Dr.
Obwona joined AERC in January 2008 from the Economic
Policy Research Centre (EPRC) in Kampala, Uganda, where
he had been the Executive Director. He joined the EPRC
– Uganda’s think-tank – as Senior
Research Fellow in 1995, a position he held until 2002
when he was seconded to the Central Bank of Uganda as
the Executive Director for the Research and Monetary
Policy Department. He considers that the experience
at the Bank left him with a wealth of practical skill
that contributes significantly to his professional expertise.
In 2005, he returned to EPRC as a Principal Research
Fellow and became acting Executive Director in 2007.
Regional integration, fiscal decentralization, foreign
direct investment, factor productivity, household savings
and micro finance are some of Dr. Obwona’s main
areas of research. He has published extensively in both
local and international refereed journals and contributed
a chapter to the volume emanating from the AERC Special
Workshop on Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA), which was recently published by AERC.
He has also carried out a number of commissioned consultancy
assignments for regional and international organizations
in the areas of domestic resource mobilization, investments,
public finance, and project evaluation, among others.
In this capacity he has worked with the World Bank,
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United
Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD),
African Development Bank, United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI), Rockefeller Foundation, East African
Community and African Capacity Building (ACBF).
Dr. Obwona holds a PhD in economics from the Australian
National University, a Master of Science degree from
the London School of Economics (LSE), United Kingdom,
and Bachelor of Statistics from Makerere University,
Uganda. He was for several years a lecturer in the Institute
of Statistics and Applied Economics at Makerere University.
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: Marios.Obwona@aercafrica.org
Web Site: www.aercafrica.org
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