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Uche OSAKEDE

LECTURER I
college of Management and Social Sciences (COMSS)
Economics Programme

Dr Uche Osakede is a seasoned researcher with a doctoral degree in Economics under the Collaborative PhD program by the African Economic Research Consortium. She was the overall best graduating student in the department of Economics University of Ibadan in 2008 during her M.Sc program and received the Social Science Deans award for best graduating student in same year. She is well travelled to several parts of the globe attending local and international conferences and academic research workshops. Her trips covers several countries some of which are Ethiopia- Addis Ababa, Zambia, Kenya-Nairobi, Ghana-Accra, South Africa-Cape town. She has published widely in renowned peer review journals and also obtained several research grants after her doctoral program particularly with the AERC. She majors in health, development, public sector economics and to some extent in international trade. She is very skillful with the use of analytical soft ware packages such as Stata, SPSS and E-Views. Dr Osakede has collaborated with researchers locally and internationally and is open to collaboration in areas that provide economic opportunities and advancement especially among Africans.

Education
  • Doctor of Philosophy 2016. Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • Master of Science 2009. Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
  • Bachelor of Science 2004. Department of Economics, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria.
Research

Health economics, Development economics, public sector and International trade.

Research Affiliation

2014 – Research Fellow, Health Policy Training and Research Program (HPTRP), University of Ibadan.

2019 – Full Member Nigerian Economic Society, Abuja, Nigeria.

Institutional Service
  • Chair Economics Program Research Unit, Bowen University, 2022 till date
  • College Member Accreditation committee 2022 till date
  • College Representative, University Disciplinary committee, Bowen University 2023
  • Chair Economics Program Post graduate committee 2022
  • Member Quality Assurance committee, Economics Program, Bowen University 2021-2022
  • Undergraduate Level Adviser , Economics Program, Bowen University 2019 till date
  • Examination Officer, Economics Program, Bowen University 2018-2020 
  • Student Staff Adviser, Economics Program, Bowen University 2017 
  • Member JAMB Screening Committee Faculty of the Social and Management Sciences, Bowen University 2017
  • Member Post Graduate Committee, Economics Program, Bowen University 2017 till date
Professional Service
  • Resource Person Ibadan Sustainable Development Summit (ISDS), 27-30 August 2018. Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan.
  • Reviewer Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer Online 2017
  • Reviewer International Journal of Development Issues, Emerald Insight 2019
Selected Publications

Chapters in Books already published

  1. Osakede U.A., Adeleke O.K. (2022) Government Borrowing, Infrastructure and Human Development in Africa: A Panel Threshold Approach. In: Antoniades A., Antonarakis A.S., Kempf I. (eds) Financial Crises, Poverty and Environmental Sustainability: Challenges in the Context of the SDGs and Covid-19 Recovery. Sustainable Development Goals Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87417-9_6

Articles that have already appeared in learned Journals

  1. Olasehinde, N., Osakede, U.A. and Adedeji, A.A. (2023). Effect of user fees on healthcare accessibility and waiting time in Nigeria. International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-07-2022-0062
  2. Asaleye, A.J., Inegbedion, H., Lawal, A.L., Adeleke, O.K., Osakede, U.A, and Ogunwole, E.B (2023) Revamping agricultural sector and its implications on output and employment generation: Evidence from Nigeria. Open Agriculture, 7: 1–10.
  3. Olagunju, O., Olakanmi, O. and Osakede, U. (2023). The effect of trade liberalization on SMEs performance in Nigeria. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 21(1), 425-437
  4. Adigun, G.T., Osakede, U.A., Olakanmi, O.A and Dick-Tonye, A. A (2023) Determinants of profitability of dairy farming enterprises among small holder dairy farmers. IOP Conference series, Earth and environmental science 1219(1) 012025
  5. Osakede U.A. (2022) Infrastructure and health system performance in Africa. Managing Global Transition 20(4).
  6. Osakede U.A and Adenikinju O.O (2022) Trade Liberalization and Manufacturing Sector Performance: Evidence from the Economic Community of West African States. NJESS Vol.64 (1)
  7. Omotor, D.G. and Osakede, U.A. (2021. Is there a life expectancy Preston Hypothesis for Africa? African Journal of Health Economics, 10 (2), 19-37.
  8. Adeleke, O.K, Osakede, U.A and Ajeigbe, M.O. (2021) Trade Liberalization and Infrastructure Development: Evidence from the Economic Community of West African States. Ilorin Journal of Economic Policy. 8(3) pp 1-20.
  9. Ogunwole, B.E., Osakede, U.A., and Gushibet, S.T.(2021). The nexus between Poverty and Corruption: The case of Nigeria. International Journal of Economics and Development Policy, 4(1)
  10. Adenikinju O.O and Osakede U.A (2020) Per Capita Income and Health Outcome Convergence in the Economic Community of West African States. Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies (NJESS), Volume 62, No. 3, 2020.
  11. Osakede U.A (2020) Public Health Spending and Health Outcome in Nigeria: The Role of Governance. International Journal of Development Issues (IJDI). Emerald Insight. ISSN: 1446-8956.
  12. Osakede U.A and Ajayi P.I (2019) Air Pollution and Health Status in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, Vol 10, No 22 
  13. Osakede, U.A (2019). Health Aid, Public and Private Health spending in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA): New Evidence from Panel Data Analysis. African Journal of Health Economics, Vol 7 Issue 1, Pages: 28-36
  14. Osakede, U.A (2019). The demand for primary health care service in Nigeria: New evidence from facility determinants. Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, Vol 7 No 1
  15. Osakede, U.A and Sanusi G.P. (2018). Effect of energy consumption on health outcome in Nigeria and South Africa: The ARDL Bound Testing Approach. African Journal of Sustainable Development vol 18, No 2
  16. Osakede U.A, Lawanson O.A and and Sobowale D. A. (2017) Entrepreneurial interest and academic performance in Nigeria: evidence from undergraduate students in the University of Ibadan. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. 
  17. Osakede, U.A., and Lawanson, A.O. (2016). Cost burden of malaria: evidence from Nigeria. Asian journal of humanities and social science (AJHSS), Vol 4 No 4 
  18. Osakede, U.A and Lawanson O.A (2016) Malaria and Labor market outcomes. African Journal of Economic Policy (AJEP)
  19. Osakede U.A, Lawanson O.A and Amoo R.O. (2016) Willingness to Pay for Community based Health Insurance Scheme among pregnant women in Lagos State. African Journal of Health Economics (AJHE) Volume 5 (2):15-24.

Articles that have already appeared only in Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. Olayiwola, S.A., Osakede, U.A., Adeyemi, F.A (2022). Fiscal Sustainability and Demographic Transition in Nigeria. Paper presented at the 63rd Annual conference of the Nigerian Economic Society with the theme “Fiscal Sustainability and Policy Response for Economic Recovery in Nigeria. September 26- 30, 2022. Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
  2. Osakede, U. A. (2022). An empirical analysis of the determinants of Human Development in Africa: A gender approach. Paper presented at the 6th scientific conference of the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) held virtual with the theme: “Towards Resilient Health Systems in Africa: The Role of Health Economics and Policy Research.”. March 7-11, 2022.
  3. Osakede U.A, Adeyemo, J. and Olagunju, O. (2023) Brain Drain to Gain: Remittance inflow and human capital development in Africa. Paper presented at the 14th annual Ibadan Sustainable Development Summit, with the theme: Engaging Science, technology and innovation in sustainable development, 15th – 16th August, 2023, Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan.