Portrait: Olumide Taiwo

Olumide Taiwo, former assistant professor of economics at the American University of Nigeria, focuses on dynamic links between social networks and economic development, social security programs, poverty and structural transformation in Africa. | View Full Bio

Experience

Past Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Economics at the American University of Nigeria, Yola
    Visiting Lecturer and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
    Research Associate, Institute of Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder

Education

  • Ph.D Economics (2008) Brown University, Providence RI
    Pre-Doctoral Cert. in Economics (2002) Yale University, New Haven CT
    M Sc. Economics (1998) University of Lagos, Nigeria
    B Sc Actuarial Science (1994) University of Lagos, Nigeria

Language Fluency

  • Yoruba

Contact

Email Olumide Taiwo

202.797.6105Brookings Office of Communications

Resources

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