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Stephen Luke Kirama [Cert (Philosophy);B.A (hons); M.A in Economics; PhD (Economics); is a Senior Lecturer and Senior Consultant at the Department of Applied Economics, University of Dar es Salaam, School of Economics and a Research Fellow at the Environmental for Development Tanzania (EfDT) Centre with over fifteen (15) years’ experience in the: Energy (Natural Gas, Oil and Electricity), Environmental and Natural Resources (Wildlife, Forest and Marine); Public Sector Economics (budget and Taxation), Transport Economics (Roadway Pricing, Budgeting, Value for Money for Transport); Health Economics (health financing), Social Infrastructure (Education and Health) Economic Evaluation (EE); Impact Evaluation (Mid Term and Final Evaluation) as well as on Monitoring Evaluation (M&E) Before joining the Department of Economics, Kirama worked as a Senior Economist at the Ministry of Communications and Transport in the Government of Tanzania (2003 -2005. In addition, Dr Kirama has worked with the Regional and International Organization on Collaborative Research and Consultancy in various disciplines. These are but not limited to USAID (Public System Strengthening (PS3 and PS3 Plus); SIDA (Mid Term and Endline Evaluations); DfID (Evaluations), NIRAS (Evaluation) and American Institute of Research on Pipeline Partnership Program P3 an extension of AIR`s equity initiative that aims to address systemic inequity and increase opportunities for people and communities. Currently, Dr Kirama is a locally based Researcher and Senior Consultant. Dr Kirama interest on Research and Consultancies is but not limited to: Public Spending and Growth, Energy (Natural Gas, Oil and Electricity); Impact Evaluation, Natural Resources (Exhaustible and Renewable); Poverty Analysis and Wildlife. Dr Kirama’s teaching subjects are currently Environmental and Natural Resources Economics; Health Economics, Energy Economics, Public Sector Economics, Econometrics. Quantitative Methods and Evaluation (Monitoring Evaluation and Impact Evaluation)