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Dr Moeketsi Majoro joined the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning in July 2000, having taken an unpaid leave from the National University of Lesotho (NUL). Before this, he was a lecturer in Economics in the Department of Economics at NUL where he taught economic theory, quantitative methods, and environmental economics. He also supervised many graduate and undergraduate theses in the subject area of economics.
He took active part in the development of the Collaborate Masters in Economics Programme for 21 English speaking African countries under the African Economic Research Consortium and also in the development of NUL’s own Masters’ programme in Economics, which commenced under his direction as Head of Department of Economics.
He has also served as a non-executive director in several corporations in the financial, hospitality, and education industries. He is a member of the regional institute of directors.
Dr Majoro began his professional career as a researcher in the Department of Research of the Ministry of Agriculture in April 1984. He proceeded to Washington State University (WSU) in Pullman Washington, USA, to undertake studies towards a Masters’ Programme in Agricultural Economics in August 1985. He used an input-output model to estimate the impacts of a debt over-extension on farming enterprises. In August 1987, he won a teaching assistantship at WSU and began a Ph.D programme in Natural Resources Economics that would last just over 3 years. A year later in August 1988, he won a research assistantship that funded tuition, living, and research expenses under the expert guidance of Professor Norman Whittlesey of WSU. His Ph.D research, which was commissioned by the Bonneville Power Administration, involved the estimation of power elasticities for farmers in the Pacific Northwest using linear programming as an estimation methodology.
Before joining the Ministry, Dr Majoro worked as a consultant in the field of Economics and has authored many consultancy reports.
He joined the Ministry of Finance as Director, in the Fiscal Analysis and Policy Unit from July 2000 to November 2003, when was appointed to act as Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning. Here he is credited with setting up and running the unit that today increasingly influences fiscal policy in Lesotho. As a Principal Secretary, he is part of a team under the guidance of Honourable Minister Thahane that is transforming the joined ministry from a relatively lacklustre Ministry to one that will direct Lesotho’s economic transformation, restore financial accountability, and provide oversight over budgetary matters.
Dr Majoro was born in Tsikoane, Leribe and received most of his primary education at Saint Paul Primary School. The last two years of primary education were completed at Makhoa Primary School, still in the Leribe district where his mother taught. His secondary education took place at Sacred Heart High School and ended in 1979. He began university studies in August 1980 and completed BA Economics in April 1984. |
