Akinyinka Akinyoade
Akinyinka Akinyoade is a Hydrologist turned Demographer. He obtained a Doctoral degree in Development Studies with emphasis on Population and Rural Development at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague. Akinyinka’s research activities are on population health and development, with special attention on fertility dynamics and family planning in West Africa; migration (human trafficking and forced labor in Nigeria); decentralization (public service delivery in education and health sectors of Nigeria, Cameroon, Tanzania and Indonesia).
His work experience spans Nigeria (Population Statistician at the National Population Commission); Ghana (Lectured at the Department of Sociology, University of Cape Coast, and provided professional assistance as an Editor in the 5-year multi-round survey of the Demography Unit of the UCC); and Country Coordinator Nigeria for the Tracking Development project that compared development trajectories of Nigeria and Indonesia, recently concluded at the ASC.
Now a Senior Researcher at the ASC, Akinyinka gives lectures on Quantitative Research Methodology; his latest research endeavor is on migration (emerging trend and diaspora connections) as part of the collaborative research group ‘Roads to Prosperity’; and in partnership with Wijnand Klaver conducting technical assessment of food and nutrition security scenarios for Africa 2010-2050, which has brought a convergence of his educational background in Hydrology and Demography.
He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the journal African Diaspora. A Journal of Transnational Africa in a Global World (published by Brill).
Keywords: Africa, demographics, population health, fertility dynamics in West Africa, migration, decentralization, food security.
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Governance, entrepreneurship and inclusive development
(Collaborative Research Group)
Pioneering futures of health and well-being: actors, technologies and social engineering
(Collaborative Research Group)
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African women large-scale entrepreneurs : cases from Angola, Nigeria and Ghana (2017)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Census-taking in Nigeria : the good, the technical, and the politics of numbers (2017)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Introduction (2017)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Dangote Cement: the challenges of Pan-African expansion (2017)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Development built on crony capitalism? : the case of Dangote Cement (2017)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Entrepreneurship in Africa (2017)
Type of Publication: Book
ASC-KDCN-VSO Kenya volunteer project : maximizing the value of the Kenyan diaspora (2016)
Type of Publication: Other
The use of local raw materials in beer brewing: Heineken in Nigeria (2016)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
African roads to prosperity : people en route to socio-cultural and economic transformations (2015)
Type of Publication: Book
Coercion or volition: making sense of the experiences of female victims of trafficking from Nigeria in the Netherlands (2015)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
A tale of two giants: oil and economic development in Nigeria and Indonesia (1960-1999) (2015)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Nigerians in transit: the trader and the religious in Jerusalem House, Ghana (2015)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Landmines, cluster bombs and food insecurity in Africa (2014)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Digging deeper: inside Africa's agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics (2014)
Type of Publication: Book
Agricultural dynamics and food security trends in Nigeria (2013)
Type of Publication: Other
Access to information and transparency: opportunities and challenges for Nigeria's FOI Act 2011 (2013)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Ministerial tenure stability and national development: a comparative analysis of Nigeria and Indonesia from 1966 to 1999 (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Il lavoro forzato: il contesto nigeriano (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Population programmes and their implications for poverty reduction in Indonesia and Nigeria, 1966-1999 (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Diaspora and development in Kenya: what do we know? (2012)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
General summary and conclusions (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Forced labour: the experience of victims identified by NAPTIP (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Forced labour in Nigeria: the context (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Cittadini Nigeriani gravemente sfruttati sul lavoro e in altre attivita costrittive (2012)
Type of Publication: Book
Cases of severely exploited Nigerian citizens and other forms of exploitation (2012)
Type of Publication: Book
Lavoro forzato: l'esperienza delle vittime identificate da NAPTIP (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: an explorative study (2012)
Type of Publication: Other
Riepilogo e conclusioni (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
The man in his house : marriage, gender relation and childbearing in Ghana (2011)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Commentary on "Gaddafi says Nigeria should split into several states" (2010)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Milking the sick: Medical pluralism and commoditization of healthcare in contemporary Nigeria (2010)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
In the last group match against Mozambique (2010)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Nigeria: higher education and the challenge of access (2009)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Dynamics of reproductive behaviour in rural coastal communities of Southern Ghana (2007)
Type of Publication: Book
A Comparative Analysis of Contraceptive Use in Northwest and Southwest Nigeria (2001)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
A Comparative Study of Fertility Preference in Northwest and Southwest Nigeria (1999)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
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Entrepreneurship in Africa
Leiden [etc.]: Brill, African dynamics 15, 2017
A. Akinyoade; A.J. Dietz; C.U. Uche
Dynamics of reproductive behaviour in rural coastal communities of Southern Ghana
Maastricht: Shaker Publishing, 2007
A. Akinyoade
'Dangote Cement: the challenges of Pan-African expansion'
In: A. Akinyoade; A.J. Dietz; C.U. Uche: 'Entrepreneurship in Africa', Leiden: Brill, 2017.
'Introduction'
In: A. Akinyoade; A.J. Dietz; C.U. Uche: 'Entrepreneurship in Africa', Leiden: Brill, 2017.
'African women large-scale entrepreneurs : cases from Angola, Nigeria and Ghana'
In: A. Akinyoade; A.J. Dietz; C.U. Uche: 'Entrepreneurship in Africa', Leiden: Brill, 2017.
'Nigerians in transit: the trader and the religious in Jerusalem House, Ghana'
In: J.B. Gewald; A. Akinyoade: Leiden [etc.]: Brill, 2015.
