David
Olusanya Ajakaiye, known familiarly as “Olu”,
joined AERC as Director of Research in October 2004.
Prior to that, he had worked at the Nigerian Institute
of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, for
29 years. NISER is the premier policy research organization
in Nigeria, having been established by the colonial
government in 1950. |
While
at NISER he rose to the rank of Professor of Economics
in 1992. Over the years he served as Head, Research
and Consultancy Unit (1988–1992); Director, Economic
Development Department (1993–1998); and Head,
Macroeconomic Modelling Unit (1998–1999). In 1999,
he was appointed Director-General, a position he held
until he joined AERC in 2004.
Prof. Ajakaiye was a member of various planning bodies
in Nigeria, including the Joint Planning Board and the
National Council on Development Planning. He chaired
the National Core Team for the preparation of the Interim
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and was a member of
the drafting team of the National Economic Empowerment
and Development Strategy (NEEDS). He also provided technical
support and training for state level officials in the
preparation of the State Economic Empowerment and Development
Strategy (SEEDS).
As a consultant, he has worked with several international
organizations, including the African Capacity Building
Foundation (ACBF), the International Development Research
Centre (IDRC), the Carnegie Corporation, the UK’s
Department for International Development (DFID), the
European Union and the World Bank. Among other high
level international positions he held while at NISER,
he was Vice President for Africa, Intergovernmental
Council of Management of Social Transformations (MOST)
of UNESCO (2000–2004). He has been editor of the
Journal of Economic Management (1995–2002) and
business manager of African Journal of Economic Policy
(1994–2004). In 1993 he was a visiting researcher
at Université Laval under the AERC institutional
attachment programme.
Prof. Ajakaiye was a John Holt Scholar at the University
of Ibadan (1971–1974), where he obtained his Bachelor
of Science degree in economics in 1974, and a NISER
Fellow at Boston University, USA (1978–1984),
where he took his MA (1982) and PhD (1984). He specializes
in economic development policy analysis and development
planning using a variety of quantitative techniques
including econometrics, input-output analysis and computable
general equilibrium (CGE) models. He has published 14
books, 15 monographs, and several journal articles and
chapters in books, all in the area of economic development.
Contact Address:
African Economic Research Consortium
P. O. Box 62882 – 00200
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel. (254-020) 2734150/3/7
Fax. (254-020) 2734170/3
Email: Olu.Ajakaiye@aercafrica.org
Web Site: www.aercafrica.org
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