Biography

Anthonia Taye Odeleye holds a PhD Economics degree from University of Ibadan, Nigeria under the Collaborative PhD Programme (CPP), for the Sub-Saharan African (SSA) Countries, of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya. with specialty in monetary/financial economics. She earlier had an M. Sc. degree in Economics from University of Lagos, Nigeria and a B Sc.(Economics) from former Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics of the University of Lagos. She has published widely in very reputable local and international journals. She also authored a book titled ‘Nigerian Economy in Perspective and is a member of professional bodies such as the Nigerian Economic Society and Association for the Advancement of African Women Economists (AAAWE). She was formerly a Lecturer at Caleb University, Lagos. She has reviewed articles for a good number of journals such as the African Development Review (African Development Bank Journal) among others. She was an award winner of CODESRIA Small Grants Programme for Ph.D Thesis Writing, 2012. She was a Visiting Research Fellow in AERC/AFDB Scholars’ Exchange Programme for Research and Mentorship Fellowship organised by African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)/African Development Bank at the Development Research Department of African Development Bank, Headquarters, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (4th May- 31st July, 2016).