c) Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria BSc. Economics

Transcription

1 BEECROFT Ibukun Department of Economics and Development Studies, College of Development Studies, Covenant University, Canaanland, KM 10 Idiroko Road, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria 1) Personal Information Sex: Female Phone: Nationality: Nigerian Brief Profile I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) and an ardent Researcher in the Department of Economics and Development Studies, Covenant University, Nigeria. My aim is to add value to a world class organization, whilst maximizing every opportunity for learning, success and growth. I hold a B.Sc. in Economics from Covenant University and an M.Sc. in Finance and Development from the University of London s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in the United Kingdom. I am versatile and constantly seek avenues that will allow further development of the knowledge I gained during degree studies, work experience and volunteer opportunities. This is why before joining Covenant University, I worked with the Office for National Statistics, London, United Kingdom as well as with Zenith International Bank, Lagos, Nigeria. I have won various research grants to conduct economic research, some of which include: International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) in conjunction with the Nigerian Tax Research Network (NTRN), UK and Nigeria (2018); Council for the Development of Social Science Research (CODESRIA), Senegal (2017); UONGOZI Institute, Tanzania (2017); African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Kenya (2016); Covenant University Centre for Research and Development (CUCERD), Nigeria (2014), Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), in collaboration with Global Trade Alert (GTA) and African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET), UK and Ghana; amongst others. I have served as a reviewer for various journals. My research interests include: Fiscal Studies, International Economics, and Economic Development. My thesis is focused on Institutions and Fiscal Sustainability in ECOWAS. I have participated in conferences and workshops within and outside my home country. 2) Academic Qualification Institution Degree Date a) Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria PhD. Economics (in view) b) University of London - School of Oriental and African Studies, United Kingdom MSc. Finance and Development c) Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria BSc. Economics ) Work Experience Organisation Capacity Date a) Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria Lecturer and Researcher March date b) Office for National Statistics, London, United Kingdom Census Collector February May 2011 c) Zenith Bank Plc., Lagos, Nigeria FX/Correspondent Banking Officer February 2008 August 2009 d) First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Plc., Kaduna, Nigeria Retail Banking / Customer Service Officer November 2006 August

2 4) Short Courses / Workshops Organisation Course Title Date a) World Bank, Washington DC Managing Successful Impact Evaluations 18th 22nd June 2018 b) Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Scholarly Writing and Methodological Workshop 19 th 24 th Feb c) International Monetary Fund (IMF) Debt Sustainabilty Analysis 15 th Feb. 15 th March 2017 d) Barnard College, Columbia University, USA Economics of Money and Banking September Nov ) Awards Award Institute Year a) Research grant of 22,101USD to conduct research on Adoption of the Integrated Tax Administration System in Nigeria b) Research grant of 30,000USD to conduct research on Large-Scale Land Investments and Employment Outcomes in Nigeria c) Research grant of 30,000USD to conduct research on Green Industrialization in Nigeria and Ghana d) Research grant of 16,000USD to conduct research on Large-Scale Land Based Investments in Ogun State, Nigeria e) Research grant of 3,600USD to conduct research on Land Deals in Ota, Nigeria f) Research grant of 1,000USD awarded by FLACSO Argentina WTO Chairs Programme for First (1 st ) Place in the FLACSO WTO Chairs Awards, 2012 (with Osabuohien, E., & Efobi, U.) g) Research Grant of 4,000GBP to conduct research on Free Trade versus Protectionism in Africa : The Unending Contradiction International Centre for Tax and Development and Nigerian Tax Research Network (ICTD/NTRN), UK and Nigeria Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA) UONGOZI Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya Covenant University Centre for Research and Development (CUCERD), Nigeria World Trade Organisation, Caba, Argentina 2012 African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET), Ghana, Global Trade Alert (GTA), and Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), United Kingdom ) Publications A) Journals i) Asongu, S., Efobi, U., & Beecroft, I. (2018). Aid in Modulating the Impact of Terrorism on FDI: No Positive Thresholds, No Policy. Forum for Social Economics, DOI: / Routledge (Taylor and Francis Online) [Scopus]. ii) Osabuohien, E., Beecroft, I., & Efobi, U. (2018). Global Trade and Trade Protection in a Globalised World. Routledge (Taylor and Francis Online). iii) Efobi, U., Tanankem, V. B., & Beecroft, I. (2017) Incentives and Firm Productivity: Exploring Multidimensional Fiscal Incentives in a Developing Country. World Development Perspectives, Volume 5, pp 55-59; doi: /j.wdp , Elsevier [Scopus]. iv)asongu, S., Efobi, U., & Beecroft, I. (2015). Inclusive Human Development in Pre crisis Times of Globalization driven Debts. African Development Review, Vol. 27(4),

