Mlambo, Kupukile

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Kupukile Mlambo is attached to the Chief Economist as lead expert. He joined the Bank in 1997 as a Principal Research Economist. He then moved to the Bank’s Operations Department as a Principal Country Economist working on Ghana and Liberia, and was later promoted to Chief Country Economist covering the SADC countries. Before joining the Bank, Mr. Mlambo worked as a university academic, first at the University of Zimbabwe as a lecturer in Economics, and then at the University of Fort Hare in South Africa as a Senior lecturer in Economics. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Goteborg Universitet in Sweden.

Research interests

Mr. Mlambo’s research interests cover areas such as economic growth, finance, investment, and productivity growth. He has published papers in referred journals and as chapters in edited books.

Selected Publications

• 2005: “Reviving Foreign Direct Investments in Southern Africa: Constraints and Policies” African Development Review, vol. 17, No. 3, December 2005.
• 2002: “Productivity Growth and Technical Efficiency in Zimbabwean Manufacturing” in Gunning, J. and R. Oostendorp (eds.) Industrial Change in Africa: Zimbabwean Firms Under Structural Adjustment, Palgrave Publishers, Basington.
• 2002: “Stimulating Economic Recovery through Private Sector Development” in Deryke Belshaw and Ian Livingstone (eds.) Renewing Development in Sub Saharan Africa: - Policy, Performance and Prospects. Published by Routledge, London. (with T. W. Oshikoya)
• 2001: “Macroeconomic Factors and Investment in Africa” Journal of African Economies, Vol. 10 Supplement 2, September, pages 12-47. (with T. W. Oshikoya)
• 2001 “Business Environment and Investment in Africa: An Introduction” Journal of African Economies, Vol. 10 Supplement 2, September, pages 12-47. (with A. K. Fosu and T. W. Oshikoya).
• 2000 “Determinants of Private Investment in SubSaharan Africa: An Empirical Investigation.” in Elbadawi, Ibrahim and Ndula, Benno (eds.) Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa - Proceedings of the Eleventh World Congress of the International Economic Association. Palgrave Macmillan (with Manmohan Kumar).
• 2000: “Public Policy and Private Investment: An Empirical Investigation” in Ibrahim A. Elbadawi and Trudi Hartzenberg (eds) Development issues in South Africa, New York : St. Martin's Press [published] in association with African Economic Research Consortium. (with Kevin Nell).
• 1999: "Global Financial Crisis: An African Perspective" (with M. N. Hussain and T. W. Oshikoya), African Development Review, December 1999 issue.