Tracy Mwalilino

About

Economist with experience in public finance and development-economics research, including balance-of-payments analysis, public debt sustainability, and fiscal space assessment. Skilled in quantitative analysis, data management, and translating technical findings into policy briefs and donor-facing materials.

Experience

• Economist — Policy and Research
  Economics Association of Malawi (ECAMA)
  Mar 2026 – Present
• Founder
  RootedSky
  Oct 2023 – Present
• Project Manager
  Network of Journalists Living with HIV (JONEHA)
  Jun 2025 – Mar 2026
• Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
  Network of Journalists Living with HIV (JONEHA)
  Jan 2025 – Nov 2025
• Research Assistant
  Centre for Development and Management
  Oct 2024 – Nov 2024
• Research Assistant
  University of Malawi, Department of Economics
  Jun 2023 – Jul 2024

Education

• Bachelor of Arts in Economics
  University of Malawi
  Economics · Sep 2019 – Jun 2024
• Master's Programme
  University of Malawi
  Sep 2026

Skills

• Power BI
• Statistical Modeling
• Data management
• Excel
• R
• Econometric Modeling
• Economic Development
• STATA
• Kobo Toolbox
• CommCare
• Research and Writing

Courses & certifications

• Managing Successful Field Research · Development Impact (DIME), World Bank · 2024
• Monitoring and Evaluation Training · 2024
• Stata and Data Management Training · 2023

🏆 Achievements & awards

• Vice Chancellor's Award · 2023

  University of Malawi, awarded for a 3.90/4.00 GPA.

• Dean's List Award · 2024

  University of Malawi, for a GPA of 3.85/4.00.

• Winner, 4 rounds of evidence-based policy debate · 2021

  Economics Association of Malawi student competition.

⚽ Extracurricular activities

• National Debt Coalition member

  Represented ECAMA and facilitated civil-society engagement with government on public debt reduction strategies.

📚 Publications

• The same, but different: The anatomy of disability-related education exclusion of children in Malawi · 2025
• Out of sight, but not out of mind: Remittances as mediators in migration-induced multidimensional poverty of older adults · 2025
• The hidden costs of food insecurity: Mental health impacts during COVID-19 in Malawi · 2025