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'''Ayodele Odusola''' is the Resident Representative for the [[United Nations Development Programme]] (UNDP) in South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.africa.undp.org/content/rba/en/home/about-us/experts.html|title=Experts|website=UNDP in Africa|language=en|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref>
[[File:Ayo Inequality.jpg|thumb|Dr. Ayodele Odusola]]


==Biography==
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Prior, he was Chief Economist and Head of the Strategy and Analysis Team for UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa. Before his appointment as Chief Economist for [[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]] Africa, Odusola served as the [[Millennium Development Goals]] (MDGs) Adviser for [[Sub-Saharan Africa]], after his tenure as Economic Adviser in [[UNDP South Africa]], where he played a key role in developing partnerships on the [[Millennium Development Goals|MDGs]] and in publishing the National and Provincial MDG and Human Development Reports.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afdb.org/en/annual-meetings-2015/speakers/ayodele-odusola/|title=Ayodele Odusola|access-date=2017-12-11|archive-date=2018-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214014659/https://www.afdb.org/en/annual-meetings-2015/speakers/ayodele-odusola/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Before his time in [[South Africa]], he was a Senior Economist in [[United Nations Development Programme|UNDP]] Nigeria, supporting the preparation of fiscal responsibility legislation; national and local economic empowerment and development strategies;<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bank|first=The World|date=2005-10-06|title=Nigeria - National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy and joint IDA-IMF staff advisory note|url=http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/234301468290438608/Nigeria-National-Economic-Empowerment-and-Development-Strategy-and-joint-IDA-IMF-staff-advisory-note|language=en}}</ref> local, regional and national MDGs; [[Human Development Report|human development reports]]; and [[National Development Plan 2030|national development plans]] and visions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.congoweek.org/it/component/events/?view=event&id=569|title=Aid and Development in Africa|access-date=2017-12-11|archive-date=2018-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214014641/http://www.congoweek.org/it/component/events/?view=event&id=569|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Odusola worked with the Presidency of Nigeria before joining the United Nations, where he served as Head of the Research and Macroeconomic Training Programme under Nigeria’s National Centre for Economic Management and Administration.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.responsiblebusiness.com/speakers/ayodele-odusola/|title=Ayodele Odusola {{!}} Responsible Business|work=Responsible Business|access-date=2017-12-11|language=en-US}}</ref>
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In December 2021, he published "Africa's Agricultural Renaissance: From Paradox to Powerhouse".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1277574/economie/lafrique-na-pas-besoin-daide-alimentaire/|title=" L'Afrique n'a pas besoin d'aide alimentaire "|work=Jeune Afrique|access-date=2021-12-16|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
'''Ayodele Odusola''' is the Chief Economist and Head of the Strategy and Analysis Team at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.africa.undp.org/content/rba/en/home/about-us/experts.html|title=Experts|website=UNDP in Africa|language=en|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref>

[[File:Ayo Inequality.jpg|thumb|Dr. Ayodele Odusola]]
==Academic career==
Odusola has published over 50 articles in national and international journals, editing and authoring books and technical reports.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ayodele_Odusola|title=Ayodele Odusola {{!}} United Nations Development Programme, New York City {{!}} on ResearchGate {{!}} Expertise: Development Economics, Computational Economics, Econometrics|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref> Dr Odusola is the lead author and one of the co-editors of the UNDP Africa publication “Income Inequality in sub-Saharan Africa: Divergence, Determinants and Consequences,”<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.africa.undp.org/content/dam/rba/docs/Reports/undp-rba_Income%20Inequality%20in%20SSA_Chapter%201.pdf?download|title=Income Inequality Trends in sub-Saharan Africa: Divergence, Determinants, and Consequences}}</ref> which was launched during the meeting of the [[United Nations General Assembly]], in 2017.

Odusola obtained his PhD from [[University of Ibadan]], Nigeria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://growthcrossings.economist.com/speaker/ayodele-odusola/|title=Ayodele Odusola}}</ref> In 2001, he was the African Visiting Scholar to the International Monetary Fund.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.congoweek.org/it/component/events/?view=event&id=569|title=Aid and Development in Africa|access-date=2017-12-11|archive-date=2018-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180214014641/http://www.congoweek.org/it/component/events/?view=event&id=569|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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Ayodele Odusola is the Resident Representative for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in South Africa.[1]

Dr. Ayodele Odusola

Biography

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Prior, he was Chief Economist and Head of the Strategy and Analysis Team for UNDP’s Regional Bureau for Africa. Before his appointment as Chief Economist for UNDP Africa, Odusola served as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Adviser for Sub-Saharan Africa, after his tenure as Economic Adviser in UNDP South Africa, where he played a key role in developing partnerships on the MDGs and in publishing the National and Provincial MDG and Human Development Reports.[2] Before his time in South Africa, he was a Senior Economist in UNDP Nigeria, supporting the preparation of fiscal responsibility legislation; national and local economic empowerment and development strategies;[3] local, regional and national MDGs; human development reports; and national development plans and visions.[4]

Odusola worked with the Presidency of Nigeria before joining the United Nations, where he served as Head of the Research and Macroeconomic Training Programme under Nigeria’s National Centre for Economic Management and Administration.[5]

In December 2021, he published "Africa's Agricultural Renaissance: From Paradox to Powerhouse".[6]

Academic career

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Odusola has published over 50 articles in national and international journals, editing and authoring books and technical reports.[7] Dr Odusola is the lead author and one of the co-editors of the UNDP Africa publication “Income Inequality in sub-Saharan Africa: Divergence, Determinants and Consequences,”[8] which was launched during the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, in 2017.

Odusola obtained his PhD from University of Ibadan, Nigeria.[9] In 2001, he was the African Visiting Scholar to the International Monetary Fund.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Experts". UNDP in Africa. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  2. ^ "Ayodele Odusola". Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  3. ^ Bank, The World (2005-10-06). "Nigeria - National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy and joint IDA-IMF staff advisory note". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Aid and Development in Africa". Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  5. ^ "Ayodele Odusola | Responsible Business". Responsible Business. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  6. ^ "" L'Afrique n'a pas besoin d'aide alimentaire "". Jeune Afrique (in French). Retrieved 2021-12-16.
  7. ^ "Ayodele Odusola | United Nations Development Programme, New York City | on ResearchGate | Expertise: Development Economics, Computational Economics, Econometrics". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  8. ^ "Income Inequality Trends in sub-Saharan Africa: Divergence, Determinants, and Consequences" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Ayodele Odusola".
  10. ^ "Aid and Development in Africa". Archived from the original on 2018-02-14. Retrieved 2017-12-11.