Dr.Yusuf Bangura, a Sierra Leonean intellectual giant, has served the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, for many years. He recently retired. He was research co-ordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development in Geneva since 1990.
After graduating from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1978, Dr. Bangura taught Political Science first at the famous Ahmadou Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria and later at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He also did research at universities in Sweden before joining UNRISD.
Born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in 1950, Bangura is a product of the Prince of Wales secondary school and the St. Edwards secondary school both in Freetown. He told me recently that now that he has retired, he now has time for what he called "Popular writing." A couple of his articles dealing with Sierra Leonean issues have been published in the Patriotic Vanguard. An extensive interview with Dr. Yusuf Bangura is forthcoming. Below is his resume or CV:
Curriculum Vitae:
Yusuf Mustapha Bangura
Address: 42C Chemin de Prélaz, 1260 Nyon, Switzerland.
Address in Sierra Leone: 77 Campbell Street, Freetown
Email address:Bangura.ym@gmail.com
Telephone number: (0041) 22-3623807
Nationality: Sierra Leonean
Date of birth: 1 April, 1950
Primary school education: Samaria Primary School (Bathurst Street and Wellington Street), Freetown (1957-63)
Secondary school education:Prince of Wales School, Freetown (1963-68)
St. Edward’s Secondary School, Freetown (Sixth form: 1968-70).
Awarded “National Scholarship” for university education
(Based on GCE “A” level results)
University education:
London School of Economics and Political Science
(University of London) 1971 - 1978
Qualifications:
B.Sc. (Econs.) London, 1974; PhD. (Econs.) London, 1978. (Specialization: The Politics of International Economic Relations. PhD thesis examined the declining role of the pound sterling as an international currency and decolonization in Africa)
Work experience: 1990 -2012: Research Co-ordinator, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva.
Coordinated the following projects:
● Poverty Reduction and Policy Regimes
● Flagship Report, Combating Poverty and Inequality
● Democracy and Social Policy
● Ethnic Inequalities and Governance of the Public Sector
● Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries
● Racism and Public Policy
● Economic Policymaking and Democratization
● Crisis, Adjustment and Social Change
Work experience (continued):
Provided support to the following projects:
● Ethnic Conflict and Development
● Political Violence and Social Movements
● Prepared research proposal “Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development” (July 2011).
1988 - 1989: Visiting Researcher, Departments of Political Science, Stockholm University and Uppsala University, Sweden.
Worked on “Economic crisis, adjustment and problems of democratization in Africa” under the programme of the Working Group for the Study of Development Strategies (AKUT); and was consultant to the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) for project on “The Social and Political Consequences of Structural Adjustment in Africa”; prepared research proposal, “The Social and Political Context of Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa” for NAI.
1980 - 1988: Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Taught B.Sc. and M.Sc. courses.
B.Sc. level: Contemporary World Economy; Multinational Corporations in the Third World; Politics of Trade Relations; Marxist Theory and Development; Decolonization; State and Economy; and Introduction to Political Science.
M.Sc. level: Politics of International Economic Relations.
Supervised 14 M.Sc. dissertations; 24 B.Sc. dissertations; and 3 Ph.D. dissertations (one of the PhD dissertations was at an advanced stage of completion and the others were at early stages of development before leaving the university).
1979 - 1980: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
Taught B.Sc. courses on World Politics; African Politics; and The International Relations of African States.
1970-1971: Teacher, Services Secondary School, Juba, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Taught English and Geography at Forms 2 and 4.
Research Interests:
● Democracy, Redistribution and Development
● Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization
● Ethnic Inequality, Conflict and Development
● State Building and Development
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction (ed.) Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
(forthcoming)
Democracy and Social Policy (ed.), Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 287 pp.
Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries: Capacity Challenges to Improve Services (co-edited with George Larbi). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. 294 pp.
Ethnic Inequalities and Public Sector Governance (ed.), Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan. 2006. 348 pp.
Racism and Public Policy (co-edited with Rodolfo Stavenhagen), Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2005. 304 pp.
Authoritarianism, Democracy and Adjustment: The Politics of Economic Reform in Africa
(co-edited with Peter Gibbon and Arve Ofstad). Uppsala: The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. 1992. 236 pp.
Britain and Commonwealth Africa: The Politics of Economic Relations, 1951 - 1975 Manchester: Manchester University Press. 1983. 242 pp.
Flagship Reports
Combating Poverty and Inequality: Structural Change, Social Policy and Politics.
(Coordinator and lead author). Geneva: UNRISD 2010. 360 pp.
Visible Hands: Taking Responsibility for Social Development. An UNRISD Report for
Geneva 2000: Five years after the Copenhagen Social Summit (Member of Editorial Team;
coordinated chapters 3 and 4 of the report) Geneva: UNRISD. 2000. 173 pp.
States of Disarray: The Social Effects of Globalization. UNRISD Report for the World Summit on Social Development, Copenhagen (Member of Editorial Team; wrote core
papers for chapters 2, 3 and 6 of the report). Geneva: UNRISD. 1995. 172 pp.
Special Issue of Journal
Youth Culture and Political Violence: The Sierra Leone Civil War, Africa Development, 1997. Vol. XXII, Nos. 3-4. (Co-edited with Ibrahim Abdullah). 261 pp.
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
“Combating Poverty in Africa: 2015 and Beyond”, in R. Wilkinson and D. Hulme (eds.) The Millennium Development Goals and Beyond: Global Development After 2015. London: Routledge. (2012).
“Why Nigeria’s Democracy Does Not Work For The Poor”, in B. Beckman and Y. Z. Yau
(eds.) Organizing for Democracy. PODSU: Stockholm University (2012).
“Politics of Redistribution in a Democratic Context”, in Y. Bangura (ed.), Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming).
“Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction”, in Y. Bangura (ed.), Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (forthcoming).
“Sierra Leone at 50: Confronting Old Problems and Preparing for New Challenges”,
Review of African Political Economy. March 2012. Vol. 39, No. 131. pp. 181-192
“Inequality and the Politics of Redistribution”, European Journal of Development Research. No. 23, Issue 4, 2011. pp. 531-36.
“Building State Capacity for Poverty Reduction”, in Combating Poverty and Inequality: Structural Change, Social Policy and Politics. UNRISD Flagship Report. 2010. Geneva: UNRISD. pp. 257-282.
“Democracy and the Politics of Poverty Reduction”, in Combating Poverty and
Inequality: Structural Change, Social Policy and Politics. UNRISD Flagship Report.
2010. Geneva. pp. 283-308
“Overview” (in collaboration with UNRISD researchers), in Combating Poverty and
Inequality: Structural Change, Social Policy and Politics. UNRISD Flagship Report. 2010. Geneva: UNRISD. pp. 1-28.
“Concluding Remarks: Coordinating Social, Economic and Political Forces to Deliver for the Poor”, in Combating Poverty and Inequality: Structural Change, Social Policy and Politics. UNRISD Flagship Report. 2010. Geneva: UNRISD. pp. 309-312
“Democracy and Social Policy Development: Introduction and Overview” (coauthored
with Carl-Johan Hedberg), in Y. Bangura (ed.), Democracy and Social Policy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. pp. 1-32.
“Introduction: Ethnic Inequalities and Public Sector Governance”, in Y. Bangura (ed.)
Ethnic Inequalities and Public Sector Governance. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan,
2006. Pp. 1-30
“Introduction: Globalization and Public Sector Reform” (co-authored with G. Larbi), in Y. Bangura and G. Larbi (eds.), Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries: Capacity Challenges to Improve Services. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. Pp. 1-24.
“Fiscal and Capacity Building Reform”, in Y. Bangura and G. Larbi (eds.), Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries: Capacity Challenges to Improve Services. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. pp. 131-160.
“Public Sector Reform: What are the Lessons of Experience?” (co-authored with G. Larbi), in Y. Bangura and G. Larbi (eds.), Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries: Capacity Challenges to Improve Services. Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. pp. 275-287.
“Ethnic Inequalities in the Public Sector: A Comparative Analysis”, Development and
Change. Vol. 37, No. 2, 2006. pp. 299-328.
