Aimable Nsabimana is a Development Economist and a Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. Currently he works on the Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED) programme, under which he provides technical support to the Steering Group in ensuring the successful formulation and implementation of the research project under different workstreams; supports the works of the SA-TIED cross-cutting data stream, including the use and development of administrative tax data.
His work has been published in various journals, including Resource and Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Renewable Energy, Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization as well as the African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. Aimable has also served as the referee of different journals such as Energy Economics, World Development, African Development Review, The International Trade Journal, Agrekon and Agricultural Economics Review.
Before moving to UNU-WIDER, he was a Researcher and Lecturer at the University of Rwanda (UR), in the Department of Economics; but also, he served as the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Administration and Finance at Rwanda Polytechnic (RP). Aimable has spent time at UC Berkely as a CEGA-EASST Visiting Research Fellow. He holds a PhD in Economics from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden and Master’s (Msc) Degree in Economics from Wageningen University, the Netherlands.
Legal identity is an important aspect of securing access to public services, such as education, healthcare, and social protection services, including child support grants. In the South African context, in the post-apartheid period, many poor South...
This report documents RWAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Rwanda. This work was carried out by UNU-WIDER, SASPRI, and the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA). The results presented in this report are derived using RWAMOD version 1.1, which is part of...
Analysis of household food consumption patterns and welfare requires knowledge of household demand responses to changes in price and income. Estimation of the price and expenditure elasticities requires detailed data on household purchases and prices...
Sub-Saharan Africa has abundant natural resources and a substantial market, with an estimated population of 1.2 billion. The population is projected...
In this study, we explore the impact of a smart classroom (SCM) programme on student performance in science subjects in a high-stakes national exam for middle-high school students in Rwanda. To do this, we leverage plausibly exogenous variations in...
We investigate if financial inclusion leads to improved nutrition in rural Rwanda, using Rwandan Integrated Household Living Conditions surveys (2013/14 and 2016/17). Our empirical evidence shows a robust positive impact of financial inclusion...
Data is the key to informed decision-making in today's rapidly changing world. As nations strive to address complex economic challenges, data-driven...
This report documents RWAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Rwanda. It describes the different tax-benefit policies in place, how the microsimulation model picks up these different provisions, and the database on which the model runs. It concludes...
This paper assesses the feasibility of developing a tax and benefit microsimulation model in Rwanda. Tax-benefit microsimulation can be used to explore ways in which national development goals can be achieved in a cost-effective manner, and to assess...
There has been much discussion on climate change and its adverse effects on agriculture, including excessive loss of food production. In regions such as sub-Saharan Africa, where agriculture is the major source of household livelihoods, shocks in...
Economics researcher Aimable Nsabimana shares the relevance and inspiration behind his recent work with UNU-WIDER on climate change and human...
In this paper, we examine the relationship between childhood exposure to adverse weather shocks and nutritional and health outcomes of children in Tanzania. Using household panel data matched with spatially disaggregated data on weather shocks, we...
Access to mobile phone has increased substantially over the last decade in sub-Saharan Africa. The evidence suggests that increased use of mobile phones in the region has upgraded the market prices received by producers for their cash crops, but so...
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