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SPECIAL: An Interview with Mwanda Phiri, Zambia, APORDE 2023 alumni

In addition to the six main episodes of the Aporde Podcast Series, we are pleased to present a supplementary series of interviews. These interviews are hosted and conducted by Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Communications Officer Nondwe Majundana and feature a diverse range of specialists in the field of development economics. Mwangi Wa Gĩthĩnji is an Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He co-directs the World Studies Interdisciplinary Project and chaired the Five Colleges African Studies Council. Previously, he held positions at Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, focusing on economics and Africana Studies. Mwangi authored "Ten Millionaires and Ten Million Beggars" and co-authored "An Employment Targeted Plan for Kenya," along with numerous articles and chapters. His research delves into the Political Economy of Development, emphasizing class, gender, and income distribution in African agrarian transition and nationhood. He advises multilateral and national agencies, including UNDP and Economic Commission for Africa, and serves on editorial boards of journals like Canadian Journal of Development Studies and African Studies Review.