As
Director of Training, Mr. Lyakurwa is credited with
the successful initiation of the ongoing Collaborative
Masters Programme (CMAP) and the Collaborative PhD Programme
(CPP) in response to a retroactive decline in external
support and opportunities for graduate training in Economics
in Africa.
Mr. Lyakurwa received his PhD from Cornell University,
USA in 1978 as the culmination of notable academic performance
in Economics at undergraduate and postgraduate level,
from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to Cornell
University, USA. He has consequently been enlisted as
an advisor and consultant to governments; regional bodies;
multilateral institutions; international and non-governmental
organizations.
Mr. Lyakurwa has served as Chair and member of several
policy-making Boards in Tanzania and internationally.
He was the Chair of the PTA/IDRC Project Management
Committee (1993 to 1997); of the NORDIC/SADCC Trade
Advisory Group (1989 to 1994); and is currently the
Chair of the COMESA Project Management Committee (2000
to the present).
He was also a Member of the steering committees of
the OAU Policy Analysis Support Unit based in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia; the Secretariat for Institutional Support
for Economic Research in Africa (SISERA) based in Dakar,
Senegal; and the Centre for Environmental Economics
and Policy in Africa (CEEPA) based in Pretoria, South
Africa. He has also served as Chair and Head of several
national committees on trade and capacity building.
Mr. Lyakurwa has published extensively in local and
international journals as well as contributed chapters
in books, research and discussion papers, most recently
to a book titled: Helping the Poor? The IMF and
Low-Income Countries, published by Fondad, June
2005.
He has a wealth of experience in research; graduate
training; ‘hands-on’ human resource management;
and a keen sense of appreciation of the challenges of
implementing the Consortium’s programmes in an
evolving continent.
Contact Address:
African Economic Research Consortium
P. O. Box 62882 – 00200
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel. (254-020) 2734150/3/7
Fax. (254-020) 2734170/3
Email: exec.dir@aercafrica.org
Web Site: www.aercafrica.org
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