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No. 04 (2020): CODESRIA Bulletin, No 4, 2020

5 - Structural Change, Inequality and Inclusive Development: Case of Sub-Saharan Africa

https://doi.org/10.57054/cb042020141
Jimi O. Adesina
College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, City of Tshwane, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6991-9934

CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 04 (2020): CODESRIA Bulletin, No 4, 2020

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Structural Change Inequality Inclusive Development Sub-Saharan Africa
Jimi O. Adesina. (2021). 5 - Structural Change, Inequality and Inclusive Development: Case of Sub-Saharan Africa. CODESRIA Bulletin, (04), 29–35. https://doi.org/10.57054/cb042020141
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Author Biography

Jimi O. Adesina, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, City of Tshwane, South Africa

Professor and Holder of the South African Research Chair in Social Policy, based at the College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

Jimi Adesina is Professor and the DST/NRF SARChI Chair in Social Policy at the College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa in South Africa. Educated at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria) and Warwick University (UK), Prof Adesina taught at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria), was Professor of Sociology at Rhodes University (South Africa), and Professor and Head of Department at the University of the Western Cape (South Africa). He has held visiting appointments at Ulster University, Derry (Northern Ireland), University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa), Oxford University (UK), Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala University (Sweden), UNECA (Addis Ababa), and the UN Research Institute for Social Development (Geneva). A past President of the South African Sociological Association (2004-2006), Professor Adesina was elected to the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) in 2005. He serves on the Board of the UN Research Institute for Social Development (Geneva) and the Board of RC19 of the International Sociological Association. His research interests include Sociology, Social Policy, and the Political Economy of Africa’s Development. He has published widely in these areas.

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