Akinyinka Akinyoade
Akinyinka Akinyoade is the Chair of the Researchers' Assembly of the African Studies Centre Leiden. He 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 labour in Nigeria); decentralisation (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.
A Senior Researcher at the ASCL, Akinyinka gives lectures on Quantitative Research Methodology; his latest research activities are on migration, food and water security (scenarios for Africa 2020-2050), and agricultural value chains. He is a member of the collaborative research group Governance, entrepreneurship and inclusive development.
Keywords: Africa, demographics, population health, fertility dynamics in West Africa, migration, decentralization, food security, water security, agricultural value chains.
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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)
Planetary Health in and from Africa
(Collaborative Research Group)
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The re-emergence of a sniffing culture in Tamale - Northern Ghana (2024)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Perception of climate change among vulnerable groups and religious faiths in Nigeria (2024)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Multinational companies and climate change and sustainable development debate; evidence from cement production in Nigeria (2024)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Human trafficking in Nigeria 1960-2020 : pattern, people, purpose and places (2023)
Type of Publication: Book
Women’s education and higher fertility outcomes in Ghana: an exploratory study (2023)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Functions and effects of new connectivities on rural-urban symbiosis and integrated planning in Enugu metropolis, South-East Nigeria (2023)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Afrika; hulp & handel in perspectief ; lessen uit het veld (2023)
Type of Publication: Other
Multinationals, capital export, and the inclusive development debate in developing countries: the Nigerian insight (2022)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
La femminilizzazione della tratta di esseri umani in Nigeria: un caso studio di rimpatriati dal Libano (2021)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Person to person transmission of pneumonia associated with the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): a familial cluster analysis in North Central Nigeria (2020)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the sustenance of service providers commercial motorcycle transport operators in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria (2020)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Home ownership, social costs, and wellbeing in self residence: the case of employees of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria (2020)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Monitoring and evaluation system : towards improving agricultural development projects in Nigeria (2019)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Nigeria : education, labour market, migration. Annex A to "Dutch labour market shortages and potential labour supply from Africa and the Middle East" (SEO report no. 2019-24) (2019)
Type of Publication: Other
Dutch labour market shortages and potential labour supply from Africa and the Middle East: Is there a match? Excecutive summary and main report (2019)
Type of Publication: Other
Nigeria : education, labour market, migration (2018)
Type of Publication: Other
Assessment of factors influencing acquisition and deployment of technical facilities in maternal healthcare delivery in Osun State, Nigeria (2018)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Embassy support mission : design and implementation of a sustainable development component of the 2019-2022 MCS for Nigeria (2018)
Type of Publication: Other
Development built on crony capitalism? : the case of Dangote Cement (2018)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
African women large-scale entrepreneurs : cases from Angola, Nigeria and Ghana (2017)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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
Census-taking in Nigeria : the good, the technical, and the politics of numbers (2017)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
The use of local raw materials in beer brewing: Heineken in Nigeria (2016)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
ASC-KDCN-VSO Kenya volunteer project : maximizing the value of the Kenyan diaspora (2016)
Type of Publication: Other
Nigerians in transit: the trader and the religious in Jerusalem House, Ghana (2015)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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
African roads to prosperity : people en route to socio-cultural and economic transformations (2015)
Type of Publication: Book
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
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
Ministerial tenure stability and national development: a comparative analysis of Nigeria and Indonesia from 1966 to 1999 (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Cases of severely exploited Nigerian citizens and other forms of exploitation (2012)
Type of Publication: Book
Cittadini Nigeriani gravemente sfruttati sul lavoro e in altre attivita costrittive (2012)
Type of Publication: Book
Forced labour: the experience of victims identified by NAPTIP (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
General summary and conclusions (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Il lavoro forzato: il contesto nigeriano (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Lavoro forzato: l'esperienza delle vittime identificate da NAPTIP (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Riepilogo e conclusioni (2012)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
Food security in Sub-Saharan Africa: an explorative study (2012)
Type of Publication: Other
Forced labour in Nigeria: the context (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
In the last group match against Mozambique (2010)
Type of Publication: Journal Article
Milking the sick: Medical pluralism and commoditization of healthcare in contemporary Nigeria (2010)
Type of Publication: Book Chapter
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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Human trafficking in Nigeria 1960-2020 : pattern, people, purpose and places
Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), African studies collection 82, 2023
P. Aweto; F. Carchedi; A. Akinyoade
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Entrepreneurship in Africa
Leiden [etc.]: Brill, African dynamics 15, 2017
A. Akinyoade; A.J. Dietz; C.U. Uche
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Dynamics of reproductive behaviour in rural coastal communities of Southern Ghana
Maastricht: Shaker Publishing, 2007
A. Akinyoade
'Introduction'
In: P. Aweto; F. Carchedi; A. Akinyoade: 'Human trafficking in Nigeria 1960-2020: pattern, people, purpose and places', Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), 2023.