3 v) Efobi, U. R, Beecroft, I. & Osabuohien, E.S. (2014). Access to and Use of Bank Services in Nigeria: Micro-econometric Evidence. Review of Development Finance, 4, [ISSN: , Elsevier, Netherlands, Scopus & Thomson Reuter; 0.233]. B) Contribution to Book vi) Beecroft, I., Osabuohien, E. S. and Olurinola, I. O. (2018). Institutions, Fiscal Performance and Development Trajectories in ECOWAS: Implications for Sustainability. In Efobi, U. R. (Ed.) Financing Sustainable Development in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan. vii) Osabuohien, E. S, Efobi, U., Beecroft, I & Oluwatobi, S. (2016). Debt Sustainability and Attributtes of Politicians in Selected African Countries. In, Omotor, D & Umoh, O. (Eds.) Fiscal Policy Management: Eassys in Honour of Professor Akpan Ekpo (pp.47-75), Uyo: Department of Economics, University of Uyo. viii) Efobi, U., Tanankem, V. B., Beecroft, I., & Okougbo, P. (2016). On the Solvency of Firms: Can Government s Intervention Reduce External Financing of Firms Working Capital in Nigeria? In Miguel M. Torres, Virginia Cathro, Maria Alejandra Gonzalez-perez (Ed.) Dead Firms: Causes and Effects of Cross-border Corporate Insolvency (pp ). (Advanced Series in Management, Volume 15) Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Online version available at [Scopus]. ix) George T, Olokoyo, F. Osabuohien, E, Efobi U & Beecroft, I (2015). Women s Access to Land and Economic Empowerment in Selected Nigerian Communities. In N. Andrews, E.N. Khalema, & N. T. Assie-Lumumba (Eds.) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Retrospect - Africa's Development Beyond 2015 (pp.45-61), Geneva: Springer International Publishing. DOI: / _4. x) Olokoyo, F. O., George, T. O., Efobi, U., & Beecroft, I. (2015). Land Deals and Sustainable Income: The Untold Story from a Rural Community in Nigeria. In E. Osabuohien (Ed.), Handbook of Research on In-Country Determinants and Implications of Foreign Land Acquisitions (pp ). Hershey, PA: Business Science Reference. [Scopus]. xi) Osabuohien, E., Efobi, U. R, & Beecroft, I. (2014). Free Trade, Protectionism and the Balance of Trade: New Empirical Insights. In Simon J. Evenett (Ed.) Beggar-Thy-Poor-Neighbour: Crisis-Era Protectionism and Developing Countries (pp.13-24). London: CEPR Press. [United Kingdom]. xii) Efobi, U. R, Osabouhien, E. S. & Beecroft, I. (2013). The Macroeconomic Consequences of the Black Sunday in Nigeria. In A. Jideofor (Ed.) The Politics and Economics of Removing Subsidies on Petroleum Products in Nigeria (pp ). London: Adonis & Abbey Publishers. C) Published Conference Proceedings / Technical Reports / Working Papers xiii) Efobi, U., Tanankem, V. B., Asongu, S., & Beecroft, I. (2016). Exploring Multidimensional Financial Inclusion and Manufacturing Firms Performance in a Developing Country: The Case of Nigeria. African Governance and Development Institute Working Paper No. 16/043, Yaoundé. xiv) Beecroft, I., Osabuohien, E. S. and Olurinola, I. O. (2015). Sustainable Fiscal Policies and Institutional Framework in West African Countries. In O. Daramola & E. Iweala (Eds.) Proceedings of 2 nd Covenant University International Conference on African Development Issues (pp ). Ota: Covenant University Press. 3

