. [Seminar sponsored by Kenya/Canada Energy Advisory Project]. November, 1992: Resource person in a National Biomass Seminar organized by Kenya Energy and Environment Organisation [KENGO] held at Silver Springs Hotel, Nairobi. June, 1994: Presented a paper on "Methodological Approaches for Environmental Impact Assessment in Agroforestry related activities" in Uasin Gishu District. The seminar was organized by ETC Kenya Consultants in collaboration with Moi University School of Environmental Studies and University of Amsterdam, at Golf Hotel - Kakamega. 7

8 December, 1994: Rapporteur in a Natural Resource Policy Analysis Workshop organized for government planners/ economists from within Eastern and Southern Africa. The workshop held in Mombasa for 10 days was organized by Environmental Economics Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (EENESA) and IDRC. May, 1996: Rapporteur in a Natural Resource Policy Analysis Workshop organized for government planners/ economists from within Eastern and Southern Africa. The workshop was organized by EENESA and IUCN and held in Mombasa, Kenya for 10 days. August, 1996: Rapporteur in a Workshop organised by Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR) at Windsor Hotel, Nairobi. February, 1997: Rapporteur in a Policy Maker's Workshop on Regional Integration for Eastern Africa organized for senior government officers and scholars from the Greater Horn of Africa. The African Rural Social Scientists Network (ARSSN) organised the workshop in Nairobi. March, 2004: Organised and facilitated a Policy Workshop on the Impact of HIV/AIDS and Agriculture in Kenya. The workshop was organized by African Rural Policy Analysts Network (ARPAN) at Fairview Hotel in Nairobi- Kenya. Supervision of MA Students Thesis/Projects Year 2006: Main Supervisor - a Masters Student project on An understanding of poverty in the context of Common Pool Goods: An Evaluation of the Management Systems used in the Conservation of Kakamega Rain Forest. By Milcah Asamba Year 2005: Main Supervisor - a Masters Student project on Urban Water Commercialisation in Kenya: The Case of Eldoret Town. By Esther Makau Year 2004: Co-Supervised a Masters Student project on Institutional Constraints Affecting Farmers Access to Production Services in Small-Scale Irrigation Schemes in Kenya: The Case of the Yatta Canal in Machakos District. By Mutiso Stephen Mutinda Past and Current Professional Membership/Association o African Economic Research Consortium (AERC). o International Centre for Economic Growth (ICEG). o African Rural Policy Analysts Network (ARPAN). o Resource Accounting Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (EENESA). o Environmental Economics Network for Eastern and Southern Africa (EENESA). Joseph Onjala, September,