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Profile

Name: Prof. Pius Odunga

Qualifications

  • Ph.D Applied Economics (tourism), The Mansholt Graduate School, 2005
  • Course in environmental economics, Wageningen University & Research Centre, Netherlands, 2001
  • Master of arts Economics, Moi University, 1993
  • BA Hons econ, Nairobi University, 1987

Research Interests

  • Regional integration, trade & investment
  • Business environment and climate change
  • Value chains analysis
  • Cost-benefit analysis

Publications

  1. Odunga, Pius (2022). Tourism Industrial Linkages in Rwanda’s Economy. Journal of Tourism Economics and Policy ISSN 2775-2283 (print); ISSN 2807-2839 (online)
  2. Odunga, Pius (2020). Impact of Tourism on the Economy of Rwanda: Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) Analysis. African Journal of Business, Economics and Business (AJOBEI). Forthcoming
  3. Odunga, Pius and Atieno, Lucy (2020). Local Economy: the Case of Kigali Serena Hotel. Africa Environmental Review Journal, ISSN: 1727 – 8341, Vol.4 No. 1
  4. Odunga, P. (2019). Role of Service Providers in Creating Linkages to Impact of Tourism on the Economy of Rwanda: Tourism Collective Consumption Multiplier Effects. African Journal of Business, Economics and Business (AJOBEI) Vol 1 No.1, ISSN 1410-6778
  5. Odunga Pius, Manyara Geoffrey and Yobesia Mark (2019). Impact of Tourism on the Economy of Rwanda: Input-Output Analysis. African Journal of Education, Science and Technology (AJEST) Vol.5 No.2, ISSN 2309-9240
  6. Odunga Pius, Manyara Geoffrey and Yobesia Mark (2019). Total Economic Impact of Tourism on Rwanda’s Economy and Its Linkages with Other Sectors of the Economy. Journal of Tourism & Management Research ISSN: 2149-6528 2019 Vol. 4, Issue.3. 
  7. Odunga Pius, Manyara Geoffrey and Yobesia Mark (2019). Estimating the Direct Contribution of Tourism to Rwanda’s Economy: Tourism Satellite Accounting Methodology. Tourism and Hospitality Research 0(0) 1–13. DOI: 10.1177/1467358419857786, journals.sagepub.com/home/thr
  8. Odunga, P.O., Manyara,G. & Atieno, L. (2018). Upgrading and Enhancing Sustainable Linkages of Rwanda’s Tourism Value Chains: Opportunities and Bottlenecks. European Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, Vol.6, No.3, pp.28-47.
  9. Odunga, P. (2015). Choice, Expenditure and Satisfaction of International Tourists to Kenya: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach. International Journal of Research in Business Studies and Management Vol.2 Issue 1. ISSN No. 2394-5923/2394-5931.
  10. Kibe, J., Manyara, G., Tromp, D. and Odunga P. (2015). Information and Communication Technologies Innovations Adoption and Implications to Travel Agencies in Nairobi, Kenya. Tourism Spectrum (ICTs and Tourism Trade Transformation in the 21st Century).
  11. Odunga, P.O. (2015). Impact of Regional Integration on the Welfare of Rwandan Households: A Distributional Effect Analysis. African Journal of Business and Industry, Vol. 1 Issue 1. ISSN No. 2413-3213
  12. Kagure, Esther M., Wishitemi B.,Odunga Pius O.(2015). Case Study of community Involvement in Tourism in the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya. In Tourism and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Current Issues and Local Realities. ISBN: 978-0-415-81234/978-0-2013-06932-5
  13. Cheloti-Mapelu, I., Odunga, P. & Sulo, T. (2014). Determinants of expenditure by International Tourists, a Case Study of the North Coastal Region of Kenya. Atlas Africa Volume 9. ISBN: 978-90-75775-75-4
  14. Wanga, J.O., Hayombe, P.O., Odunga, P.O. and Odede, F.Z, July, 2013. ‘The Nexus between Environmental Knowledge and ecotourism Attitude among the Local Youths in Co-educational Secondary Schools in Bondo Sub-County, Siaya County, Kenya’. International Journal of Business and Social Research, Vol.3 No.7.  ISSN 2164-2540/2164-2559.
  15. Makini, L., Odunga, P.O. et al., 2013. ‘The Role of Consumer Education on the Uptake and Usage of Branchless Banking in Peri-Urban Areas of Kenya: A Case Study of Bondo Township, Siaya County’. International Journal of Advanced Research, Vol. 1, Issue 10, Pgs 937-943. ISSN 2320-5407.
  16. Odunga P. 2015. ‘Choice, Expenditure and Satisfaction of International Tourists to Kenya: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach’. International Journal of Research in Business Studies and Management Vol.2 Issue 1. ISSN No. 2394-5923/2394-5931.
  17. Kibe, J., Manyara, G., Tromp, D. and Odunga P. (2015). Information and Communication Technologies Innovations Adoption and Implications to Travel Agencies in Nairobi, Kenya. Tourism Spectrum (ICTs and Tourism Trade Transformation in the 21st Century).
  18. Odunga, P.O. (2015). Impact of Regional Integration on the Welfare of Rwandan Households: A Distributional Effect Analysis. African Journal of Business and Industry, Vol. 1 Issue 1. ISSN No. 2413-3213
  19. Isabell Cheloti-Mapelu, Pius Odunga and Timothy Sulo (2014). Determinants of expenditure by International Tourists, a Case Study of the North Coastal Region of Kenya. Atlas Africa Volume 9. ISBN: 978-90-75775-75-4
  20. Isabell Cheloti-Mapelu, Pius Odunga and Timothy Sulo (2014). Determinants of expenditure by International Tourists, a Case Study of the North Coastal Region of Kenya. Atlas Africa Volume 9. ISBN: 978-90-75775-75-4
  21. Rotich, D.K, Odunga, P.O. and Kieti, D.M. (2015). Attitudes and Perceptions of the local community towards tourism development as a strategy for poverty reduction in Baringo County, Kenya. Eastern African Journal of Leisure, Tourism and Hospitality, Vol. 3 Issue III. ISSN No. 1821-8393 (Forthcoming)
  22. Nyangweso, Odhiambo, Odunga et. al, 2010. Optimal Consumption Bundle for Enhancing Household Food Security in Vihiga District, Kenya: An Application of Linear Programming Approach. African Crop Science Society, ISSN 1023-070X
  23. Nyangweso, Odhiambo, Odunga et. al, 2010. Optimal Resource Utilization for Enhancing Household Food Security: An Application of Linear Programming Approach. International Farm Management Association, ISBN: 978-92-990038-3-1.
  24. Nyangweso, P.M, Odhiambo, M.O., Odunga, P.O. et al (2011). Disentangling farmers’ preferences and cost allocation among inputs for food security in Vihiga District, Kenya. International Journal of Agricultural Management, Volume 1 Issue 2. ISSN 2047-3710.
  25. Odunga, Pius (2015). Dry Beans Prices and Income Distribution in Rwanda: A Non-Parametric Analysis. World Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Vol.1, No.3, August 2015, pp.1-11, ISSN: 2379-9250.
  26. Odunga, Pius (2015). Dry Beans Prices and Income Distribution in Rwanda: A Non-parametric Analysis. World Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Vol.1, No.3, August 2015, pp.1-11, ISSN: 2379-9250
  27. Wanga, J.O., Hayombe, P.O., Odunga, P.O. and Odede, F.Z, (2013). The Nexus between Environmental Knowledge and ecotourism Attitude among the Local Youths in Co-educational Secondary Schools in Bondo Sub-County, Siaya County, Kenya. International Journal of Business and Social Research, Vol.3 No.7.  ISSN 2164-2540/2164-2559.
  28. Makini, L., Odunga, P.O. et al., (2013). The Role of Consumer Education on the Uptake and Usage of Branchless Banking in Peri-Urban Areas of Kenya: A Case Study of Bondo Township, Siaya County. International Journal of Advanced Research, Vol. 1, Issue 10, Pgs 937-943. ISSN 2320-5407
  29. Odunga, P. & Maingi, S. (2011). The Wildlife Tourism Market to Kenya. Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing. ‘Vol. 28 No.1 pg 62-80. ISSN 1054-8408.
  30. Nyangweso P. M., Arcado V.V. and Odunga P. O. (2011). Household Food Access and nutritional status of children aged 6-24 months in Lilongwe Rural – Malawi. International Workshop on Food Security and Environmental Sustainability in a World of Changing Climates: “Food Security and Environmental Sustainability in a World of Changing Climates”. Bondo, Kenya.
  31. Nyangweso, P.M, Odhiambo, M.O., Odunga, P.O. et al (2011). Disentangling farmers’ preferences and cost allocation among inputs for food security in Vihiga District, Kenya. International Journal of Agricultural Management, Volume 1 Issue 2. ISSN 2047-3710.
  32. Nyangweso, Odhiambo, Odunga et. al, 2010. Optimal Consumption Bundle for Enhancing Household Food Security in Vihiga District, Kenya: An Application of Linear Programming Approach. African Crop Science Society, ISSN 1023-070X
  33. Nyangweso, Odhiambo, Odunga et. al, 2010. Optimal Resource Utilization for Enhancing Household Food Security: An Application of Linear Programming Approach. International Farm Management Association, ISBN: 978-92-990038-3-1.
  34. Odunga, P. & Maingi, S. (2009). An Econometric Analysis of Supply Side- ICT Adoption Determinants in Tourism: Case Study of Nairobi. African Journal of Applied Human Sciences, ISSN 2070-917X.
  35. Odunga, P. & Maingi, S. (2009). eTourism: Opportunities for Kenya’s Information economy. African Journal of Applied Human Sciences, ISSN 2070-917X.
  36. Belsoy, S.J., Nthiga, R.W., Odunga, P.O. & Maingi, S.W. (2009). Conference Tourism in Kenya: Towards Tourism Product Development, Diversification and Extension. African Journal of Business and Economics (AJBE), ISSN 1990-9217.
  37. Nyangweso, Odhiambo, Odungaac, (2007). Household Food Security in a Subsistence Economy: Application of Translog Cost Function to Cross-Sectional Data in Vihiga District, Kenya. International Farm Management Association Publication. ISBN: 978-92-990038-3-1.
  38. Nyangweso, Odhiambo, Odunga & Kipsat, (2007). Household Food Security in Vihiga District, Kenya: Key Determinants using an Almost Ideal Demand System. International Farm Management Association Publication. ISBN: 978-92-990038-3-1. Vol. II of II.
  39. Nyangweso, Odhiambo, Odunga & Korir, (2007) .Drivers of Agricultural Exports in Eastern Africa: Evidence from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.International Farm Management Association Publication. ISBN: 978-92-990038-3-1. Vol. 1 of II.
  40. Nyangweso, Odhiambo, Odunga & Kipsat (2007). Household Food Security in Vihiga District, Kenya: Determinants of Dietary Diversity. African Crop Science Proceedings Vol. 8. pp. 1383-1389. ISSN 1023-070X.
  41. Odunga, P. & Maingi, S. (2007). Operational challenges facing eTourism adoption in Kenya’s Tourism sector. African Journal of Business and Economics (AJBE), Vol. II, ISSN 1990-9217.
  42. Odunga, P. (2007). Preference of Attractions among International Tourists Visiting Kenya. Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS) Publications. ISBN: 978-90-75775-29-7.