Articles · No. 04 (2020): CODESRIA Bulletin, No 4, 2020 · Pages 3-7

The Randomista Rampage in Development Economics: A View from the Trenches

  • David Ndii
    David Ndii Independent Researcher Nairobi, Kenya
    David Ndii (born in Kiambu, Kenya) is an economist, a columnist, and an author.  The Telegraph  has described him as "one of Africa's best known economists and an outspoken anti-corruption crusader". He is a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University and an Eisenhower Fellow....
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  • David Ndii, Independent Researcher Nairobi, Kenya

    David Ndii (born in Kiambu, Kenya) is an economist, a columnist, and an author. The Telegraph has described him as "one of Africa's best known economists and an outspoken anti-corruption crusader".

    He is a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University and an Eisenhower Fellow. Ndii holds a doctorate and master's degrees in economics from Oxford, masters and bachelor's degrees from the University of Nairobi.

    He is the chairman of the board of Zimele Asset Management Company Limited and the managing director of African Economics.

    Ndii has previously served as an economic advisor to the Government of Rwanda and led the NARC Economic Recovery Strategy (ERS) taskforce which was widely credited with the post-2003 economic recovery in Kenya. He cofounded Kenya's first independent policy think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs, together with Prof. Anyang' Nyong'o.

    Ndii lectured at Strathmore University.

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