Dr. Diana N Mukwate

Research Interests

Academic Qualifications

Refereed Journal Articles

1. Muchai, J. and Ngui, D.M. (Forthcoming): Technical Efficiency Effects of Bank Mergers and Acquisitions in Kenya – Review of Development Finance
2. Muchai, J. and Ngui, D.M. (Forthcoming): Long-run Determinants of Savings in Kenya
3. Ngui, D.M.: Technical Efficiency Point and Confidence Interval Estimates of the Manufacturing Sector in African Economies: A case of Kenya
4. Njuguna Ndung’u, Abebe Shimeles and Dianah Ngui, (2022) The Old Tale of the Manufacturing Sector in Africa: The Story Should Change . Journal of African Economies , Volume 31, Issue Supplement_1, September 2022, Pages i3–i9, https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejac016
5. Kenneth Kigundu Macharia, Dianah Ngui , John Kamau Gathiaka, (2022), Effects of Energy Efficiency on Firm Productivity in Kenya’s Manufacturing Sector, Journal of Sustainable Development , Vol 15, No. 3, https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v15n3p90
6. Kenneth Kigundu Macharia, John Kamau Gathiaka , Dianah Ngui (2021), Energy efficiency in the Kenyan manufacturing sector, Energy Policy , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112715
7. Benedetta Landi, Njuguna Ndung’u, Dianah Ngui Muchai, Winnie Sambu, Claudia Segre and Wilson Wasike (2021), Financial Inclusion: The Importance of Financial Literacy and the Promotion of Better Labour Market Outcomes for Women and Youth, Policy Brief , Task Force 6, Social Cohesion and the Future of Welfare Systems, https://www.g20-insights.org/policy_briefs/financial-inclusion-the-importance-of-financial-literacy-and-the-promotion-of-better-labour-market-outcomes-for-women-and-youth/
8. Kanang Amos Akims, and Dianah Mukwate Ngui (2019), Productivity and Export Performance: Micro-Level Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector in Nigeria, Frontiers of Economics in China, Vol. 14, Issue 3. Pp. 428 – 460. http://journal.hep.com.cn/fec/EN/10.3868/s060–008–019–0019–0
9. Kanang Amos Akims, Perez Ayieko Onono, and Dianah Mukwate Ngui (2019), Trade Liberalization and Productivity in the Nigerian Manufacturing Sector, Journal of Economic and Sustainable Growth 2;1, Office of The Chief Economist, Development Bank of Nigeria. Vol. 2, Issue 1. Pp. 92 – 137. https://devbankng.com/cms/uploads/Liberalization%20And%20Productivity%20In%20Th e%20Nigerian%20Manufacturing%20Sector.f
10. Mutuku, M., Korir, J., and and Ngui-Muchai, D., (2019) Government Expenditure and School Efficiency and Productivity Change: A Case of Public Primary Schools in Kenya, Journal of Social Sciences,15, Pp. 29-39.
11. Muchai, D. N. & Muchai, J. (2016) ‘Fiscal Policies and Capital Flight in Kenya’ African Development Review. Vol. 28, No. S1. Pp. 8 - 21. Blackwell
12. Ndicu, N.S., Ngui. D.M. and Gachanja, P.M. (2016): Technical Efficiency Analysis of the kenyan Agro-processing Industry. The International Journal of Business and Management, 4:5 Pp. 100-109.
13. Ogada, M. J., Muchai, D. and Mwabu, G. (2014): Farm Technology Adoption in Kenya: Simultaneous Estimation of Inorganic Fertilizer and Improved Maize Variety Adoption Decisions. Agricultural and food Economics, 2:12. Springer
14. Ogada, M. J., Muchai, D., Mwabu, G. and Mathenge, M. (2014): Technical Efficiency of Kenya’s Smallholder Food Crop Farmers: Do Environmental Factors Matter? Environment, Development and Sustainability, 16:5, pp 1065 -1076. Springer
15. Ngui, D.M., Wasike, W. and Mutua, J.M, (2012): Energy Planning Model: A Survey with Future Directions for Kenya’s Energy Planning, The Journal of Energy and Development, Vol. 37, no1/2. CEED
16. Mutua, J.M, Ngui, D.M, Osiolo, H., Aligula, E. and Gachanja, E. (2012): Consumers Satisfaction in the Energy Sector in Kenya, Energy Policy, 48: pp. 702-710. Elsevier
17. Ngui-Muchai, D.M. and Muniu, J.M. (2012) Firm Efficiency Differences and Distribution in the Kenyan Manufacturing Sector, African Development Review, 24: 1, pp. 52-66. Blackwell
18. Ngui, D.M., Mutua, J.M, Osiolo, H. and Aligula, E. (2011) Household Energy Demand in Kenya: An Application of Linear Approximate Almost Ideal Demand System (LA-AIDS), Energy Policy, 39(2011): pp. 7084 -7094. Elsevier
19. Ngui, D.M., Becker, C. and Thomi, W. (2008): Corruption, Insecurity and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from the Kenyan Manufacturing Firms, International Journal of Afro-Asian Studies, 1:1, pp. 66 -75.

