Adebayo Adedeji

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Adebayo Adedeji was a prominent Nigerian economist and diplomat best known for serving as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and for his influential work on African development policy.

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instanceOf Nigerian politician ⓘ
academic ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
economist ⓘ
human ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship Africa ⓘ
contributedTo African economic integration ⓘ
policy debates on structural adjustment in Africa ⓘ
countryOfBirth Nigeria ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Nigeria ⓘ
countryOfDeath Nigeria ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-12-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2018-04-25 ⓘ
educatedAt London School of Economics ⓘ
University of Ibadan ⓘ
University of London ⓘ
employer United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ⓘ
endTime 1991 ⓘ
familyName Adedeji ⓘ
fieldOfWork African development policy ⓘ
development economics ⓘ
economics ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
givenName Adebayo ⓘ
knownFor leadership of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ⓘ
work on African development policy ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
name Adebayo Adedeji ⓘ
nationality Nigerian ⓘ
notableIdea regional integration in Africa ⓘ
self-reliant development strategies for Africa ⓘ
notableWork Lagos Plan of Action for the Economic Development of Africa ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
economist ⓘ
public servant ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Ijebu-Ode ⓘ
placeOfDeath Lagos ⓘ
positionHeld Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ⓘ
startTime 1975 ⓘ
workLocation Addis Ababa ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ

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