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Seminar speaker: Mr Mihe Gaomab II

Mr Mihe Gaomab II holds an honors bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Western Cape, South Africa and a Master’s degree in Quantitative Development Economics from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. For his post-graduate studies, he focused on macro-and microeconomics, statistics, quantitative methods and econometrics. Mr. Gaomab has over 8 years working experience in economic research, modeling and forecasting and poverty analysis. Mr. Gaomab is the founding president of the Namibian Economic Society, that deliberates on issues confronting the Namibian economic community, ranging from topics on pension reform, black economic empowerment and avenues for economic growth to aid in employment creation and poverty alleviation. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Public Policy Research, which does research on public policy and socio-economic issues. (A full CV available on request) Selected publications include: The Role of Research Institutions on SADC economic policy, in ACP/EU-SADC Conference on the Cotonou agreement. 23-24 November 2000, published by the FES Namibia. Modeling Inflation in Namibia, Bank of Namibia Occassional Paper Series No.1, Website www.bon.com.na (under publications, Occassional paper series). Also published in Botswana Research Bulletin on inflation. March 1998. Estimation of co-circulation of currencies in Namibia (with Dietrich Bodecker), Bank of Namibia Working Paper, Research, November 1997 (for internal use only). Demand for Money in South Africa. A Error Correction Approach, Msc QDE thesis submitted to the University of Warwick, September 1996 Poverty and Income Distribution in Namibia (with Simon Stone), Background paper for the NPC’s macro-economic issues paper no 31, 1993 Fiscal Policy and Employment in Namibia, NEPRU Working Paper no 43, 1994. Consumer Price Index in Namibia: An evaluation and an analysis of its reliability, NEPRU working paper no 51, 1996.

Mr Mihe Gaomab II Independent Consultant PO Box 25293 Windhoek NAMIBIA Email: mihe.gaomab@bon.com.na

ABSTRACT: Paper: Basic Requirements for the Alleviation of Poverty, Gender Inequalities and Access to Energy The paper attempts to elucidate requirements for alleviating poverty in Namibia from an energy framework perspective. It would focus on three key areas of research interest. The paper would explore further the link between social services provision and how it impacts on poverty reduction. The paper would also focus on the role of women and rural development as the key to poverty reduction within the context of the energy sector. The paper would assess the scale of energy poverty (i.e. the lack of access to commercial energy services by poor households) and would furthermore provide a general assessment as to how energy can play a viable part in poverty reduction in Namibia. The paper would attempt to apply the relevance of the energy poverty framework as theorised by the World Bank to the Namibian situation and assess its relevance and importance thereof. The paper would furthermore assess how energy strategies can be linked to poverty alleviation strategies within the context of Namibia. [view paper]