Gamuchirai Chiwunze is a research associate with the Centre for Agriculture and Food Policy (CAFP) and is a former Research Associate with the Indaba Agriculture Policy Research Institute (IAPRI) policy research, outreach and capacity building support project to Zimbabwe’s Livelihood and Food Security Programme Strengthening evidence and analysis to influence policy and private sector investments. Before joining IAPRI/LFSP project, he was a Research Associate with the Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit (ZEPARU). An economist by profession he has more than 10 years of experience in policy analysis and research and has extensive experience in the area of agriculture, fiscal policy, financial inclusion, health financing, development and social economics.

He holds Master of Science and Bachelor’s (Honors) degree in Economics, both from the University of Zimbabwe and has undergone training courses on macroeconomic analysis, financial programming,  fiscal policy and taxation issues, financial and debt analysis offered by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other regional training institutions such as Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI)