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1 E UROPEAN CURRICULUM VITAE FORMAT PERSONAL INFORMATION Name ODULARU, GBADEBO OLUSEGUN ABIDEMI Address REGIONAL POLICIES AND MARKETS ANALYST, FORUM FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA (FARA), PMB CT 173, CANTONMENTS, ACCRA, GHANA. Telephone ; Fax Nationality Nigerian Date of birth 25 TH OCTOBER, 1976 WORK EXPERIENCE Main activities and responsibilities Page 1 - Curriculum vitae of SEPTEMBER 2008 DATE Dr. Monty Jones, The Executive Director, FARA, PMB CT 173, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana. International Agricultural Research in Africa Regional Policies and Markets Networking Support Function. Assist Director to maintain up-to-date knowledge of the most recent trends and emerging policies and institutional issues that affect African agriculture in general, and the poor and vulnerable food producers and consumers in particular Assist with the establishment and maintenance of strong contacts with key African policy analysts and regional policy makers Support the Networking Support Function Directors in their efforts to ensure that each programme has practical and appropriate policy components relevant to African Agricultural development Review and analyze available country legislation to determine national and regional policy bottlenecks and their impact on agricultural productivity and develop mechanisms to address them. Give recommendations regarding passed legislation Work with FARA professional staff to develop relevant databases and statistical data on agricultural policy for dissemination and sharing with FARA stakeholders Assist the Regional Policies and Markets Unit to identify relevant organizations, institutions, partners and agencies for collaboration on Policy matters with a view to their strengthening and implementation; Advise management on FARA and work closely with Sub-regional Organisations (SROs) and National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) to promote the sharing of information on policy instruments that could be disseminated across the African continent to assist with improved agricultural productivity; Draft, on a timely basis, relevant technical progress reports; and Assist the Director and FARA management to convene analysts and decision makers to examine the policy and institutional factors that constrain the emergence of a dynamic, sustainable and equitable agricultural sector in Africa, design strategies for reform, and facilitate the formation of partnerships

2 and collaborative action. MARCH JULY, 2008 Dr Patrick Low, The Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division (ERSD), World Trade Organisation (WTO), Geneva, Switzerland. International Trade Research. Visiting doctoral researcher. SEPTEMBER Dr. David Oyedepo, the Chancellor, Covenant Univeristy (CU), Ota. Lecturer, Department of Economics and Development Studies, CBS, CU, Ota Nigeria. Details of the courses that I lectured at the University level are: Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences; Introduction to Microeconomics; Introduction to Economics II; Introduction to Statistics I; Principles of Microeconomics; Introduction to Development Economics I; Mathematics for Economists I; Principles of Macroeconomics; Statistics for the Business and Social Sciences; Microeconomic Theory; Theories of Growth and Development; History of Economic Thought; Public Sector Economics and Policy; Microeconomic Theory; Theory of International Trade (As a research student). SEPTEMBER Visiting Lecturer, Managerial/Development Economics, Business Research/Statistics, and Industrial Consulting and Practicing, Centre for Industrial Research and Development (CIRD), Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2000/2001 Field Supervisor, West African Rice Development Association/Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (WARDA/NISER) Collaborative Rice Study on the Production, Processing and Consumption of Rice in Ekiti State, Nigeria. EDUCATION AND TRAINING Page 2 - Curriculum vitae of

3 2008 FARA Web portal Management Training, FARA Secretariat, Accra-Ghana Macroeconomic Modeling with Eviews, ECOMOD Modeling School EUROPE 2008, Free University of Brussels, Belgium A Diploma Certificate confirming the successful participation in the Summer Academy on Comparative Regional Integration at the Centre for European Integration Studies (ZEI) of the Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 9 21 September, A Diploma Certificate confirming the successful participation in the European Politics Simulation (Europaische Politik Simulation), organized by EuroSoc KG, a Think Tank created in 2002 for Analyzing, Modeling and Training of European Decision Makers. The Venue was at Adam Stegerwald Haus, Konigswinter Hauptstr. 487, Bonn, Germany, September, GBS, UCT, South Africa. PGD (Trade Law) Ph. D (Economics) Covenant University / World Trade Organization (WTO), Geneva, Switzerland (U.I.), Nigeria, M.Sc. (Agricultural Economics) U.I., Nigeria, B.Sc(Economics) U.I., Ibadan. Secondary School Certificate U.I, Ibadan. Primary School Leaving Certificate PERSONAL SKILLS MOTHER TONGUE YORUBA OTHER LANGUAGES ENGLISH Reading skills Writing skills Verbal skills SOCIAL SKILLS ENGLISH Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, leadership attribute presentation skills; and strong research and analytical/numerical skills. ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS. TECHNICAL SKILLS With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc. High levels of self motivation and service excellence; profound analytical and creative skills. Computer literacy in Microsoft Word, Access, Excess, & statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS), E-views, and Microfit; Internet research skills. Page 3 - Curriculum vitae of