“Introduction: Racism, Citizenship and Social Justice” (co-authored with R. Stavenhagen),
in Y. Bangura and R. Stavenhagen (eds.), Racism and Public Policy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 2005. pp. 1-22.
"Understanding the Political and Cultural Dynamics of the Sierra Leone War", in Ibrahim
Abdullah (ed.) Between Democracy and Terror: The Sierra Leone Civil War, University of South Africa Press and CODESRIA. 2004. pp. 13-41. Also in Africa Development 1997, Vol. XXII, Nos. 3-4. pp. 117-148.
“Strategic Policy Failure and State Fragmentation: Security, Peacekeeping, and
Democratization in Sierra Leone”, in Ricardo R. Laremont (ed.), The Causes of War and the Consequences of Peace in Africa, Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 2002. pp. 143-170.
“Racism and Public Policy”, The Black Scholar: Journal of Black Studies and Research.
Vol. 32, Nos. 3&4. Fall/Winter 2002. (with T. Ansorg and A. Tombez). pp. 2-25.
“New Directions in State Reform: Implications for Civil Society in Africa”, in B.
Beckman, E. Hansen and A. Sjögren (eds.), Civil Society and Authoritarianism in the Third World, PODSU: Stockholm University. 2001. pp. 250-282.
“Globalization and African Development”, in Raymond Suttner (ed.), Africa in the New
Millennium, Uppsala: Nordic African Institute 2001. Pp. 34-49.
“Strategic Policy Failure and Governance in Sierra Leone”, Journal of Modern African
Studies, Vol. 38 (4), 2000. pp. 551-577 (adapted from book chapter above).
“Democratization, Equity and Stability: African Politics and Societies in the 1990s”, in D. Ghai (ed.), Renewing Social and Economic Progress in Africa. Macmillan. 2000. pp.
167-198.
“Fragile Democracies” (prepared the two core papers that formed the basis of the
chapter), Visible Hands: Taking Responsibility for Social Development. An UNRISD
Report for Geneva 2000. pp. 42-62.
“A new mission for the public sector” (prepared the core paper that formed the
basis of the chapter), Visible Hands: Taking Responsibility for Social Development. An
UNRISD Report for Geneva 2000. pp. 64-74.
“Comments on Regional Security and the War in Congo”, in M. Baregu (ed.), Crisis in the
Democratic Republic of Congo, Harare: SARIPS. Series 3, pp. 10-17. 1999. Also in Ibbo Mandaza (ed.), Reflections on the Crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, SAPES Books, Harare. 1999. And in Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, Special Bulletin: The 1998 Rebellion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. October 1998. No. 53/54.
“Reflections on the Sierra Leone Peace Accord”, African Journal of International Affairs,
Vol. 1, No. 1, 1998. Also in Africa Development 1997, Vol. XXII, Nos. 3-4. pp. 217-242;
and in Voices from Africa, Geneva: UN-NGLS, Issue No. 8, 1998.
“Youth Culture and Political Violence: Sierra Leoneans debate the RUF and the Civil
War”, Africa Development (compiled, introduced and edited contributions) Vol. XXII.
Nos. 3-4, 1997. pp. 171-216
“The Concept of Policy Dialogue and Gendered Development: Understanding its
Institutional and Ideological Constraints”, African Journal of Political Science, Vol. 2. No. 2. December 1997. pp. 53-92.
“Painful Adjustment: The social costs of structural adjustment” (prepared one of the three core papers that formed the basis of the chapter), States of Disarray: The Social Effects of Globalization. UNRISD Report for the World Conference on Social Development, Copenhagen. 1995. Geneva: UNRISD. pp. 36-56.
“Identity Crisis: Ethnic Conflict, Religion and Violence” (prepared the core paper that formed the basis of the chapter), States of Disarray: The Social Effects of Globalization. UNRISD Report for the World Conference on Social Development, Copenhagen; 1995. pp. 95-109.
“State and Civil Society: Institutions in a Changing World” (prepared the chapter’s core paper “States of Uncertainty: The Fragmentation of Power and Responsibility”), States of Disarray: The Social Effects of Globalization , UNRISD Report for the World Summit for Social Development, 1995. pp. 129-142.
"Perspectives on the Politics of Structural Adjustment, Informalisation and Political Change in Africa", in Thandika Mkandawire and Adebayo Olukoshi (eds), Between Liberalisation and Oppression: The Politics of Structural Adjustment in Africa. 1995. Dakar: CODESRIA.pp. 77-103.
“Economic Restructuring, Coping Strategies and Social Change: Implications for Institutional Development in Africa”, Development and Change, Vol. 25, No. 4, October 1994. pp. 785-827. Also in M. Lundahl and B. Ndulu (eds.), New Directions in Development Economics: Growth, environmental concerns and government in the 1990s. London and New York: Routledge. 1996. pp. 352-393.
“Intellectuals, Economic Reform and Social Change: Constraints and Opportunities in the Formation of a Nigerian Technocracy”, Development and Change, Vol. 25, No. 2, April 1994. pp. 261-305.
“Adjustment, Authoritarianism and Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Introduction to Some Theoretical and Empirical Issues” (with P. Gibbon); in P. Gibbon, Y. Bangura and A. Ofstad (eds.), Authoritarianism, Democracy and Adjustment: The Politics of Economic Reform in Africa . Uppsala: The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. 1992. pp. 1-38.
“Authoritarian Rule and Democracy in Africa: A Theoretical Discourse”, in P. Gibbon, Y. Bangura and A. Ofstad (eds.), Authoritarianism, Democracy and Adjustment: The Politics of Economic Reform in Africa. Uppsala: The Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. 1992 pp. 39-82; also in L. Rudebeck, When Democracy Makes Sense:Studies in the Democratic Potential of Third World Popular Movements, AKUT, Uppsala University, Sweden, 1992, pp. 69-104; and in J. Nyangoro (ed.), Discourses on Democracy: Africa in Comparative Perspective. Dar-es-Salaam: Dar-es- Salaam University Press. 1996; as well as in O. Tornquist and K. R. Haellquist (eds.), Asian Societies in Contemporary Perspective. Nordic Proceedings in Asian Studies No. 2. NIAS/NASEAS. Copenhagen. 1991. pp. 428-476.
“African Workers and Structural Adjustment: A Nigerian Case Study” (co-authored with
Björn Beckman), in Dharam Ghai (ed.), The IMF and the South: The Social Impact of Crisis and Adjustment, ZED Press, London 1991. pp. 139-165; also in A. Olukoshi (ed.), The Politics of Structural Adjustment in Nigeria, London: James Currey. 1993. pp. 75-96.
“Structural Adjustment and De-industrialisation in Nigeria”, Africa Development, Vol.
XVI, No.2, 1991. pp. 5-32.
“The Recession and Nigeria’s Foreign Policy”, Nigerian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 15, No. 1 1989. pp. 130-152.
“Crisis and Adjustment: The Experience of Nigerian Workers”, in B. Onimode (ed.), The IMF and the World Bank in Africa, ZED Press, London 1989. pp. 177-190.
“The Crisis of Underdevelopment and the Transition to Civil Rule”, Africa Development, vol. xiii, No. 1, 1988. pp. 33-50.
“Crisis and Repression in Africa: National Self Determination Undermined”, ZAST: Journal of African Studies, Austria, No. 2. 1988. pp. 7-21.
“The 1988 Budget: Adjusting the Structural Adjustment Programme”, Nigerian Journal of Critical Social Science, vol. 1, 1988. pp. 6-15.
“The Politics of Nigeria’s Debt Crisis”, in O. Oculi (ed.), Nigerian Alternatives, Department of Political Science, Zaria, Nigeria. 1988. pp. 94-130. also in Adebayo Olukoshi (ed.) 1990, Nigeria’s Debt Crisis: Its Management. Ibadan: Malt House Press.
“The Recession and Workers’ Struggles in the Vehicle Assembly Plants: Steyr-Nigeria”, Review of African Political Economy, No. 39, 1987. pp. 4-22. Also in I. Brandell (ed.), Workers in Third World Industrialisation, Macmillan, London, 1992. pp. 177-196.
