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):
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 2018 → Sep 2019
Award Date: 8 Oct 2019
Master in Science, Contesting the governance of slum resettlement, University of Amsterdam
Jan 2011 → Jan 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