LECTURES IN GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS No. 16 

On January 9, 2025, the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) hosted an online lecture entitled Kenyan Economic Growth and the Role of the Government. This lecture was presented by Jane Kabubo-Mariara, Executive Director of the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) and Professor of Economics at the University of Nairobi. The webinar represented the sixteenth installment in SAGE's Lectures in Government and Economics Series.

Topic: Kenyan Economic Growth and the Role of the Government

Lecturer: Jane Kabubo-Mariara, Executive Director of the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) and Professor of Economics at the University of Nairobi 

Moderator: David Daokui Li, Director of the Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking (ACCEPT) at Tsinghua University and Co-President of the Society for the Analysis of Government and Economics (SAGE) 

Time: January 9 (Thursday), 19:30 - 21:00 

Speaker Bio:

Jane Kabubo-Mariara is Executive Director of the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) and Professor of Economics at the University of Nairobi. She served as the Director of the University of Nairobi's School of Economics from 2010 to 2016; Current Executive Director, Economic Policy Partnership (PEP); Member of the Central Bank of Kenya's Monetary Policy Committee and the German Institute of Global and Area Studies' (GIGA) Advisory Board, among other posts. She has previously held various corporate and scientific advisory roles for local, regional and international organizations.