{"id":1278,"date":"2023-12-15T07:26:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T07:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/?page_id=1278"},"modified":"2025-03-31T12:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T12:33:26","slug":"joe-zonda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/index.php\/joe-zonda\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Zonda"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1278\" class=\"elementor elementor-1278\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1fe6d2a elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1fe6d2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-63eac68\" data-id=\"63eac68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2629ccb elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2629ccb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/hepu_header_image-qi57z4li4y0s0mbizqhifpdijt2e8toknwvuk3scmg.png\" title=\"hepu_header_image\" alt=\"hepu\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7654ee6 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7654ee6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><br>\nDr. Joe Zonda<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c09a16 elementor-section-content-top elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c09a16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9e9a54b\" data-id=\"9e9a54b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fef1e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8fef1e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/joe-large-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1296\" alt=\"Dr Joe Zonda-large\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/joe-large-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/joe-large-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/joe-large-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/joe-large-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/joe-large-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/joe-large.jpeg 1550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6291c21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6291c21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"padding-top: 10px; letter-spacing: 10px;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"mailto:jzonda@kuhes.ac.mw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/gmail_.png\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jzonda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/linked-in.png\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=dbOGFjoAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/scholar.png\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1459-2620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 30px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/orcid-1.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0948591\" data-id=\"0948591\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fedb45 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"2fedb45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5021\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5021\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Profile<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5022\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5022\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5023\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5023\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research Activities<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-5024\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5024\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Achievements<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5021\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Profile<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5021\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5021\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><p>Dr. Joe Maganga Zonda is an empirical economist with broad disciplinary interests. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from National Dong Hwa University (Taiwan) in 2023, and his PhD dissertation won the 2023 Best PhD Dissertation Award presented by the Taiwan Economics Association. Prior to joining HEPU, he served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Economics, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.<\/p><p>His primary research interest lies in the application of econometric methods within health economics and macroeconomics domains, with an emphasis on causal inference and policy evaluation. His work has appeared in The B.E Journal of Macroeconomics, Empirical Economics, Estudios de Economia, Journal of Asian and African Economies, and Humanities &amp; Social Sciences Communications, among other peer-reviewed journals.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5022\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5022\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5022\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p>1. Joe Maganga Zonda, &amp; Susan Yu, (2023). <em>Social gradient in maternal healthcare utilization in Malawi:<\/em> analysis of trends, Journal of Asian and African Studies. (SSCI).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/00219096231207897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to view publication <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/view-link.png\" \/> <\/a><\/p><p>2. Gowokani C. Chirwa, Joe Maganga Zonda, Samantha S. Mosiwa, &amp; Jacob Mazalale, (2023). <em>Effect of government intervention in relation to COVID-19 cases and deaths in Malawi. Humanities &amp; Social Sciences Communications<\/em>, 10(1). pp 1\u20137. (SSCI).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1057\/s41599-023-01821-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to view publication <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/view-link.png\" \/> <\/a><\/p><p>3. Joe Maganga Zonda, Chang-Ching Lin, &amp; Ming-Jen Chang, (2023). A tide that lifts some boats: Assessing the macroeconomic effects of EU enlargement. The B.E Journal of Macroeconomics. (SSCI).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/bejm-2023-0053\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to view publication <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/view-link.png\" \/> <\/a><\/p><p>4. Joe Maganga Zonda, Chang-Ching Lin, &amp; Ming-Jen Chang, (2023). On the economic costs of political instabilities: a tale of sub-Saharan Africa. Empirical Economics. (SSCI).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s00181-023-02452-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to view publication <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/view-link.png\" \/> <\/a> [Ungated version].<\/p><p>5. Long Bui-Dang, Damiana Simanjuntak, &amp; Joe Maganga Zonda, (2023). Exclusive dealing in the presence of a vertically integrated firm. Estudios de Econom\u00eda, 50(1). pp 5\u201330. (SSCI).<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/estudiosdeeconomia.uchile.cl\/index.php\/EDE\/article\/view\/70868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click to view publication <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/view-link.png\" \/> <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5023\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research Activities<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5023\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5023\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><h5>Papers under peer review<\/h5><ul><li>Joe Maganga Zonda, Levison Chiwaula, and Ming-Jen Chang, <em>&#8220;Heterogeneous effects of inflation targeting in emerging markets and developing economies.&#8221;<\/em> (Under review at Journal of Money, Credit and Banking).<\/li><li>Joe Maganga Zonda, and Dinarti Tarigan<em> &#8220;Labour market liberalisation and sectoral productivity: A reappraisal of the Spanish experience&#8221;<\/em>, (Under review at De Economist).<\/li><li>Joe Maganga Zonda,<em> \u201cCurrency harmonization in the SADC region: A pathway to addressing the PPP puzzle.\u201d<\/em> (Under review at Financial Innovation).<\/li><\/ul><h5>working papers<\/h5><ul><li>Joe Maganga Zonda, and Dinarti Tarigan,<em> \u201cLabour market implications of inflation targeting.\u201d<\/em> (in preparation for submission to Journal for Labour Market Research).<\/li><li>Joe Maganga Zonda, and Dinarti Tarigan,<em> \u201cEffects of ASEAN Economic Community membership on labour productivity.\u201d<\/em> (in preparation for submission to Asian Economic Policy Review)<\/li><\/ul><h5>work in progress<\/h5><ul><li>Joe Maganga Zonda, Yen-Chen Wu, and Ming-Jen Chang,<em> &#8220;Fiscal stimulus in a sovereign default model&#8221;<\/em>.<\/li><li>Joe Maganga Zonda,<em> \u201cEffects of inflation targeting on sovereign default\u201d<\/em>.<\/li><li>Joe Maganga Zonda,<em> \u201cThe bilateral trade effects of regional integration: further evidence from SADC\u201d.<\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-5024\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Achievements<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-5024\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-5024\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>2023: Best PhD Dissertation Award \u2014 Taiwan Economics Association.<\/li><li>2020-2023: Taiwan Ministry of Education (MOE) Scholarship Awardee.<\/li><li>2018-2020: Taiwan Ministry of Education (MOE) Scholarship Awardee.<\/li><li>2020: Honor of Academic Excellence \u2014National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan.<\/li><li>2020: Honor of Academic Excellence \u2014The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China.<\/li><li>Fall 2018: Outstanding Student, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan.<\/li><li>2006-2008: Member of Children&#8217;s Parliament for Likoma District, Malawi.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Joe Zonda Profile Publications Research Activities Achievements Profile Dr. Joe Maganga Zonda is an empirical economist with broad disciplinary interests. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from National Dong Hwa University (Taiwan) in 2023, and his PhD dissertation won the 2023 Best PhD Dissertation Award presented by the Taiwan Economics Association. Prior to joining [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1278","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1278"}],"version-history":[{"count":85,"href":"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531,"href":"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1278\/revisions\/2531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hepu.kuhes.ac.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}