“IMF/World Bank Conditionality and Nigeria’s Structural Adjustment Programme”, in K. Havnevik (ed.), IMF and the World Bank in Africa: Conditionality and its Impact, Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, Uppsala, Sweden, 1987. pp. 95-116.
“Structural Adjustment and the Political Question”, Review of African Political Economy, No. 37, 1986. pp. 24-37. Also in S. Olugbemi (ed.), Alternative Political Futures for
Nigeria. Lagos: Nigerian Political Science Association. 1987.
“The Economic and Commercial Policies of the Socialist Countries of Eastern Europe”, in A. B. Akinyemi (ed.), Economic Cooperation between Nigeria and Eastern Europe, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs and Macmillan, Lagos and Ibadan, 1986. pp. 9- 30.
“Crisis in Sierra Leone and Nigeria: A Comparative Perspective”, Journal of African Marxists, London, Vol. 9, 1986. pp. 71-86.
“The Nigerian Economic Crisis”, in P. Lawrence (ed.), The World Recession and the Food Crisis in Africa, London: James Currey. 1986. pp. 40-58.
“Issues in Nigeria’s Political Economy: An Introduction”, Nigerian Journal of Political Science. Vol. 4, Nos.1 and 2. 1985. pp.1-7.
“Overcoming Some Basic Misconceptions of the Nigerian Economic Crisis”, Studies in Politics and Society, Vol. 2, October, 1984 . pp. 35-54; also in Adebayo Olukoshi (ed.), Crisis and Adjustment in the Nigerian Economy. Lagos: JAD. 1991.
“The Poverty of Disjointed Empiricism: A Reply”, Studies in Politics and Society, Vol. 2, October 1984 (part of a debate on the Nigerian economic crisis). pp. 63-73.
“The deepening intellectual crisis: A Rejoinder”, Studies in Politics and Society, Vol. 2, October, 1984. pp. 93-124.
“Underdevelopment and the Politics of Sierra Leone’s Trade Relations”, Africa
Development, vol. ix No. 2. 1984. pp. 71-91.
“Editorial”, Nigerian Journal of Political Science. Vol, 3, No. 1. 1984. pp. 1-3.
“The Deepening Economic Crisis and Its Political Implications”, Africa Development, Vol. IX, No. 3, 1983. (co-authored with Abdul Raufu Mustapha and Sa’idu H. Adamu). pp. 53-74.
Occasional Papers, Monographs and Conference Reports
Sierra Leone at 50: Confronting Old Problems and Preparing for New Challenges. Africa at 50 Discussion Paper Series. United Nations African Institute for Development and Economic Planning. IDEP: Dakar. 2012 (published in a journal).
Poverty Reduction and Policy Regimes: Report of the UNRISD Methodology Workshop, 21-23 February 2007, (co-authored with Tom Lavers). Geneva: UNRISD. 27 pp.
Technocratic Policy Making and Democratic Accountability. Research and Policy Brief. Geneva: UNRISD. August 2004. 4 pp.
Ethnic Inequalities and Public Sector Governance, Report of the International
Conference Organized by UNRISD, UNDP-Latvia and the Latvian Ministry of Integration. 25-27 March 2004. Geneva: UNRISD. 23 pp.
Racism and Public Policy (with the assistance of T. Ansorg and A Tombe), Report of the UNRISD International Conference, 3-5 September 2001, Durban, South Africa. Geneva: UNRISD. 23 pp. (published as a journal article)
UNRISD Conference on Racism and Public Policy. A collection of abstracts (about 2-3 pages each) of 24 papers and an introduction for the UNRISD racism and public policy conference in Durban. Served as input to the preparatory process of the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Intolerance. 2001. Geneva: UNRISD. 70 pp.
Public Sector Restructuring: The Institutional and Social Effects of Fiscal, Managerial and Capacity-Building Reforms. UNRISD Occasional Paper No. 3. Geneva 2000. February 2000. 53 pp.
What Choices Do Democracies Have in Globalizing Economies? Technocratic Policy Making and Democratization. Report of the UNRISD International Conference, 27-28 April, 2000. Geneva: UNRISD. 15 pp.
New Directions in State Reform: Implications for Civil Society in Africa, UNRISD
Discussion Paper, No. 113. 1999. 28 pp (published as a book chapter).
Democratization, Equity and Stability: African Politics and Society in the 1990s,
UNRISD Discussion Paper, No. 93. 1998. Pp. 35 (published as a book chapter)
Policy Dialogue and Gendered Development: Institutional and Ideological Constraints,UNRISD Discussion Paper, No. 87. 1997. 37 pp (published as a journal article)
Intellectuals, Economic Reform and Social Change: Constraints and Opportunities in the Formation of a Nigerian Technocracy. Monograph Series. 1/94. Dakar, CODESRIA, 1994. 64 pp
The Search for Identity: Ethnicity, Religion and Political Violence, UNRISD Occasional Paper for the World Conference on Social Development, No. 6, November 1994. 41 pp. (Served as input to Flagship report States of Disarray)
Economic Restructuring, Coping Strategies and Social Change: Implications for Institutional Development in Africa, UNRISD Discussion Paper No. 52. 1994. 39 pp
(longer version of published article)
Authoritarian Rule and Democracy in Africa: A Theoretical Discourse, UNRISD
Discussion Paper, No. 18. 1991. 46 pp (longer version of chapter in books)
Crisis, Adjustment and Politics in Nigeria. AKUT, University of Uppsala. No. 37. 1989. 22pp.
Articles in Magazines, Newspapers and Newsletters
“Security Sector Reform needs Inclusive Politics and Jobs for the Poor”, Open
Democracy. 19 March 2012.
“Unelected Party Leaders and the Supremacy of Parliament”, Cocorioko International. 21 October 2011
“Further Remarks on the SLPP Convention of 2011” (A reply to critics), The Patriotic Vanguard, 18 August 2011; and Cocorioko International. 18 August 2011.
“Dark Clouds on the Horizon? Reflections on the SLPP Convention of 2011”, The
Patriotic Vanguard, 5 August 2011; and Cocorioko International, 5 August 2011
“Rebuilding Cote d’Ivoire: Lessons from Sierra Leone”, Open Democracy. 3 May 2011.
“The Arab Spring, Democracy and Well-Being”, UNRISD News, e-Bulletin No. 4.
March, 2011.
“People Power Shames Gaddafi’s Appeasers”, Patriotic Vanguard (Sierra Leone paper), 1 March 2011; Daily Trust (Nigeria), 1 March 2011; The Nation (Kenya), 4 March, 2011.
“Jobs and Equity Key to Africa’s Poverty Fight”, Africa Renewal, December 2010. Adapted versions of above article appeared in Financial Times Africa, 5 February 2011; La Tribune (Algeria), 22 December 2010 (in French); AfrikNews, 11 January 2011; Momagri, 17 January 2011; Public Agenda (Ghana), 11 February, 2011.
“Democratization and Social Policy”. UNRISD News. No. 27. March 2005.
“Divided we stand: Spreading power with fragmentation” by Tom Popper, Local
Governance Brief. Autumn 2004. pp. 12-15; A summary of Y. Bangura, “Ethnic
Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector: An Overview of Research Findings”. Prepared for International Conference on “Ethnic Inequalities and Public Sector Governance”, Riga, Latvia. 25-27 March, 2004.
“Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Governance of the Public Sector”. UNRISD News. No. 26. June. 2004. Geneva: UNRISD.
“Ethnic Structure, Inequality and Public Sector Governance”, Baltic Times. 1 April 2004.
“Racism, Xenophobia and Public Policy”, Social Development Review. London:
International Council on Social Welfare. Vol. 5, No. 3. September 2001.
“Racism and Public Policy”, UNRISD News. No. 24. Spring/Summer. 2001. Geneva:UNRISD. pp. 14-15.
