Arnold Musungu Lumumbah

Research themes

Environmental and climate change
Mobility and migration
Growth, inequality and poverty
Gender
Agriculture, land use, climate change
Migration, mobility and urbanization
Health

Research countries

Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania

Research projects

I study the effects of climate change on development outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. My research deploys econometric methods on household surveys and geospatial weather datasets. In my dissertation, I primarily seek to understand how rural households adapt to climate change through employment choices and sectoral labour allocation in Ethiopia, and the role of climate change on gender inequality in agricultural production especially in the presence of insecure land property rights in Tanzania. Lastly, I seek to investigate the role of climate change structural transformation pattern in SSA, that is widely considered as unique and distinct.

Degrees

MSc. Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Nairobi

Funding institutions

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Thesis title

Spatiotemporal Effects of Urbanization on Poverty, Wellbeing and Inequality in Sub-Sahara Africa

Doctoral research funded by

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Supervisors of
doctoral work

Prof. Dr. Matin Qaim

Advisor at ZEF

Dr. Zaneta Kubik