4 xv) Asongu, S., Efobi, U., & Beecroft, I. (2015), FDI, Aid and Terrorism: Conditional Threshold Evidence from Developing Countries, African Governance and Development Institute Working Paper Series Working Paper No. 15/019, Yaoundé. xvi) Efobi, U., Asongu, S., & Beecroft, I. (2015). Foreign Direct investment, aid and terrorism: empirical insight conditioned on corruption control. African Governance and Development Institute Working Paper No. 15/007, Yaoundé. xvii) Beecroft, I., & Olurinola, I. O. (2014). Institutions and Fiscal Sustainability in West Africa. 55 th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES), Abuja, Nigeria, 10 th - 13 th November 2014 xviii) Efobi, U., Beecroft, I., & Asongu, S., (2014), Foreign Aid and Corruption: Clarifying Murky Empirical Conclusions, African Governance and Development Institute Working Paper No. 14/025, Yaoundé. xix) Osabuohien, E., Beecroft, I., Efobi, U., & Oluwatobi, S. (2014). Role of Institutions in Africa s Crave for Economic Transformation: Sectorial Analysis from Nigeria. Vision 2020: Sustainable Growth, Economic Development, and Global Competitiveness Proceedings of the 23 rd International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA) Conference, 1, [Scopus]. xx) Osabuohien, E., Efobi, U., & Beecroft, I. (2012). Free Trade versus Protectionism: New Empirical Insights on the Unending Contradiction. Technical Report submitted to The Centre for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), UK/African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET), Ghana. D) Unpublished Conference Papers i) Efobi, U., Tanankem, B., Orkoh, E., Beecroft, I., & Alake, K. (2017). Catching up with High-growth Potentials? Understanding Firm-level Impact of the Tax Administration on Productivity in Nigeria, September 12-14, 2017 ii) Efobi, U., Tanankem, V. B., Beecroft, I., & Akinyemi, O., (2016). Household Welfare and Energy Expenditure: A Gendered Analysis from Nigeria. 1 st Nigeria Energy Forum (NEF) on Sustainable Energy for Economic Lagos, Nigeria, April 1, iii) Olokoyo, F., Osabuohien, E., Beecroft, I., Efobi, U., & Adekola, P. (2016). Large-Scale Land Based Investments and Employment in Nigerian Communities. Tropentag 2016 Conference on "Solidarity in a competing world - fair use of resources, September 19-21, Vienna, Austria, Germany iv) Olokoyo, F., Osabuohien, E., Beecroft, I., Efobi, U., & Adesina, T. (2015). Triangulation Analyses of Large-Scale Land Based Investments and Employment Dynamics in Nigerian Communities. Tropentag 2015 Conference on "Management of land use systems for enhanced food security - conflicts, controversies and resolutions", September 16-18, Berlin, Germany. v) Ola-David, O., Osabuohien, E. S., & Beecroft, I. (2015). Agricultural Trade and Rural Development: The Case of Pineapple Farmers, Traders and consumers in South-West Nigeria. Nigerian Economic Society (NES) Abuja, Nigeria, 11 th - 13 th October 2015 vi) Efobi, U., Nnadi, M., Odebiyi, J., & Beecroft, I. (2014). Do the Rules Attract the Money? Implication of IFRS Adoption on Foreign Direct Investment. Available at SSRN: or vii) Beecroft, I. (2014). The Political Economy of Fiscal Sustainability in Africa. Proposal accepted for presentation at the Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis (RSSIA), Moscow, Russia, 28 th June - 4 th July

