DAR ES SALAAM UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
A constituent College of the University of Dar es SalaamBiography
Biography
Monica Sebastian Kauky is a Tanzanian economist with a PhD in Economics and a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Dar es Salaam. She is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam under DUCE Campus. Specializing in health and Labor Economics, and various aspects of economic and human capital development, her research focuses on children's nutrition and schooling outcomes, agricultural economics, food security, labor economics, welfare economics and social protection. Kauky is a seasoned development economist with expertise in household surveys, mixed-methods research, and impact evaluation, particularly through randomized controlled trials (RCTs) She is actively involved in several research networks, including the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF), and the Environment for Development (EfD) initiative.
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Email Address
monyleny@yahoo.com
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Research Interest
Research Interest
Development and Labour Economics, Agriculture(pre& post-harvest loss), climate change, energy and climate change, health economics especially children nutrition and schooling outcomes.
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Projects
Projects
Provision of Consultancy Service to Undertake External Final Evaluation of Rural Enterprise Support to Eliminate Child Labour in Tanzania (Prosper Reset) and Extension
Publications
Publications
Lwiza, S. S., & Kauky, M. S. (2025). Understanding the Complementarity and Substitutability of
Cooking fuels in Developing Countries: Evidence from 2020/21 Tanzania National Panel
Survey. Tanzanian Economic Review, 15(1), 105-126.
Kauky, M. S., & Mcharo, E. G. (2025). Exposure to household air pollution from unclean
cooking fuels and child stunting in Tanzania. Population and Environment, 47(1), 17.
Kauky, M. S. (2024). Does Market Accessibility Improve Household Food Security? Evidence
from Small-Holder Maize Producers in Southern Tanzania. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 13(2), 18.
Kauky, M. S. (2024). Role of Agricultural Extension Services (AES) on Farm Productivity and Household Food Security in Tanzania. The African Review, 1(aop), 1-24.
Kauky, M. S. (2024). Household Shocks and Child Labour: Panel Survey Evidence from
Tanzania. Tanzania Economic Review, 14(1).
Kauky, M. S. (2024). Household Shocks and Child Labour: Panel Survey Evidence from Tanzania. Tanzania Economic Review, 14(1).
Chegere, M. J., & Kauky, M. S. (2022). Agriculture commercialisation, household dietary diversity and nutrition in Tanzania. Food Policy, 113, 102341.
Kauky, M. S. (2023). Mothers Education and Children’s Nutrition Outcomes in Tanzania. African Journal of Economic Review, 11(4), 203-218.
Martin, J. C., & Kauky, M. S. (2023). Agricultural Marketing Policies and Household Dietary Diversity and Nutrition in Tanzania.
Kauky, M. S., Chegere, M. J., & Lokina, R. B. (2021). The effects of household shocks on child nutrition status in Tanzania. Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), 10(4).
. Kauky, M. S., Lokina, R. B., & Chegere, M. J. (2021). The Effects of Household Shocks on Children's Schooling in Tanzania. Tanzanian Economic Review, 11(2).
Nuhu, M., & Kauky, M. S. (2019). Determinant of Healthcare Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa. Tanzanian Economic Review, 9(2).
Nuhu, M., & Kauky, M. S. (2020). Government Fiscal Health, Family Planning and Poverty Rate in Nigeria: Evidence from VECM. Tanzanian Economic Review, 10(2).
Kauky, M. S. (2014). Microeconomic Analysis of Socio-economic Determinants of Primary School Dropouts in Tanzania: The Case of Rombo District. Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), 3(1 & 2).
TRAINING AND CONFERENCES
2025 STATA Tricks: A Two-Part Webinar for African Graduate Students, AIR.
2024 Technical Workshop on Advanced Econometrics including Bayesian and Machine Learning Techniques, Nairobi Kenya
2023 The 17th EfD annual meeting, A paper Discussant and Presenter, Accra Ghana
2023 University of Dar es Salaam Research Week and Presentation, Best Paper
Presentation under Multidisciplinary Research Competitive Grants.
2022 Green Economy Revolution Workshop, Participants in the Stakeholders Meeting, University of Dar es Salaam; School of Economics
2022 International Association of Agricultural Economists AWARD,
Mentoring Programme held Virtually.
2020 Policy brief workshop at the Golf Course Hotelfacilitated by AERC_Africa, in Kampala, Uganda
2019 AERC Biannual Research & CPP Thesis Workshop. Trademark Hotel,
Nairobi. PhD _Thesis Presentation
2019 Annual REPOA stakeholders meeting at the Kilimanjaro Crain Hotel, Dar
Es Salaam
2019 AERC Biannual Research & CPP Thesis Workshop. Cape town, South
Africa.
2018 Inception and Capacity Building Workshop, AFPON PROJECT, funded by
AERC, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya.
2018 Research Grant Writing for Collaborative Research, AERC Nairobi
Kenya.
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2024 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Award: Funder, America Institute for
Research
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2023 AERC-World Bank Visiting Scholar Programme, Washington DC,
2023 Maternal education and childhood malnutrition in Tanzania (Principal
Investigator). Funder the World Bank and African Economic
Research Consortium (AERC)
2022 Impacts of Rewards on students’ Academic Performance in Tanzania. A Randomized Control Trial (Principal Investigator). Funded by Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF).
2019 Impact of Agricultural and Food Policies on Nutrition Outcomes (AFPON Project). Funder (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)
2019 Do Climate Smart Agriculture Practices improve Food Security and
Productivities in Tanzania? A Case of Maize Production in Ruvuma.
(Co- Author). Funder, University of Dar es Salaam Research Grants.
2019 AERC Ph.D. Thesis Research Grant, Funder the African Economic Research
Consortium
2017 PhD scholarship award from the African Economic Research Consortium
(AERC)
2012 Master’s scholarship through the Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (SIDA)