Miss Olayinka Babalola
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Key information
Key information
- Qualifications
- BSc (Ibadan), MSc (SOAS)
- Email address
- y_babalola@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- Structural Transformation in the Technology Service Sector in Nigeria
- Internal Supervisors
- Professor Ben Fine
Biography
Yinka is an MPhil/PhD candidate in the Department of Economics. Her first degree was in Electrical/Electronics Engineering at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. In the first phase of her career, she worked as a management consultant and business analyst with firms such as KPMG and MTN South Africa. On completion of her MSc in Development Economics at SOAS, she consulted for DFID as a Technical Assistant at the Budget Office, Federal Ministry of Finance in Nigeria and at the World Bank Country Office in Abuja, Nigeria.
Research interests
- Structural Transformation
- Industrial Policy
- Technological Innovation