“Racism, Citizenship and Social Justice”. An introduction to UNRISD News, Special focus on Racism and Public Policy. UNRISD News, No. 25, Autumn/Winter. 2002.
“Why a Government of National Unity will not be Good for Zimbabwe”, published as “Government of national unity should be rejected”. The Herald, Zimbabwe. April 2002; and as “Not Good for Zimbabwe”, The Guardian (Nigeria). 5 April 2002.
“What Choices do Democracies Have in Globalizing Economies”? UNRISD News. No. 22. Spring/Summer 2000. pp. 21-22. Geneva: UNRISD.
“Democratization and Public Sector Reform”. UNRISD News. No. 20. Spring/Summer. Geneva: UNRISD. 1999. pp. 7-9.
“Regional security and the war in Congo”, The Monitor (Uganda). 1 November 1998.
An Outline of a Policy Framework for the Development of Military Security in Sierra Leone”, published as “Wanted: Not The Old, Centralized Army; A New Decentralized Army”, NewsWay: A Monthly Magazine. Vol. 4, 1998.
“Security in ECOWAS”, West Africa. 30 June - 6 July 1997
“Claude Ake: A Tribute”, Newsletter of the African Association of Political Science. January-April 1997. Ake died in a plane crash in Nigeria on 7 November 1996. He was president of CODESRIA and executive member of the African Association of Political Science in the 1980s.
“Civil War in Congo: The Case for Intervention”, West Africa. 6-12 January, 1997
“The Way Forward” (co-authored with A. Fowler and B. D. Komba-Kono), West
Africa. 26 February - 3 March, 1996 (Based on “Elections, Peace and National Unity in Sierra Leone: What Next After the February 26 Elections?”).
“Why the winner must not take all”, West Africa, 18 - 24 March, 1996 (Based on
“A Preliminary Assessment of the Elections Results in Sierra Leone”).
“The Liberian Dilemma”, West Africa, 25 April - 5 May, 1996 (Shortened version of “The Liberian Debacle”).
“Who Defines, Who Pushes and Who Funds Research Agendas in the South?” South Letter, Geneva. Vol. 25, Nos. 1 & 2 1996. Also in AAPS Newsletter, African Association of Political Science. September-December 1996.
“Reflections on Recent Patterns of Political Development in Africa. West Africa,
August, 1995; and in Southern African Political and Economic Monthly, September,
1995.
“The Pitfalls of Recolonisation”, CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 4, 1995
“Reform institutionnelle et développement humanitaire”, Synergies Africa Newsletter.
Numéro 1. 1995.
“Elections And The Transfer Of Power: Lessons from Ghana”, CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 1, 1993; also in South Letter, No. 16 Winter, 1992-93; and in Africa Demos, Vol. III, No. 1, February, 1993.
“The International Monitoring of Elections in Africa”, CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 2.
1993.
“Bergen Symposium: The Social and Political Context of Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa”. UNRISD News. No. 3, November 1990.
“The Political and Social Context of Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Nytt Fran Nordiska Afrikainstitutet. Uppsala. No. 24, 1989. pp. 22-34.
Unpublished Papers
“Managing Diversity and Inequality in a Development Context”, Keynote speech, Conference on “Reflections 2010: Managing Diversity, Reconciliation and Development”. Organized by GTZ-Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration, and European Union Office in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 October-3 November 2010.
“Politics of Poverty Eradication”, paper for “Expert Group Meeting on Poverty Eradication”. Organized by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and UN Economic Commission for Africa. Addis Ababa. 15-17 September 2010.
“Development Strategies and Poverty”, Background Paper for UNRISD Flagship Poverty Report. 2008.
“Well-Being and International Development Policy”, Paper for Plenary Session, Conference on Wellbeing and International Development Policy at the International Conference on Wellbeing in International Development, University of Bath, United Kingdom, 28–30 June. 2007.
Developmental Policy Regimes and Poverty Reduction: An Issues Paper” prepared for the UNRISD project Poverty Reduction and Policy Regimes. Geneva: UNRISD. October 2006.
“Poverty Reduction and Policy Regimes: A Background Note”. Background Paper prepared for the UNRISD project Poverty Reduction and Policy Regimes. Geneva: UNRISD. June 2006.
“Democracy, Responsiveness and Well-Being”, presented at the UNRISD-SIDA/SAREC workshop on Social Policy and Equality, at the International Forum on the Social Science – Policy Nexus in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 21-22 February 2006.
“Democracy, Responsiveness and Well-Being in Africa”, Commissioned paper for the 11th General Assembly of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Maputo, 6–10 December 2005.
“Development Finance, Economic Policy Making and Democratization” Commissioned paper for the Parliamentary Commission on Swedish Policy for Global Development—Globkom. Parliament of Sweden, Stockholm. April, 2001.
“Ethnic Structure and Governance: Reforming Africa in the 21st Century”, Fifth Annual Lecture on African Studies, Oxford University, Inter Faculty Committee on African Studies, Lincoln College, 22 May 2000.
“The Tragedy of the Lomé Accord and the Way Forward” (distributed at conference on Sierra Leone’s civil war; London, 2000). 14 May 2000.
“Globalization, Technocratic Policy Making and Democratization”, Commissioned paper for the 1999 Human Development Report. UNDP New York.
“Democratization and Governance Reforms in Plural Societies” (coauthored with Toshihiro Nakamura), Background Paper for Visible Hands: Taking Responsibility for Social Development. UNRISD, Geneva. (input to chapter).
“The Social Summit Agenda and National Policy Debates. A Note for a panel discussion on Global Agendas and National Policy Debates". UNDP workshop for experienced Resident Representatives on “policy-based programming and services for development”. Turin. 28 November 1995.
“The social impact of economic restructuring in Africa”. Paper for the International Conference on Economic Restructuring and Social Policy. Organized by UNRISD as contribution to the preparatory work leading to the World Summit for Social Development. New York. 11-13 January 1995.
“Informalisation and De-industrialisation in Africa”. Prepared for the panel on “Crsis, adjustment and social change: Regional Perspectives”. UNRISD’s 30th anniversary seminar on the “The crisis of social development”. 7-8 July 1993.
“The African State and Economic Restructuring”. Paper prepared for the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), Stockholm. January 1991.
“The social and political context of adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Conference Report on “The Social and Political Context of Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa”, jointly organized by UNRISD; Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway; and the Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. Bergen, Norway. October 1990.
“Brief comments on some problems of comparative analysis”. September 1990.
“The Politics of Economic Adjustment in Nigeria”; prepared for a Round Table Discussion on “The Prospects for Adjustment in Nigeria”, African Studies Association conference. Denver, USA. 21 November 1987. The other contributors were Thomas Biersteker, Thomas Callaghy and Peter Lewis.
“Industrial crisis and the struggle for national democracy: Lessons from Kaduna Textiles Limited and the workers’ demonstration of January 1984”. Paper presented at the 14th annual conference of the Nigerian Political Science Association on Planning Transition, Ahmadu Bello University. Zaria, Nigeria. 17-21 May 1987.
“Crisis Management and Union Struggles in Niger State” (mimeo, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria; prepared for a book project), 1987.
“Nationalism, Accumulation and Labour Subordination in Nigeria”, paper presented at the annual conference of the Nigerian Political Science Association, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. May 1985.
“Marxism, Science and Underdevelopment”. An Introduction to the edited unpublished papers on the conference on “Marx and Africa: A Hundred Years After”. 1985. Zaria, Nigeria.
“Towards a Critique of the State and International Relations in Africa” (mimeo, Zaria; prepared for the African Association of Political Science conference in Dakar). March 1983.
“The payments crisis of the Nigerian state”, paper presented at the Political Science Staff Seminar series, Department of Political Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. April 1982.
“Instability and the Quest for a New Political Order”. Orientation Lecture to Year One Students of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Organized by the Faculty Office, FASS, Ahmadu Bello University. 27 January 1986. Zaria.
“The Nigerian Youth and the Liberation of Southern Africa”. Lecture delivered at the launch of the Youth Solidarity on Southern Africa in Nigeria. Ahmadu Bello University. 25 February 1984. Zaria.
