Dr. Esther Mwangi

Lecturer

School: School of Business

Department: Business and Economics

Email Address

emwangi@karu.ac.ke

Area/ Field of specialization:International and Development Economics

Research interests:International trade, development economics, poverty and inequality

Biography

Dr. Esther Mwangi is a Lecturer at the department of Business and Economics, School of Business, Karatina University. Dr. Esther Mwangi completed her Ph.D. in International Economics at University of International Business and Economics (UIBE)-China. She did a Master degree in International and Development Economics at University of Namur-Belgium and a B.A degree in Economics at Egerton University-Kenya. She has been a Faculty member since May 2014. Her area of specialization is International Economics with special interest in international trade, poverty, inequality and development.

Publications

  1. Esther N. Mwangi (2023). Sub-Saharan Africa agricultural exports and imports: Trends, Determinants and Implications. Generis publishing, Moldova.
  2. Esther N. Mwangi, Fuzhong Chen, Daniel M. Njoroge (2021). Governance and net-import dependency on food and agricultural products in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does any causality exist? European Journal of Government and Economics, 10(1), 80-104. https://doi.org/10.17979/ejge.2021.10.1.5947
  3. Esther N Mwangi (2021). Determinants of Agricultural Imports in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Gravity Model. African Journal of Economic Review, 9 (2): 271-287. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajer/article/view/207157
  4. Esther N. Mwangi, Fuzhong Chen, Daniel M. Njoroge, (2020). Agricultural Imports, Agriculture Productivity and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of African trade, 7(1-2): 15-28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2991/jat.k.200902.001
  5. Mwangi E.N, Magdaline NW (2017) ARIMA modelling to forecast pulses production in Kenya. Asian J Econ Bus Acc 2(3):1–8. https://doi.org/10.9734/AJEBA/2017/32414