5 viii) Beecroft, I., Efobi, U., & Onya, O. (2014). Poverty, Trust and Corruption: Tales from Nigeria. 8 th Annual Africa Institute of South Africa s (AISA) Young Graduates and Scholars Conference (AYGS), hosted by University of Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 th 19 th February 2014 ix) Efobi, U., Beecroft, I., Onya, O., & Osabuohien, E. S. (2013), Poverty and Corruption in Nigeria: How Close is the Link? x) Omoke, P., & Beecroft, I., (2012). Venture Capitals as a Financing Option for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Nigeria. National Business Administration Conference on Promoting Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Nigeria, Benson Idahosa University (BIU), Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, 27 th 28 th September ) Conferences Attended i) Annual Bank Conference on Africa (ABCA) on Examining the Challenges and Opportunities of Firms Productivity in Africa, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA, 14 th 15 th June 2018 (not utilized). ii) Agribusiness and Food Security Summit, Landmark Events Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria, 27 th April 2018 iii) Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Scholarly Writing and Methodological Workshop, Harare, Zimbabwe, 19 th 24 th February iv) Conference on Land Policy in Africa on The Africa We Want: Achieving Socioeconomic Transformation Through Inclusive and Equitable Access t Land by the Youth, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14 th 17 th November 2017 (not utilized). v) International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) Conference on Revenue Beyond Oil Reliance, at the launching of the Nigerian Tax Research Network (NTRN), Abuja, Nigeria, 12 th 14 th September 2017 vi) UONGOZI Institute Conference on Green Industrialization in Africa, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 2 nd June 2017 vii) African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Biannual Research Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya, May 27 th - June 3 rd, 2016 viii) 1 st Nigeria Energy Forum (NEF) on Sustainable Energy for Economic Development, Lagos, Nigeria, April ix) Conference of the Centre for the Studies of African Economies (CSAE) on Economic Development in Africa, St. Catherine s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, 20 th 22 nd March 2016 x) 56 th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES) on Attaining Inclusive Growth in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges, Abuja, Nigeria, 11 th - 14 th October 2015 xi) 17 th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis - GTAP, Dakar, Senegal, 18 th 20 th June 2014 xii) Covenant University International Conference on African Development Issues (CU-ICADI), hosted by Covenant University, Ogun State, Nigeria, 5 th - 6 th May, xiii) 8 th Annual Africa Institute of South Africa s (AISA) Young Graduates and Scholars Conference (AYGS), hosted by University of Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 th 19 th February 2014 xiv) 54 th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Society (NES) on Institutions, Institutional Reforms and Economic Development, Abuja, Nigeria, 17 th 19 th September 2013 xv) 4 th Annual Ibadan Sustainable Development Summit (ISDS), hosted by University of Ibadan (UI) Centre for Sustainable Development (CESDEV) in collaboration with the African Sustainable Development Network (ASUDNET), Ibadan, Nigeria, 13 th 15 th August

6 xvi) 18 th Annual Conference of the African Econometric Society (AES), hosted by the University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, 24 th 26 th July 2013 xvii) Russian Summer School on Institutional Analysis (RSSIA), Moscow, Russia, 29 th June - 5 th July 2013 xviii) United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) Conference on L2C-Learning to Compete: Industrial Development and Policy in Africa, Helsinki, Finland, 24 th 25 th June 2013 xix) Centre for European Economic Research ZEW Conference on Fiscal Performance: The Role of Institutions and Politicians, Mannheim, Germany, 11 th 12 th April 2013 xx) National Model United Nations (NMUN) Conference, Sheraton New York, and United Nations Building, New York, USA, 17 th 21 st March German Delegate on the Model United Nations (UN) Security Council Committee for Peace and Security xxi) National Business Administration Conference on Promoting Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Nigeria, Benson Idahosa University (BIU), Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria, 27 th 28 th September 2012 xxii) Global Trade Alert, Centre for Economic Policy Research, African Centre for Economic Transformation (GTA-CEPR-ACET) Joint Conference on Analyses of Contemporary Protectionism, La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, Accra, Ghana, 19 th - 20 th June 2012 xxiii) Research on Money and Finance Conference on One Year on from the Panic of 2008: Whither Financialised Capitalism? SOAS, University of London, United Kingdom, 7 th November 2009 xxiv) Bretton Woods Conference on Recovery Towards What? Finance, Justice, Sustainability, London, United Kingdom, 6 th November ) Academic Linkages i) Reviewer, African Development Review, 2018 ii) Reviewer, International Journal of Happiness and Development, 2017 iii) Discussant at the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) Biannual Research Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya, May 27 th - June 3 rd, 2016 iv) Discussant at Conference of the Centre for the Studies of African Economies (CSAE) on Economic Development in Africa, St. Catherine s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, March 2016 v) Interviewed by the Centre for the Studies of African Economies (CSAE), St. Catherine s College, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, March 2016 vi) Reviewer, Journal of Environment, Development and Sustainability,