“The politics of economic decolonization in West Africa”, paper presented at the Canadian Association of African Studies conference, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada, May 1980; and at the Centre for African Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. March 1980.
“Development and Foreign policy: The Ghanaian Experience”, paper presented at the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. December 1979.
PROFESSIONAL/ADVISORY WORK
Review and Evaluation Work
Series Editor, Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction Series, Palgrave Macmillan. The following books are being published in the Series:
● R. Nagaraj (ed.), Is Inclusive Growth Possible in India? Growth, Inequality and Poverty
● Khoo Boo Teik (ed.), Poverty Reduction and Policy Regimes in Malaysia
● Olannena Selolwane (ed.), Poverty Reduction and Changing Policy Regimes in Botswana
● Jeremy Seekings and Nicoli Nattrass, Policy, Politics and Poverty in South Africa
● Juliana Martinez Franzoni and Diego Sanchez-Ancochea, Good Jobs and Social Services: How Costa Rica achieved the elusive double incorporation
● Yusuf Bangura (ed.), Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction
Series Editor, Ethnicity, Inequality and Public Sector Governance Series, Palgrave Macmillan. The following books have been published in the Series:
● Florian Bieber, Post-War Bosnia: Ethnicity, Inequality and Public Sector Governance, 2006
● Niraja Gopal Jayal, Representing India: Ethnic Diversity and Governance of Public Institutions, 2006
● Ralph Premdas, Trinidad and Tobago: Ethnic Conflict, Inequality and Governance, 2007
● Y. Bangura (ed.), Ethnic Inequalities and Public Sector Governance, 2006
The following books are forthcoming in the series on Ethnicity, Inequality and Public Sector Governance:
● Karuti Kanyinga, Ethnicity, Inequality and the Public Sector in Kenya
● Jon Fraenkel. Ethnic Structure, Public Sector Inequality and Electoral Engineering in Fiji
● Abdul Raufu Mustapha, Ethnicity, Inequality and the Public Sector in Nigeria
● Onalenna Selolwane, Ethnicity, Inequality and Public Sector Governance in Botswana
Member, International Advisory Board (2008—), Social Dynamics: A Journal of African Studies. Routledge: London and New York.
Member, Editorial Advisory Board (2002—), Africa Development. Journal of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. CODESRIA. Dakar, Senegal.
Member, Advisory Board (1999-2006), Refugee Survey Quarterly. Journal of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Contributing Editor (1987-2007), Review of African Political Economy. London: Routledge.
Refereed manuscripts for publication in the following journals:
Development and Change
Journal of Modern African Studies
International Sociology
International Sociological Review
Journal of International Development
Oxford Journal of Development Studies
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
International Studies Quarterly
Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
The Journal of Business Ethics
African Journal of Political Science
African Conflict and Peace Building Review
Africa Today
Review of African Political Economy
European Journal of Development Research
Assessed research funding proposal for the Research Council, University of Leuven, Belgium. 4 April 2012.
Wrote a blurb for a book entitled When the State Fails: Studies on Intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War. Publisher: Pluto Press, London. 29 September 2011.
Worked with Editor of European Journal of Development Research in selecting and processing the contributions to the European Journal of Development Research forum issue on “The Politics of Inequality”. Vol. 23, Issue 4, 2011.
Reviewed book proposal for Palgrave Macmillan. June 2011.
Reviewed chapters of African Governance Report 2011 for UN Economic Commission for Africa.
May. 2011.
Reviewed research reports for the Swedish Defence Research Agency. May 2009 and September 2010.
Reviewed funding proposal for the Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom, July, 2007.
Reviewed all chapters of the UNHCR’s report, State of the World’s Refugees 2006, as a member of the External Advisory Group.
Provided comments in July 2006 on an international conference proposal titled “Between Tradition and Modernity: Which Governance for Africa?” prepared by the Paris-based Institute for a New Reflection on Governance, for a conference held in Bamako, Mali, on 23–25 January 2007.
Provided comments on Sections 3 and 4 of the UNRISD Flagship Report, Gender Equality: Striving for Justice in an Unequal World. UNRISD. Geneva. 2005.
Reviewed papers on “Good Governance Practices for the Promotion of Human Rights” as member of the Board of Experts for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for an international conference in the Republic of Korea, 14 April 2004.
Reviewed Latvia Human Development Report 2003 on “Human Security”, for the United Nations Development Programme, Latvia Office.
Reviewed book manuscript for Cambridge University Press, February 2002.
Reviewed book manuscript titled The Political Economy of Corruption in Sierra Leone for author, Department of Economics, University of Colorado, USA, May 2002.
Reviewed application and research proposal for the Research Council of Norway. September 2001.
Provided input to assessment of candidate for post of Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, England. November 2000.
Reviewed sections of manuscript Oxford Handbook of the World. Oxford Paperback Reference (edited by Peter Stalker), Oxford University Press. 2000.
Reviewed research manuscripts on social movements in Nigeria for Centre for Documentation and Research, Kano, Nigeria. December 1999.
Reviewed the series (3 flagship reports), State of the World’s Refugees. Flagship Report of the UN High Commission for Refugees. Part of UNRISD’s review of the social flagship reports of United Nations agencies commissioned by the United Nations Executive Committee on Social Affairs. 1997.
Evaluated the premier edition of ACCORD: An International Bulletin of Peace Initiatives: Pilot Issue on Liberia; prepared by Conciliation Resources: An International Service for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (London, England); June, 1996.
Provided input to assessment of candidate for the post of Reader in the Department of Social Studies, University of Lancaster, England, March, 1996.
Provided comments on the report of the United Nation’s Joint Inspection Unit entitled “Evaluation of the United Nations New Agenda for the Development of Africa in the 1990s (UN-NADAF)” for Under-Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development, United Nations, New York. 23 February 1996.
Evaluated social policy course outline of the Regional Policy Studies programme of the Southern African Political and Economic Series (Harare, Zimbabwe). December 1995.
Evaluated book manuscript for special award programme for candidates wishing to complete major book projects; Institute for Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands. January, 1995.
Assessed project proposal on the social effects of structural adjustment for competitive university award. University of Lancaster, England, November, 1995.
Provided comments on most of the book manuscripts prepared under the UNRISD project “Ethnic Conflict and Development”; and coordinated the external review process of the manuscripts. 1994.
Reviewed the Independent Electoral Institute Commission’s document entitled “An international and independent institute for electoral assistance? A feasibility study” for the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the request of the South Centre. Background work for the establishment of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) in Stockholm. 19 January 1993.
Provided comments on research consultant’s report entitled “Social Mobilization and Organization of the Poor”. Key paper commissioned by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development for its conference in Tunisia on Social Mobilization and Mobilization of the Poor. 23 September 1993.
Provided comments on the proposed programme of the Commission on Global Governance through the request of the South Centre. 5 February 1993.
Coordinated UNRISD’s comments on the proposed framework for the 1993 Report of the World’s Social Situation. November 1990.
Coordinated publication of UNRISD Programme Papers written by external researchers for the following projects:
● Racism and Public Policy: 12 Programme Papers
● Crisis, Adjustment and Social Change:6 Programme Papers and Ghana book
● Economic Policymaking and Democratization: 7 Programme Papers
● Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries :5 Programme Papers
● Ethnic Inequalities and Public Sector Governance :3 Programme Papers
● Poverty Reduction and Policy Regimes:1 Programme Paper
● World Summit on Social Development 2000:1 Programme Paper
Expert Groups and Task Forces
Participant, UNDESA-ILO Expert Group Meeting on Poverty Eradication. Chaired session on “Taking Stock and Rethinking Poverty and Development”. ILO, Geneva. 20-22 June, 2011.
Participant, Millennium Development Goals Task Force, World Poverty Summit, 17-19 January 2011. Organized by the Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, in partnership with the Ralph Bunche Institute, City University of New York Graduate Centre and CUTS International, and hosted with the help of the South African Trust. Johannesburg, South Africa.
Member, the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals Gap Task Force. (2008—2011).
