Welcome.

I am an indefatigable enthusiast of microeconomics with a fond interest in the economics of poverty and inequality, behavioral economics, experimental impact evaluation, economics of healthcare efficiency, public finance as well as models for debt sustainability.

Currently, I am a Social and Economic Policy specialist with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Kenya. I help lead social protection programmes focusing on universal coverage of social safety nets for women and children as well as ensuring that children grow with the right nutrition for better health and education outcomes. I have also been a Consultant Behavioral Economist at the World Bank's South Africa office offering Technical Assistance at the Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice. Specifically, I worked with young jobseekers to better understand the fatalistic behaviors that inhibit their entry and survival in the labour market. I provided evidence based policy advice to government on what works to change mindsets of young jobseekers, improve their employability and ultimately reduce burgeoning unemplyment rates (Currently near 30% re StatSA).

When I am not at the World Bank, I marvel at the question on why there is hardly no pure altruism. I read a lot, work with big economic data particularly surveys on poverty and inequality, write blogs and papers and share my thoughts on broad public economics issues. I collaborate with two excellent global research institutions: The Busara Center for Behavioral Economics and the International Growth Centre.

Lastly and by no means least, I am a senior research associate with the Africa Review of Economics and Finance Consult, South Africa . I am also a network researcher and a doctoral fellow with the Africa Economic Research Consortium (AERC). I further my research within these propitious networks.

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http://www.arefconsult.com/people-george-k-kinyanjui.php

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