Full text
'La femminilizzazione della tratta di esseri umani in Nigeria: un caso studio di rimpatriati dal Libano'
In: A. Akinyoade; F. Carchedi; M. Galati; M.R. Impala: 'Doppio sguardo: la tratta delle donne nigeriane per sfruttamento sessuale attraverso i dati dei servizi sociali dedicati della regione Calabria', Romagna: Maggioli Editore, 2021.
'Monitoring and evaluation system : towards improving agricultural development projects in Nigeria'
'Agricultural management for sustainable production and rural livelihood', Nigeria: University of Ilorin Press, 2019.
'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.
'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.
'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.
'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.
Full text
'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.
Full text
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.
Full text
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.
Full text
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.
'Perception of climate change among vulnerable groups and religious faiths in Nigeria'
in: Review of religious research, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 409-436, 2024.
'The re-emergence of a sniffing culture in Tamale - Northern Ghana'
in: UDS international journal of development, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1114-1126, 2024.
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'Multinational companies and climate change and sustainable development debate; evidence from cement production in Nigeria'
in: Climate and development, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 173-189, 2024.
'Functions and effects of new connectivities on rural-urban symbiosis and integrated planning in Enugu metropolis, South-East Nigeria'
in: Urban and regional planning review (URPR), vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 64-77, 2023.
'Women’s education and higher fertility outcomes in Ghana: an exploratory study'
in: Afriche e orienti, no. 2, pp. 28-51, 2023.
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'Multinationals, capital export, and the inclusive development debate in developing countries: the Nigerian insight'
in: European journal of development research, vol. 34, no. 5, pp. 2224-2250, 2022.
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'Home ownership, social costs, and wellbeing in self residence: the case of employees of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria'
in: European journal of business and management, vol. 12, no. 17, pp. 41-51, 2020.
'Economic impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the sustenance of service providers commercial motorcycle transport operators in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria'
in: International journal of humanities and social studies, vol. VIII, no. 6, 2020.
'Person to person transmission of pneumonia associated with the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): a familial cluster analysis in North Central Nigeria'
in: Pan African medical journal, vol. 27, no. 99, 2020.
'Development built on crony capitalism? : the case of Dangote Cement'
in: Business history, vol. 60, no. 6, pp. 833 - 858, 2018.
'Assessment of factors influencing acquisition and deployment of technical facilities in maternal healthcare delivery in Osun State, Nigeria'
in: Ife research publications in geography, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 111 - 122, 2018.
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'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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Den Haag: Liaison Parlement en Wetenschap, 2023.
Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), 2020.
Amsterdam: SEO report 2019-24, 2019.
Amsterdam: SEO report 2019.
Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), ASC info sheet 33, 2018.
Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), ASC working paper 140, 2018.
The Hague: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2018.
The Hague: Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2018.
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.
Chaimaa Radouani, Making Morocco Home: The Realities and Integration of sub-Saharan African Migrants
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