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Dr. Patrick L. Onsando PhD
Kenyan
Christian
Married
P.O. Box 340
Nyansiongo, Kenya
Contact Address:
Moi University
Department of Economics & ARM
P.O. Box 3900
ELDORET 30100, Kenya
Telephone: (254) 53-43334 (work)
(254) 53-2033105 (home)
Fax:
(254) 53-2043047
Cell phone: (254)721-758964
E-mail:
ponsando@yahoo.com.
Professional Qualifications
Dip.(Financial Management), Delhi Institute of Management, India
B.com (Advanced Accounting and Auditing) Marathwada University, India
M.A. (Econ) BA Marathwada University, India
PhD (Econ) BA Marathwada University, India
Work Experience
1995 – 1996 Senior Planning Officer, Lake Basin Development Authority – Kenya
1997 – Date Lecturer/Research Economist, Moi University - Kenya
Research in Progress
Expectations Beyond Frontier: Policy options
Lags in Effects of Monetary Policy, case for Kenya 1995-2005.
From data to policy: Approaches to Macroeconomic modeling.
Analysis of monetary policy: Case for Kenya 1995-2005
Selected Conferences, Seminars and Research
1990 Objectives of monetary policy, policy choices, paper presented at the University
leadership programme – Marathwada University (with RP Kurulkar).
1990 The monetary approach to the balance of payments; A short note. Paper presented
at the Marathwada University leadership programme in teaching and
Dissemination of research in Macroeconomics
1990 Zero based budgeting – paper presented at the Marathwada University leadership
programme in teaching and Dissemination of research in Macroeconomics
1994 Monetary policy in Kenya, 1975-1990 PhD Thesis BA Marathwada University
(Unpublished)
1995 Tenets in Development; paper presented for the Republic of Kenya, Ministry of
Regional Development, for the purpose of preparing the Lake Basin Regional
Development Plan.
1997 Efficacy of monetary policy in Kenya- 1993-1997. Research Paper Report.
2001 Rational Expectations in Macroeconomics, Moi University (Mimeo)
2002 Use of Statistical Software Programs in Macro econometric Modeling. Research
Paper Report.
1995 Workshop on Monitoring and evaluation of agricultural programs in Kenya
Kisumu, Kenya
1996 Seminar on Project planning & proposal writing Nairobi, Kenya.
1996 Seminar on Urban Poverty in Kenya Kisumu Kenya.
1996 Seminar on Urban-Rural Transfer and Rural Development in Kenya
1997 Seminar on Modeling in Economics Seminar presentation at the Institute of
Research and Postgraduate Studies, Maseno University College.
1998 Seminar on Macroeconomic Modeling and Teaching of Macroeconomics,
Nairobi, Kenya.
2000 Seminar on African Economics Problems Nairobi, Kenya.
2003 Workshop on Economic Models and Policy Kenya Institute of Public Policy
and Research Analysis (KIPPRA) Nairobi, Kenya
2003 Workshop on Collaborative M.Sc in Agricultural and Applied Economics,
Nairobi, Kenya.
2005 International Conference on Social Science Research sponsored by Centre for
Policy and Practice, Orlando/Altamonte Springs, Florida:
Paper Presented:
The Making of an Economist: professionalization process.
Discussant:-
Beyond Twin Deficits: Endogenously using function of consumption
and investment
Economic liberalization and Globalization – A case studies of
Muslim world in general and Indian Muslims in particular.”
Panel Chair:March 2006
Policy making as discursive practices; Asian Financial Crisis and
the second Asian values debate.
Strategy for self-sufficiency
Mechanical, Teleological and Formological Ontologies in Economics.
Institutional sources of price inflation
Participated in a seminar on “Monetary Policy Operations and Measuring
Inflation” organized by Kenya School of Monetary Studies and Japanese
International Cooperation Agency. (JICA)