Member, Advisory Group on "Engaging Citizens to Enhance Public Service Delivery, Strengthen Public Accountability and Prevent Corruption: Instruments and Practices for Public Administration to Better Reach the Millennium Development Goals". The Division for Public Administration and Development Management, UN-Department of Economic and Social Affairs. New York. 2011.
Participant, Expert Meeting on African Governance Report III: Elections and the Management of Diversity in Africa”; organized by UN Economic Commission for Africa in collaboration with UNDP’s Country Office in South and the Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, regional office in Africa. Pretoria 23-25 May 2011.
Chair, Expert Group Meeting on Poverty Eradication. Organized by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and UN Economic Commission for Africa. Addis Ababa. 15-17 September 2010.
Panelist, CODESRIA’s Strategic Planning Meeting on “Research Questions and Research Responsibilities”, organized by the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Cairo, Egypt, 17 November. 2007.
Member, Group of Independent Experts for State of the World’s Refugees 2006 (Human Displacement in the New Millennium), published by Oxford University Press for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Participant, Expert Group meeting on “Mobilizing Knowledge to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals”, organized by the Netherlands Development Assistant Research Council (RAWOO) and the Dutch Ministry for Development Cooperation, The Hague, 25 April 2005.
Member, Board of Experts for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the selection of papers on Good Governance Practices for the Promotion of Human Rights, for an international conference in the Republic of Korea, 14 April 2004.
Consulted on Human Development Report 2004: Cultural Liberty in Today’s Diverse World. Prepared entry on “Ethnic Diversity and Public Sector Governance in Nigeria” for Box 3.2 (“The Challenge of federalism: Nigeria’s troubled political trajectory and prospects”) in the Report.
Participant, United Nations Expert Group Meeting on Improving Public Sector Effectiveness (the priority theme of the 42nd Session of the United Na¬tions Commission for Social Development), Dublin, Ireland, 16–19 June 2003.
Consulted on the Human Development Report 2002: Deepening Democracy in a Fragmented World, UNDP. Participated in the “Contributors Meeting”, Human Development Report Office, New York. 4-5 June 2001.
Participant, Consultative Meeting on Governance, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada, 7–9 September 2000.
Member, “Team for the Preparation of the Human Development Report, 1999”. Globalization with a Human Face. New York. UNDP. Prepared a Background Paper.
Member, Elections Monitoring Team, Carter Center, Presidential Elections in Ghana. November, 1992.
Public Lectures and Conference Panels
Panelist, plenary session, 13th General Assembly of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, Rabat, 5-9 December, 2011. Spoke on “Poverty and Development: Transforming Africa Beyond the MDGs”.
Keynote speaker, Advanced Policy Dialogue on Sierra Leone at 50. Organized by the UN African Institute for Development and Economic Planning (IDEP) and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, the Government of Sierra Leone. Freetown. 28 October 2011.
Panelist, European Association of Development Institutes/Graduate Institute for International Development Studies/UNRISD Public Forum, “The Politics of Poverty and Inequality”. GIIDS, Geneva. 12 October 2011.
Gave a lecture on “Combating Poverty and Inequality: Policies and Politics” to Postgraduate students from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. 7 June 2011.
Key speaker on the UNRISD report Combating Poverty and Inequality at a seminar on “Fighting poverty with social pacts and welfare: Is it possible and what can Norway do?”; organized by the Centre for Equality, Social Organization and Performance (ESOP, Department of Economics) and the Democracy Programme (Department of Political Science) University of Oslo. 16 March, 2011.
Gave a lecture on the UNRISD report Combating Poverty and Inequality at the Faculty of Social Science and Law, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown. 5 January 2011.
Gave a lecture on the UNRISD report Combating Poverty and Inequality at the Nigeria Labour Congress, Abuja, Nigeria. 1 December 2010.
Key speaker on the UNRISD report Combating Poverty and Inequality at a seminar organized by the Centre for Democracy and Development, Abuja, Nigeria. 29 November 2010.
Gave a lecture on the UNRISD report Combating Poverty and Inequality at the Aminu Kano Centre for Democracy Research and Training, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. 25 November 2010.
Keynote speaker, Conference on “Reflections 2010: Managing Diversity, Reconciliation and Development”. Organized by GTZ-Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan Ministry of National Languages and Social Integration, and European Union Office in Sri Lanka. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 31 October-3 November 2010.
Presented the UNRISD report Combating Poverty and Inequality at the official launch of the report at the Palais des Nations, Geneva. 3 September 2010.
Presented overview of findings of the UNRISD Poverty Report at the international conference on Global and National Strategies for Poverty Reduction. Organized by the BK21 Program of the Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. 28–29 September 2009.
Speaker, UNRISD panel, “Rethinking Poverty Reduction Strategies: The Role of Social Policy”, 12th European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) General Conference. 24-28 June, 2008. Geneva. Switzerland.
Speaker, Plenary Session on Wellbeing and International Development Policy, International Conference on Wellbeing in International Development, University of Bath, United Kingdom, 28–30 June. 2007.
Spoke on “Democracy and Ethnicity” at the session on The Governance and Equity Requirements of Preventing Violent Conflict, at a Policy Workshop on Conflict Prevention and Development Cooperation in Africa, organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Wilton Park, Wilton Park, United Kingdom, 8–11 November 2007.
Chairperson and discussant, regional workshop on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity in West Africa, organized at the University of Ghana, 23–24 March 2006 by the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), Oxford University, and the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research of the University of Ghana.
Panelist, 11th General Assembly of CODESRIA. 6-10 December 2005. Maputo, Mozambique.
Gave opening and closing remarks on behalf of UNRISD at workshop on “Pro-poor Macroeconomics”, University of Florence, Italy. February 2005.
Panelist, Third Forum on Human Development: Cultural Identity, Democracy, and Global Equity, organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paris, 17–19 January 2005.
Participant, Consultation workshop on the racial equality index, organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Geneva, 14–15 November 2005.Chaired a session on conflict and recovery at the UNU-WIDER conference on Making Peace Work, Helsinki, Finland, 4–5 June 2004.
Panelist at the seminar on” Frontiers in the Study of the Politics of Develop¬ment”, organized by the Politics of Development Group (PODSU), Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden, 12 September 2003.
Briefed members of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on UNRISD work on Racism and Public Policy. February 2003. Palais des Nations. Geneva, Switzerland.
Discussant, 10th General Assembly of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Kampala, Uganda, 8–13 December 2002.
Speaker, Launch of UNRISD Flagship Report, Visible Hands: Taking Responsibility for Social Development. Jointly organized by UNRISD and UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (ESCWA). Beirut, Lebanon. December 2002.
Discussant and panelist, conference on “Post-Conflict Transition in Sierra Leone”, organized by the Nordic Africa Institute (Uppsala). Freetown, Sierra Leone, 16–17 December 2002.
Speaker at Plenary Session, conference on Africa in the New Millennium, organized by the Nordic Africa Institute and African Heads of Diplomatic Missions, Stockholm, 14 May 2001.
Resource person, Conference organized by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Maputo, Mozambique, on “Conflict Prevention and Peace Building in Africa”, 28–29 June 2001.
Resource person, Conference organized by the International Peace Academy and the Economic Community of West African States, entitled “Towards a Pax West Africana: Building Peace in a Troubled Sub-Region”, Abuja, Nigeria. 27–29 September 2001.
Speaker and Chair of Session on the state and social development. UNRISD international conference “Geneva 2000: The Next Step in Social Development”. June 2000.
Gave the Fifth Annual Lecture on African Studies, Oxford University, Inter Faculty Committee on African Studies, Lincoln College. 22 May 2000.
Participant and Chair, Bergen Seminar on Development 2000—“After the War: Reconciliation and Democratisation in Divided Societies: Lessons Learned”. Organized by the Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway. March 2000.
Gave a seminar on “Democratization and Governance Reforms in Plural Societies” at Centre for Documentation and Research, Kano, Nigeria. December 1999.
Addressed group of parliamentarians on “Economic policy making and parliamentary accountability”, Inter-Parliamentary Union. Geneva 1999.
