Lwiza, Samwel S.
Dr. Samwel S. Lwiza is a research fellow at EfD Tanzania and lecturer at the Department of Economics and Geography, University of Dar es Salaam (DUCE campus). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Chandigarh University, India. He has also obtained an M.A. in Economics and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Additionally, Dr. Lwiza has attended various training and workshops, including impact evaluation, energy transition research for policy making, gender analysis, and mixed methods analysis. He holds Gunner Kohlin’s Best MSc Thesis Award (2014) of the Environment for Development (EfD).
Research interest
- Environmental and Natural resources economics (forestry, energy)
- Agricultural economics (productivity, efficiency)
- Development economics (education, inequality, employment, health, child nutrition)
Grants and consultancy
Consultant: Final Evaluation of Rural Enterprise Support to Eliminate Child Labour In Tanzania: Feb - May 2025. Funded by Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing (ECLT) Foundation.
Consultant: Building the Economic Case for Government Support to Enable Development of the Engineered Wood Products Value Chain. May 2019 – Feb 2020. Funded by the Forest Development Trust
Consultant: Assessment of Impact Evaluation Uptake in Tanzania. Jan – March 2019. Funded by the Network for Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa (NIERA)
Awards
Gunner Kohlin’s Best MSc Thesis Award (2014) of the Environment for Development (EfD).