Book Chapters

1. 2018: Ngui, D. and Kimuyu, P.: Prospects for Information and Communication Technology-Enabled Services in Kenya: The case of the Mobile Money Transfer Industry. Newfarmer, R.S., Page, J., and Tarp, F.(eds). Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Considered. Oxford University Press, Pp. 213 - 231
2. 2016: Ngui, D. Chege, J., and Kimuyu, P.: Kenya’s Industrial Development: Policies, Performance, and Prospects. Newman, C., Page, J., Rand, J., Shimeles, A., Söderbom, M. and Tarp, F.(eds) Manufacturing Transformation: Comparative Studies of Industrial Development in Africa and Emerging Asia. Oxford University Press, Pp. 72 - 91
3. 2008: Ngui, D.M. On the Efficiency of the Kenyan Manufacturing Sector: An empirical Analysis, Published by Shaker Verlag, Aachen. ISBN No. 978-3832269432

Conference Papers

1. Ngui, D.M., Muniu, J. M. and Wawire, N.H.W. (2014): Determinants of Informal Sextor Performance in the Rural Areas of Kenya: Evidence from Makueni County, in International Conference on Dynamics of Rural Transformation in Emerging Economies, Excel India Publishers, New Dehli, India.
2. Ngui, D.M., Becker, C. (2007): Technical Efficiency Point and Confidence Interval Estimates of the Manufacturing firms in African Economies: A case of Kenya, in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis: Retrospect and Prospect, A Book of Abstracts for the Tenth European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis (EWEPA), Lille, France.
3. Attended and participated in the Economic Opportunities for a Better Future Leveraging agriculture, Innovation and Financial Inclusion Conference organised by the DFID-ESRC Growth Research Programme(DEGRP) and the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi on 28th-29th October, 2016.
4. Technocrat at the workshop to discuss preliminary Findings of HIV Programme efficiency and Return on Investments study findings organised by the National Aids Control Council (NACC) at Mountain Breeze Hotel, Embu on 6th-8th October, 2016.
5. Attended and participated in a Dialogue on Innovative Higher Education Strategies (DIES) seminar: Quality Doctoral Education-A Prerequisite for Strong Universities in Africa organised by the Germany Academic Exchange Service(DAAD) in Cooperation with the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) at the Sarova Panafric Hotel, Nairobi 26th -28th September, 2016
6. Discussant at an Environmental for Development annual event workshop at the Nairobi Safari Club Hotel, Nairobi 22nd November, 2015
7. Discussant at an African Economic Research Consortium Capital Flight and Tax Havens inception workshop at the Fairview Hotel, Nairobi 20th – 21st March, 2014
8. Discussant at an Environmental for Development annual event workshop at the Fairview Hotel, Nairobi 7th August, 2013
9. Resource Person at an Econometrics Workshop organised by Econometrics and Statistics Department, Kenyatta University at Kenyatta University Business Centre, July 2012
10. Resource person, Research Methods and Computer Applications course review workshop for AERC Collaborative Masters Program at the Safari Park and Casino hotel, Nairobi 26th April to 2nd May, 2012
11. Attended a workshop on Learning to Compete at the Oleseren hotel, Nairobi 12th to 14th September, 2011
12. Attended a workshop on integrated watershed management in Moshi, Tanzania 14th to 25th September, 2009
13. Attended a training workshop on gender analysis and mainstreaming in Kampala, Uganda 19th to 23rd January, 2009
14. Resource person, Industrial Economics Course review workshop for AERC Collaborative Masters Program at the Kenya Commercial Bank, Management Centre in Nairobi 24th June to 26th June, 2008