Speaker and discussant, “Conference on Peacekeeping, Demilitarization, and Democratization in Africa”, Bellagio Conference Center, Como, Italy, June 8, 1999.
Panelist, International Conference on “Civil Society, Authoritarianism and Globalization”. Organized by the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University. Sweden. 18-21 September 1998.
Gave a lecture on “Human Rights and Development: Global and Regional Dimensions” to students at the UN Geneva Graduate Studies Programme, 20 July, 1998. Organised by UNCTAD Secreatarat; Palais des Nations, Geneva.
Chair, Session on “Ethnic Diversity and Social Harmony”, International Conference on Advancing the Social Agenda: Two Years after Copenhagen”. Organized by UNRISD. Geneva. 9-10 July 1997.
Discussant, Workshop on “Social and Political Issues in Structural Adjustment in Africa”. Organized by the Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. May 1997.
Gave a seminar at St.Antony’s College, Oxford University, on “Problems of State Capacity and Democratization in Africa”. 6 March 1997.
Speaker, Roundtable Session on “Strengthening the Institutions of Democracy: Regional Perspectives”, International Conference on Globalization and Citizenship. Organized by UNRISD. 9-11 December 1996. Geneva.
Speaker, Conference on Working Towards a More Gender Equitable Macro Economic Agenda. Organized by UNRISD and the Centre for Policy Dialogue. Rajendrapur, Bangladesh. November 1996.
Gave a seminar on democracy and development in Africa, Centre for Policy Dialogue. Dhaka, Bangladesh. November 1996.
Speaker, International conference on “Scientific Research Partnership for Sustainable Development: North-South and South-South Dimensions”. Organized by the Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries. Berne, Switzerland, 5 - 7 March, 1996.
Speaker, launch of the UNRISD Flagship Report, States of Disarray: The Social Effects of Globalization. Copenhagen. March 1995.
Resource person, 1st and 2nd UNDP Advanced workshops for Resident Representatives/Resident Co-ordinators: Policy-based programming and services for development; International Training Centre of the ILO; Turin, Italy; 4 - 19 May, 1995; and 26 November - 8 December, 1995.
Speaker, Summer seminar programme for senior administrators, policy makers and academics, drawn from all major regions of the world, on “International Security”; the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva. 20 July, 1995.
Discussant, Methodology Seminar on “Socio-Economic Issues in Structural Adjustment Research in Africa”. Organized by the Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. Harare, Zimbabwe. May 1995.
Speaker, Session on “Economic reform, institutional change and social policy in Africa”. International Conference on Economic Restructuring and Social Policy. Organized by UNRISD as contribution to the preparatory work leading to the World Summit for Social Development. New York. 11-13 January 1995.
Speaker, Session on “The impact of economic and social policies on ethnic relations”. International
Conference on Ethnic Diversity and Public Policy. Organized by UNRISD and UNDP as contribution to the preparatory work leading to the World Summit for Social Development. New York. 17-19 August 1994.
Guest Lecturer, Summer Institute Programme on Democratic Governance; CODESRIA, 8 - 9 August, 1994; Dakar, Senegal. Spoke on the following topics: “Interest groups, economic reforms and political change”; “coping strategies, the state and institutional development”; and “ethnicity, state systems and problems of governance”.
Participant, Informal Meeting on Minorities and the UN System. Convened by the Minorities Rights Group International. Henry Dunant Institute. Geneva, Switzerland. 16 February, 1994.
Speaker and discussant at the Nordic conference on “Democratisation in Developing Countries: Social, Economic and Political Consequences”; Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway; sponsored by the Research Council of Norway; 3 - 5 February, 1994.
Gave a seminar on “Economic Restructuring, Coping Strategies and Social Change: Implications for Institutional Development in Africa” at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands. 1994.
Resource person for UNCTAD project on “Social Mobilisation and Organisation of the Poor”; and rapporteur for the international conference on the same subject, in Tunis, Tunisia, 15 - 19 November, 1993.
Participant, Informal Meeting on Minorities and the UN System. Convened by the Minorities Rights Group International. Henry Dunant Institute. Geneva, Switzerland. 7 August 1993.
Speaker, Session on “Crisis, adjustment and social change: Regional perspectives”. UNRISD’s 30th anniversary conference on “The Crisis of Social Development in the 1990s: Preparing for the World Social Summit”. 7-8 July 1993. Geneva.
Speaker, International Conference on “Hidden Actors of Development: Intellectuals and Technocrats in the Third World”. Organized by the Research School, CNWS, University of Leiden. Netherlands. October 1993.
Discussant, conference on “Understanding Political Change in Contemporary Africa”. Organized by the Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. Maseru, Lesotho. 19-20 November 1992.
Speaker and Chairperson, Conference on “Politics of Structural Adjustment in Africa”; organized by CODESRIA. Dakar, Senegal. 9-12 September 1991.
Speaker, Seminar of the Public Service International African Regional Advisory Committee (AFRAC) on structural adjustment programmes and public service unions in Africa. Organized by the Public Service International. International Labour Office. Geneva 29 April 1991.
Speaker, Conference on Asian Societies in Contemporary Perspective. Seventh Annual Conference of the Nordic Association for South East Asian Studies. Organized by the Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. Mon, Copenhagen. 1990.
Panelist, Conference on “The State and Civil Society”; organized by the Centre for Development Research, Copenhagen, Denmark. 30 –31 May, 1990.
University Activities: 1979-1989
Editor, Nigerian Journal of Political Science, 1983 - 1987
Chief Examiner, Government Papers 1 and 2, Interim Joint Matriculation Board; for first year admission into Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, (1985 - 87). (Approximately 2,000 students; prepared the questions and marking schemes, and supervised 37 assistant examiners in grading the papers annually for each paper).
External Examiner, B.Sc. course work and dissertations, Department of Political Science, University of Jos, Nigeria (1986 - 1988).
External examiner, M. Sc. theses and course work, Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria (1986 - 1988).
Vice President, Nigerian Political Science Association, 1984 – 1986.
Chairperson, Communiqué Committee of the annual proceedings of the Nigerian Political Science Association: 1985, 1986 and 1987; and the Special Jubilee Seminar on Nigeria held in Benin. 1985.
Member, Conference Organizing Committee, the Nigerian Political Science Association conferences of May 1985 at the University of Ilorin and May 1986 at the University of Lagos.
Member, Conference Organizing Committee, “Marx and Africa: One Hundred Years After”. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. 14-18 March 1983.
Examinations Officer, Department of Political Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. 1981-85 (average size of teaching staff: 30).
Departmental Representative, Faculty Examinations Committee, Ahmadu Bello University. 1981-85.
Member, Departmental Planning Committee, Ahmadu Bello University, 1986-87
Member, Departmental Appointments and Promotions Committee. 1986-88.
Conferences attended (with papers presented): 1979-89
Conference on “Ideology, Society and Social Science in Africa”,. Organized by Zeitschrift für Africkastudien (ZAST) and CONCEPTUS. Vienna, Austria. October 1989.
Conference on “When Democracy Makes Sense: The Democratic Potential of Third World Movements”. Organized by AKUT (Working Group for the Study of Development Strategies). Uppsala. October 1989.
Conference on “Taking Democracy Seriously in Africa”, organized by the Review of African Political Economy. University of Warwick, Coventry, England. 22-24 September 1989.
Conference on “The Social Impact of Crisis and Adjustment”, organized by UNRISD and the Institute of Economic and Social Research, University of the West Indies. Kingston, Jamaica. April 1989.
Conference on “Democratic Mobilization in Nigeria”. Organized by the Nigerian Political Science Association. University of Ibadan. June 1988.
Methodology Conference on Social Movements, Social Transformation and Popular Struggles in Africa. Organized by CODESRIA and the Zimbabwe Institute of Development Studies. Harare, Zimbabwe. May 1988.
Workshop on the Nigerian 1988 Budget. Organized by the Nigerian Economics Society (Kaduna Chapter). January 1988.
Conference on “Structural Adjustment, Deindustrialization and the Urban Crisis in Africa”. Organized by CODESRIA. Dakar, Senegal. October 1987.
