Laura Barasa

Laura is a professional Economist specializing in Development Economics. She is a lecturer at the University of Nairobi, Department of Economics, Population and Development Studies where she teaches Econometrics and Statistics. Laura has published in leading journals such as Research Policy, Journal of Agricultural Economics, and Journal of Gambling Studies. She is a European Investment Bank – Global Development Network (EIB-GDN) fellow experienced in impact financing of innovative African start-ups. She is also a Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) fellow and a Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellow. Laura’s affiliations include the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), Network of Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa (NIERA), and Environment for Development (EfD). Barasa’s research interests include innovation, agriculture, financial inclusion, poverty, and gender issues in low-income countries.

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Fields of specialization

Gender & women’s empowerment, Poverty and inequality , Entrepreneurship, Financial inclusion, Agriculture and food security, Climate change, Technology and development

Projects

Title	Country	Themes
Rural renewable energy MSMEs operating to modernize agriculture in and Africa: Barriers, opportunities, and implications for inclusive low-carbon transition in Kenya	Kenya	Gender & women’s empowerment , Entrepreneurship , Agriculture and food security , Climate change
Gender-Sensitive Training and Employer Incentives to Improve Women’s Labour Market Outcomes	Kenya	Gender & women’s empowerment
Off-farm participation, agricultural production and farmers’ welfare in Tanzania and Uganda	Kenya	Poverty and Inequality , Agriculture and food security

Details

Dr Laura Barasa
Senior Lecturer
University of Nairobi
Academic

Contact information:

30197
Nairobi
Kenya
00100
T: +254 733808472
T: +254 733808472
lauranelima@uonbi.ac.ke
https://profiles.uonbi.ac.ke/lauranelima/