4 ARTISTIC SKILLS Strong commercial and management awareness; and being ambitious, competent, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, focused and resourceful. OTHER SKILLS Interests: Gardening, web surfing, driving, traveling, reading and typing (45 average words per minute). DRIVING LICENCE(S) Republic of Ghana Driver Licence. Registration number: ODUL Expiry Date: 13 th October, Page 4 - Curriculum vitae of

5 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ANNEXES Page 5 - Curriculum vitae of REFEREES Professor Cyril Ige, Department of Economics and Development Studies, CBS, Covenant University, Nigeria. tocige@yahoo.com Professor A. S. Bankole, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. asbankiy@gmail.com Professor Trudi Hartzenberg, The Executive Director, Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (TRALAC), CL Marais Building Crozier Street, Stellenbosch 7600 Western Cape South Africa. trudi@tralac.org; Telephone: ; Fax: Dr. Nelson Magbagbeola, The Director, Department of Multilateral Surveillance, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, 101 Yakubu Gowon Cresent, Asokoro District, P.M.B. 401, Abuja, Nigeria. nmagbagbeola@ecowas.int;nomagbagbeola@gmail.com; lekkybrown@yahoo.com. Telephone: ; Areas of Specialization International Trade, Regional Integration, Agricultural Economics, Tourism Economics, Development Economics, and Public Sector Economics. Research Works Odularu, G. O. (2008), Nigeria US Trade Relations in the Non-Oil Sector. A Ph.D Dissertation ( 036.). Odularu; G. O. (2008), Fostering Free Movement of Persons Across National Borders: The Case of ECOWAS. ZEI Regional Integration Observer, Centre for European Integration Studies, Universitat Bonn; Vol. 2, No.1, April Odularu, G. O. (2008), Does Tourism Contribute to Economic Performance in West Africa? ANATOLIA: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, Volume 19, Number 2, pp Odularu, G. O (2008), Nigeria U.S. Trade Relations in the Non-Oil Sector. A summary of the dissertation published in the Winter Edition of the The Africa Journal pages Ige, C. S. and G. O. Odularu (2008), Analysis of the Impact of Tourism on the Economic Performance of West Africa: A Panel Data Approach. Being a paper accepted for publication in Tourismos: An International Miltidisciplinary Journal of Tourism ( Ige C. S. and G. O. Odularu (2007), Trade, Technical Cooperation and Foreign Investment: Teaching Development Economics in African Universities. Globalisation Review: International Journal on Trade and Sustainable Development Vol. 3: No. 1. Odularu, G. O. and O. Kareem (2007), Tourism and Reputation in Africa: Implications for Promoting Tourism Development in Nigeria, African Journal of Economic Policy (AJEP); Department of Economics; Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Nigeria: Vol. 14, No. 2, pp Ikpefan, O. A & G. O. Odularu, (2007), 'Using the Money Laundering Act as a Tool for Monitoring Deposits and Frauds in the Nigerian Banking Industry: An Empirical Approach'. The Nigerian Banker: Journal of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria, April June, 2007 Odularu, G. O. (2007), The Cooperation between the EU and ECOWAS, Centre for European Integration Studies (ZEI), Bonn University, Bonn, Germany. Accessible at/ Odularu, G. O. (2006), Trade Facilitation as a Tool for Promoting Regional Development in Africa, Nigerian Institute of International

6 Affairs Nigerian Forum Vol. 27, Nos 3 4, pp Page 6 - Curriculum vitae of