Conference on “The IMF and the World Bank in Africa”. Organized by the Institute for African Alternatives. London. September 1987.
Conference on “Planning Political Transition”. Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Nigerian Political Science Association. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. May 1987.
Conference on “Nigerian Government and Society”. Organized by the Department of Political Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. May 1987.
Conference on “The IMF and the World Bank in Africa: Conditionality and its Impact”. Organized by the Scandinavian Institute for African Studies. Uppsala. January 1987.
Conference on “Popular Struggles in Africa”. Organized by the Review of African Political Economy. University of Liverpool. September 1986.
Conference on “Labour and Industrial Democracy”. Organized by AKUT (Working Group for the Study of Development Strategies), University of Uppsala. September 1986.
Conference on “Alternative Political Futures”. Organized by the Nigerian Political Science Association. University of Lagos. May 1986.
National Conference on World Peace. Organized by the Faculty of Social Sciences. University of Sokoto, Nigeria. June 1986.
Conference on the “National Question and Military Rule in Nigeria”. Organized by the Nigerian Political Science Association. University of Ilorin. May 1985.
Conference on “The World Recession and the Crisis in Africa”. Organized by the Review of African Political Economy. University of Keele. England. September 1984.
Annual Conference of the Nigerian Political Science Association. University of Benin. May 1984.
Conference on “The State of the Nation”. Organized by the Department of Political Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. December 1983.
Conference on “Marx and Africa: One Hundred Years After”. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. March 1983.
Conference on “The Economic Relations between Eastern Europe and Nigeria”. Organized by the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. Lagos. 1981.
Canadian Association of African Studies Annual Conference. Guelph. May 1980.
Other university outreach activities: 1979-89
Gave two seminars on African democratization and adjustment at Department of Political Science, Uppsala University; and Department of Political Science, Stockholm University. Uppsala and Stockholm. 1989.
Participant, Seminar on book project on “The Politics of Structural Adjustment in Nigeria”, St. Peter’s College, Oxford University. October 1989.
Reviewed papers for CODESRIA’s project on “Structural adjustment, de-industrialization and the urban crisis in Africa”. 1989.
Gave a lecture on “Resistance to Conditionality: popular movements and the Nigerian Crisis”. Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. Uppsala. 24 May 1989.
Gave a lecture on Marxist Theory and Underdevelopment to postgraduate students at University of Ibadan, Nigeria. June 1988.
“Tribute to Mahmud Tukur” (with Bjorn Beckman, Jibrin Ibrahim and Abdul Raufu Mustapha), Review of African Political Economy. Vol. 15, No. 43. 1988. pp. 136-137. Tukur, who passed away in 1988, was president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria from 1982-86. He was Head of the Department of History and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Ahmadu Bello University, at the time of his death.
Discussant at the conference on “Structural Adjustment and the Second-Tier Foreign Exchange Market in Nigeria”. Organized by the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs. Lagos. June 1987.
Public Lecture on “The IMF Medicine in Africa”, University of Uppsala, Sweden. January 1987.
Lectured on “The Nigerian Economic Crisis”; and on “Problems of Vehicle Assembly Plants in Nigeria” at Bauchi College of Arts and Science, Bauchi, Nigeria. 1985 and 1986.
Discussant at the Conference on “Crisis and the State in the Third World”. Organized by the Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex. England. September 1986.
Chairperson, Conference on “Public Administration in an Ailing Economy”. Organized by the Department of Public Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. 1985.
Gave a seminar on the recession and Nigeria’s foreign policy at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. 22 April, 1986.
Lectured on “The IMF and Developing Economies”; and on “Issues in Political Economy”. Organized by the National Union of Textiles, Garment and Tailoring Workers, for industrial workers in Kaduna State. Textile Workers’ House, Kaduna. November 1985.
Lectured on “The politics and economics of the Commonwealth system” at Command and Staff College, the Nigerian military academy, Jaji, Nigeria. 1982, 1983 and 1984.
Lectured and participated in symposia on development issues organized by departmental student associations, the Youth Solidarity on Southern Africa, and the Movement for a Progressive Nigeria. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. 1980s.
Participant, television discussion on the American invasion of Grenada. Nigerian Television Authority, Kaduna, Nigeria. 1983.
Public Lecture, “Africa and the Commonwealth”, University of St. Mary’s, Halifax, Canada. 1980. Interviewed on African politics and development, Halifax TV. Halifax, Canada, 1980.
Conference Organization
“Racism and Public Policy”. An UNRISD conference as contribution to the World Conference Against Racism, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance”. Durban, South Africa. 3-5 September 2001. (30 high level scholars from all regions of the world prepared papers; and about 500 participants).
“What choices do democracies have in globalizing economies? Technocratic Policy Making and Democratization”. An UNRISD conference to launch the project Technocratic Policy Making and Democratization. 27-28 April 2000. Geneva. (about 80 participants).
“Ethnic Inequalities and Public Sector Governance”, A Joint UNRISD, UNDP-Latvia and Latvian Ministry of Integration conference to discuss findings of the UNRISD project on the same subject. Riga, Latvia. 25-27 March, 2004. (about 80 participants).
“Poverty Reduction and Policy Regimes”. An UNRISD methodology workshop. 21-23 February 2007 (about 40 participants).
“The Social and Political Context of Structural Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa”, jointly organized by UNRISD; Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway; and the Scandinavian Institute of African Studies. Bergen, Norway. October 1990.
Organized workshops with national coordinators for the project “Poverty reduction and policy regimes” in the following countries: Botswana (27 April 2007), Kenya (2-3 May 2007), Malaysia (22-23 November 2007), India (12-13 July 2007), Taiwan (30 August – 1 September 2007), Brazil (26-27 July 2007) and Costa Rica (30-31 July 2007).
Media
Panel discussion on the UN’s “Record in Development and Poverty Reduction”, World Poverty Summit, 17-19 January 2011. Organized by the Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, in partnership with the Ralph Bunche Institute, City University of New York Graduate Centre and CUTS International, and hosted with the help of the South African Trust. Johannesburg, South Africa. Filmed by Robur TV; on web page of Brooks World Poverty Institute, Policy Dialogue: The Summit Films.
Interviewed by CTN Radio, Sierra Leone, on the UNRISD Poverty Report. 5 January 2011.
Interviewed by Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) and News Agency of Nigeria on the UNRISD Flagship Report on Poverty. 1 December 2010.
Resource person, BBC World Service Radio. “Africa Have Your Say” programme on public sector reform and waste in Africa. 28 September 2010.
Co-chaired Press Briefing, Outcome of the “Expert Group Meeting on Poverty Eradication. Organized by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and UN Economic Commission for Africa. Addis Ababa. 15-17 September 2010.
Presented overview of UNRISD Flagship Report, Combating Poverty and Inequality: Structural Change, Social Policy and Politics on 3 September 2010; filmed by the UNCTAD Virtual Institute and available on its website as training and teaching resource.
Interviewed by Brazilian journalist on lessons of the UNRISD poverty report for Brazil. 2 September 2010. Excerpts covered in the following newspapers: Correio Do Minho, “Pobreza: Flagelo só será erradicado com estratégia centrada na origem – ONU”, LUSA, 3 September 2010; D24 AM, “ONU faz alerta sobre limitações do programa Bolsa-Família”, Jamil Chade, 3 September 2010; Diario do Grande ABC, “ONU cita limitação do Bolsa-Família”, Jamil Chade, 5 September 2010; O Diario, “ONU alerta sobre Bolsa-Família”, Jamil Chade, 5 September 2010.
Press Briefing, UNRISD Poverty Report 2010. United Nations Press Office. 3 September 2010. On UN Radio, Geneva. 3 September 2010.
Key findings of the UNRISD Poverty Report. Video clip UNRISD Flagship Report. YouTube.
Interviewed by Bandeirantes TV (SBT), Campinas, Brazil, on UNRISD project Poverty Reduction and Policy Regimes for their midday news and 6 p.m. news scheduled for 27 July, 2007.
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