{"id":12296,"date":"2017-02-26T22:09:11","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T21:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/?post_type=biography&#038;p=12296"},"modified":"2017-11-10T14:57:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T13:57:55","slug":"olofin-professor-samuel-oladapo","status":"publish","type":"biography","link":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/biography\/olofin-professor-samuel-oladapo\/","title":{"rendered":"OLOFIN, Prof Samuel Oladapo"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B.Sc, M.Sc, MA, Ph.D; economist academic, consultant; DOB: December 1, 1945; Hometown: Ikare; State of Origin: Ondo; Married: Ayodele Phillips, February 28, 1976; one sons, two daugthers; EDUCATION: CMS School Ubiaja, Edo State, 1951-54; Baptist Central School, Bukuru, Jos, Plateau State, 1955-58; Christ Apostolic Church Secondary Modem School, 1959-61; Government College, Abraka, Delta State, 1962-64; University of Ibadan, Oyo State, 1966-69, 1969-72; Princeton University NJ, 1972-1975. cr: asst. Manager, Distribution, Shell Company, Lagos, 1969-70; Ucturer\/Researcher, University of Ibadan since 1975; visiting aprof. of Economics, Baruch College, City University of NewYork, 1985-86; prof, of Economics, University of Ibadan, since 1985; dir. Centre for Econometric, Allied Research, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, 1985-98; Head, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, since 1997; ee.to several Nigeria Universities; Asst. Editor, Nigeria Journal of Economic and Social Studies, 1985-90 and several academic journals in Economics and related fields; Head various University standing and adhoc committees including holding various administrative positions in the department of Economics; ch. Ph.D Programmes, University of Ibadan; Consultant, Transmission mechanism for externaly transmited economic disturbances in developing countries, Ford Foundaion, 1979- 81; the determinants of Inter-Industry flows in Nigeria, in an 1-0 framework, Ford Foundation, 1981-82; Development of an Econometric model of the Nigerian Economy with policy science simulation studies for various policy applications. Feasibility study on Nigerian Data Bank; Federal Ministry of National Planning, 1979-85; Foreign Finance and Nigeria&#8217;s Economic Dev., National Institute for policy and Strategic Studies, 1984-85; Consultant, Policy Modelling and National Dev. Plans, African Planners Conference, United Nations, Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, 1984; Consultant Economic Obstacles to African Dev., United Nations, DIESA, New York, 1984-85; Consultant, Policy Modelling for Development in Nigeria FMBP\/UNDTCD\/CEAR\/80 W.VU, since 1991; World Bank. Washington, member. Group of Experts to Evaluate Global Economic Prospects, 1989; Consultant, Bi-annual evaluation of Economic prospects for Africa and preparation of Economic forecasts. University of Pennsylvania\/United Nations, since 1981; Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Lagos, Feasibility Study on a Community based project link, and Economic Forecasting Programme, 1991; African Development Bank, Establishing Modality for regional policy modelling and in application to African Development Report, 1996. Establishing modality and in application to African Dev. Report African Dev. Bank, 1996; mm: the Nigerian Economic Society, The Nigerian Statistical Association, The Nigerian Society of International Affairs, The American Economic Association, West African Economic Association, African Academy of Science, Association of Quantitative Economist; ah: University Scholar, University of Ibadan, Oyo State. 1967-69; Post Graduate Scholarship, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, 1970-72; Rockefeller Foundation Scholar, Princeton University, NJ 1972-75; Cited for Academic Distinction; Ford Foundation Research Grant Recipient, 1979-81, 1988-91; Rockefeller Foundation Grant Recipient 1981-83; cited for academic distinction Who is Who, 1981- 83, 1986; publ: Relative Factor Endowment Proxies as determinants of the volume of international trade, 1976; In search of a new World order. The Nigerian Journal of International Affairs. 1979; Seeking Alternatives to National Import Substitution Strategy, The Quarterly Journal of Administration, 1980; Modelling Nigeria&#8217;s Economic Development, Ibadan University Press Ibadan, Oyo State. 1985; An Introduction to Macroeconomic Theory, An Intermediate Undergraduate Text, Wiley Publishers, Are We Destined for Economic Backwardness in Perpetuity, A Neo Mathusian Theory of Underdevelopment. Ibadan University Press, Ibadan, Oyo State; off: Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, tel: 02- 8101701. fax: 02-8101701. res: 3, Niger Road, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State; e-m: Solofin@cear.org.ng<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","categories":[176,2403],"writer":[],"class_list":["post-12296","biography","type-biography","status-publish","hentry","category-academia","category-economist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biography"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biography\/12296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12296"},{"taxonomy":"writer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blerf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/writer?post=12296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}