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Professor Josue Mbonigaba

Josue Mbonigaba

Professor Josue Mbonigaba

Head of Higher Degrees and Research

Discipline Economics
Email

mbonigaba@ukzn.ac.za

Contact

+27 31 260 2503

Campus Westville
Office Address J-Block 3th Floor, Room 324

Academic Qualifications

  • BcomHons(NU.Rwanda)
  • Mcom(Natal)
  • PhD (UKZN)

Biography

Professor Josue Mbonigaba is an Associate Professor in School of Commerce. He has published over 36 economics research papers in accredited national and international journals and three book chapters. His research in this area spanned issues of cost-effectiveness analysis, sexual and reproductive health, efficiency analyses, Health services research, health inequalities, small-scale irrigation, subsistence farming, foreign aid and development. Mbonigaba is actively involved in the supervision of postgraduate students and attracting NRF research funds for a project to empower these students. He is also currently involved in research projects with academics at other universities in South Africa and abroad in Asthma and respiratory diseases research.  

Research Interests

  • Health Economics
  • Environmental Economics
  • Education Economics
  • Health Care Policy analysis

Professional Qualifications

Professional Bodies

  • Economic Society of South Africa, International Health Economics Association

Selected Publications

  1. Socio-economic drivers and effects of contraceptive usage on breast cancer among women in Nigeria African Journal of Reproductive Health 26(11):32-46 https://www.ajrh.info/index.php/ajrh/article/view/3597
  2. Adegoke Y.O, George G and Mbonigaba J ( 2022) Macroeconomic Determinants, Maternal and Infant SDG Target in Nigeria: Correlation and Predictive Modelling. Frotniers in Public Health vol10 2022 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.999514 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.999514/full
  3. Adegoke Y.O, George G and Mbonigaba J ( 2022) Sustainable thresholds, health outcomes,health expenditures and education nexusin selected African countries: quadraticand moderation modelling. Globalization and Health volume 18, Article number: 84 (2022) https://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-022-00876-8
  4. Khanakwa S, and Mbonigaba J (2022). Institutional Arrangements for providing HIV and AIDS services in Uganda: A Transaction Cost Economics Analysis, Health Services insights  14:1-13 DOI: 10.1177/11786329221096046 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/11786329221096046
  5. J Mbonigaba and Awolusi O D (2022. Economic Growth and Sustainable Developments within the BRICS, MINT and G-7 Countries: A Comparative Panel Data Analysis, International Journal of Sustainable Development 25(34):191-219
  6. Gondwe G  and Mbonigaba J ( 2022) Foreign Aid and Economic Infrastructure in the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA), Journal of Knowledge Economy https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-022-00900-7
  7. Fanou-Dombeu, N, Mbonigaba J et al. ( 2022) Earnings quality measures and stock return volatility in South Africa, Future Business Journal https://doi.org/10.1186/s43093-022-00115-x
  8. Edgar Muhoyi and Josue Mbonigaba (2021). Stakeholder Consultations on Small-scale irrigation Schemes’ Constraints in Zimbabwe, Environment, Development and Sustainability (2022) 24:13198–13217 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01987-9
  9. Josue Mbonigaba and Wilfred Gbenga Akinola J (2021). Productivity and Income Effect of Breast Cancer among Women in Southwestern Nigeria. Economies https://doi.org/10.3390/economies9030129
  10. Muchabaiwa L and Mbonigaba J (2021). Analysis of sexual and reproductive health risk preferences of Zimbabwe university students. Medical journal of Malaysia 21(1): 37-45
  11. Akinola, GW and Mbonigaba J (2020). Productivity Effects of Human Capital among the East African Countries: Evidence from Health and Higher Education. International Journal of Economics and Business Research 13(3):135-163
  12. Awolusi, OD and Mbonigaba J( 2020). Socioeconomic Inequality and Economic Growth in BRICS countries: relationships and policy options. International Journal of Services, Economics and Management 11(4):390-429
  13. Gondwe G and Mbonigaba J (2020). The Role of Development Aid in Agriculture in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa: A Panel Vector Autoregression Analysis. Journal of Agricultural Science  12(10):28-49
  14. Dele Awolusi OD, Mbonigaba J (2020). Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability within the BRICS Countries: a comparative analysis, International Journal of Green Economics   14(3):207-246
  15. Wlifred A G and Mbonigaba J (2020). Higher education enrolment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Determinants and policy implications. International Journal of Education Economics and Development, 11(2): 165-189
  16. Gordon T, Booysen F and Mbonigaba J (2020). Socioeconomic inequalities in the multiples dimensions of access to health care: The case of South Africa. BMC Public Health 20(289): 1-13