Dr. Takawira Mumvuma

Qualifications:

BSc Economics, MSc Economics and PhD Development Studies

Academic Appointments:

Lecturer

Research Interests:

Economic growth and development; national income

Faculty: Business Management Sciences And Economics

Department: Economics and Development

Research Category: Economics

Biography:

Takawira Mumvuma is a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics and Development, University of Zimbabwe, teaching Development Economics and Development Finance at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. He has authored and co-authored many book chapters, journal articles and manuals on issues of small enterprise development, local economic development, debt, institutions and growth, economic policy reforms, corruption, trade, horticulture sector skills strategy development, public service delivery as well as participatory budgeting and social accountability in Africa. He is a development economist who holds a BSc and an MSc in Economics from the University of Zimbabwe and a PhD in Development Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University. The Netherlands.

Email: mumvumat@gmail.com

Phone: 0788799776

Publications:

1. Makoto R, Mumvuma T and Kadenge GP (2022), Domestic Debt Creditors and Economic Growth in Zambia and South Africa, Journal of Economic and Business Studies 5(1): 183
2. Mumvuma, T, T. Nyika and T. Mangande (2021), The Mustard Seed Disposition in the Informal Sector: Analysing its Growth and Expansionary Prospects in Zimbabwe, Journal of Urban Systems and Innovations for Resilience in Zimbabwe, Vol. 3, Issue 2, December, 2021, 19-48
3. Zivengwa,T, T. Mumvuma, and P.G. Kadenge, (forthcoming), The Role of Institutions in Promoting Domestic Investment in Selected SADC Countries; University of Zimbabwe Business Review.
4. Makoto R, T. Mumvuma and P.G. Kadenge (2020), Public Debt Composition, Debt Policy Rules and Growth in Selected SADC countries, Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, Vol. 6, Issue 3, p1063-1074
5. Makoto R, T. Mumvuma and P.G. Kadenge (2020), External Debt Creditor Composition and Economic Growth in Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 3
6. Makoto R, T. Mumvuma and P.G. Kadenge (2020), Public Debt Composition in SADC: Recent Trends and Puzzles, Saudi Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol 4, Issue No. 6, June 2020
7. Zivengwa, T, Mumvuma, T and Kadenge, P (2019) The role of institutions in promoting economic growth in selected SADC countries, Zambezia, Vol 46, Issue 1, p115-141
8. Hazvina, F, Makochekanwa, A and Mumvuma, T (2018), An Analysis of the Impact of Chinese Imports on Zimbabwe’s Exports on Third Markets, Paper under reviewing process- University of Zimbabwe Business Review
9. Hazvina, F, Makochekanwa, A and Mumvuma, T (2016), Assessing the potential economic costs and benefits from a Zimbabwe-China Free Trade Agreement, University of Zimbabwe Business Review
10. Mavesere I.M, Mumbengegwi C and Mumvuma T (2018): “Rural Households Income from Forest Resources and the Determinants of Participation in Forest Resource Extraction: Evidence from Chipinge District of Manicaland, Zimbabwe” University of Zimbabwe Business Review. Accepted for publication
11. Chundu. M, T. Mumvuma and H. Zhou (2018), Key Determinants of MSMEs Growth in Zimbabwe, Zambezia, Volume 45.No..ii, p18-40
12. Chundu. M, T. Mumvuma and H. Zhou (2018), Mainstreaming MSMEs in Zimbabwe; Dealing with the Fears of the Entrepreneur, University of Zimbabwe Business Review Journal
13. Mavesere I.M, Mumbengegwi C and Mumvuma T (2017): The Determinants of Rural Poverty: A Case Study of Rural Households in Chipinge District, Zimbabwe, Zambezia, Volume 44.No.ii, p67-67
14. Mumvuma, T, (2011) “A Review of Utility Pricing in Zimbabwe: the Case of Electricity”, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Working Paper, UNDP, Zimbabwe Country Office.
15. Mmcneil, M and T. Mumvuma (2006) “Demanding Good Governance: A Stocktaking of Social Accountability Initiatives by Civil Society in Anglophone Africa”, Washington D.C., World Bank Institute.
16. Mumvuma,T. (1998) Institutions, Transaction Costs and Micro and Small Enterprise Performance in Zimbabwe: Is there Anything we can Learn from the Asian NIC's? Conference on Zimbabwe: Macroeconomic Policy, Management and Performance since Independence: Lessons for the 21st Century, Paper 27. Harare: University of Zimbabwe.