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Personal profile

Overview

Main areas of expertise include:

  • Political economy analysis of service delivery (water and sanitation, health, education)
  • Public sector and institutional reform
  • Urbanisation and local governance in developing and developed countries
  • Analysis of NGO and donor governance interventions

Currently, doctoral student interested in the politics of public goods and the power of ideas in causing political change.

PhD thesis title: ‘Against the odds: understanding why and how effective public sector reform happens in Nigeria’.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Education/Academic qualification

Master in Science, TAX REFORM IN LAGOS STATE IDENTIFYING THE ROLE OF IDEAS, INSTITUTIONS AND INTERESTS IN POLITICAL CHANGE, The University of Manchester

Sep 2018Sep 2019

Award Date: 8 Oct 2019

Master in Science, Contesting the governance of slum resettlement, University of Amsterdam

Jan 2011Jan 2012

Award Date: 1 Jan 2012

External positions

Associate, The Policy Practice

Nov 2021 → …

Research Associate, ODI

2018 → …

Areas of expertise

  • JA Political science (General)
  • JF Political institutions (General)
  • JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
  • JS Local government Municipal government
  • PC Romance languages

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Global Development Institute