'Coercion or volition: making sense of the experiences of female victims of trafficking from Nigeria in the Netherlands'
In: J.B. Gewald; A. Akinyoade: Leiden [etc.]: Brill, 2015.
'Landmines, cluster bombs and food insecurity in Africa'
In: P. Collinson; H. Macbeth: 'Food in zones of conflict : cross-disciplinary perspectives', New York & Oxford: Berghahn, 2014.
'Access to information and transparency: opportunities and challenges for Nigeria's FOI Act 2011'
In: F. Diallo; R. Calland: 'Access to information in Africa: law, culture and practices', Leiden: Brill, 2013.
'Population programmes and their implications for poverty reduction in Indonesia and Nigeria, 1966-1999'
In: B. Berendsen; A.J. Dietz; H.S. Nordholt; R. van der Veen: 'Asian tigers, African lions: comparing the development performance of Southeast Asia and Africa', Leiden: Brill, 2012.
'Riepilogo e conclusioni'
In: A. Akinyoade; F. Carchedi: 'Cittadini Nigeriani gravemente sfruttati sul lavoro e in altre attivita costrittive', Rome: Ediese, 2012.
'Lavoro forzato: l'esperienza delle vittime identificate da NAPTIP'
In: A. Akinyoade; F. Carchedi: 'Cittadini Nigeriani gravemente sfruttati sul lavoro e in altre attivita costrittive', Rome: Ediese, 2012.
'Il lavoro forzato: il contesto nigeriano'
In: A. Akinyoade; F. Carchedi: 'Cittadini Nigeriani gravemente sfruttati sul lavoro e in altre attivita costrittive', Rome: Ediese, 2012.
'General summary and conclusions'
In: A. Akinyoade; F. Carchedi: Rome: Ediese, 2012.
'Forced labour: the experience of victims identified by NAPTIP'
In: A. Akinyoade; F. Carchedi: 'Cases of severely exploited Nigerian citizens and other forms of exploitation', Rome: Ediese, 2012.
'Forced labour in Nigeria: the context'
In: A. Akinyoade; F. Carchedi: 'Cases of severely exploited Nigerian citizens and other forms of exploitation', Rome: Ediese, 2012.
'Ministerial tenure stability and national development: a comparative analysis of Nigeria and Indonesia from 1966 to 1999'
In: A.O. Agwuele: 'Overcoming African leadership challenges', Berlin: Mediateam IT Education Centre Publishers, 2012.
'Milking the sick: Medical pluralism and commoditization of healthcare in contemporary Nigeria'
In: M. Dekker; R.A. van Dijk: 'Markets of well-being: navigating health and healing in Africa', Leiden: Brill, 2010.
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'Nigeria: higher education and the challenge of access'
In: T.A. Volkman: 'Origins, journeys and returns: social justice in international higher education', New York: Social Science Research Council, 2009.
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African roads to prosperity : people en route to socio-cultural and economic transformations
A. Akinyoade; J.B. Gewald (editors)
Leiden [etc.]: Brill, African dynamics 14, 2015.
Digging deeper: inside Africa's agricultural, food and nutrition dynamics
A. Akinyoade; W. Klaver; S. Soeters; D.W.J. Foeken (editors)
Leiden [etc.]: Brill, African dynamics 13, 2014.
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Cittadini Nigeriani gravemente sfruttati sul lavoro e in altre attivita costrittive
A. Akinyoade; F. Carchedi (editors)
Rome: Ediesse, 2012.
Cases of severely exploited Nigerian citizens and other forms of exploitation
A. Akinyoade; F. Carchedi (editors)
Rome: Ediesse, 2012.
'Development built on crony capitalism? : the case of Dangote Cement'
in: Business history, pp. 1 - 27, 2017.
'Census-taking in Nigeria : the good, the technical, and the politics of numbers'
in: African population studies, vol. 31, no. 1 (suppl.), pp. 3383 - 3394, 2017.
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'The use of local raw materials in beer brewing: Heineken in Nigeria'
in: Journal of the Institute of Brewing, vol. 122, no. 4, pp. 682 - 692, 2016.
'A tale of two giants: oil and economic development in Nigeria and Indonesia (1960-1999)'
in: Global development studies, vol. 7 (Winter-Spring 2014-2015), no. 3-4, pp. 161 - 195, 2015.
'Diaspora and development in Kenya: what do we know?'
in: Migration policy practice, vol. II, no. 2 (April-May), pp. 16 - 20, 2012.
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'The man in his house : marriage, gender relation and childbearing in Ghana'
in: African affairs, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 133 - 152, 2011.
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'In the last group match against Mozambique'
in: Nigeriaworld, no. January 22, 2010.
'Commentary on "Gaddafi says Nigeria should split into several states"'
in: BBC online, no. March 29, 2010.
'A Comparative Analysis of Contraceptive Use in Northwest and Southwest Nigeria'
in: Ife PsychologIA, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 148 - 172, 2001.
'A Comparative Study of Fertility Preference in Northwest and Southwest Nigeria'
in: Ife PsychologIA, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 96 - 122, 1999.
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Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), ASC info sheet 33, 2018.
Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), ASC working paper 140, 2018.
Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), ASC working paper 2017.
Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), ASC working paper 131, 2016.
Leiden: African Studies Centre, ASC info sheet 28, 2016.
London; Leiden: Overseas Development Institute; African Studies Centre, DRA/ASC-AFCA research report 1, 2013.
The Hague/Bilthoven: PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, 2012.