Meet SAKA JIMOH OLAKUNLE, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Trade & Finance
Associate Professor / Reader
Economics
At the Economics department office
Appointment on Visitation important
Topic: Macroeconomics
Description: This focuses on the behaviour and performance of the economy as a whole
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ph.D (Economics) | Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria | 2015 |
Gender inequality, unemployment and the COVID-19 pandemic: Implication for trade openness in Kenya and Nigeria.
This study examined the link among gender inequality, unemployment and the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for trade openness in the Kenyan and Nigerian economies. A strong motivation for this is consideration for trade openness effect of COVID-19 amidst gender inequality and unemployment.Using descriptive framework for the pre-COVID and major COVID era, analysis showed that COVID-19 has penetrated the global economic in the areas of gender issues creating more unfavourable conditions to the females in terms of job losses, increasing unpaid domestic works and integrating with the world economy which summarily decreases growth. The trend shows that Nigeria happens to experience more negative impacts compared to Kenya especially in integrating with the world economy through openness to trade. It therefore becomes imperative therefore for the economies concerned with huge negative effects to devise several alternatives of addressing pandemic should it occur in the future. Adequate policies capable of shaping the economies should be put in place. Such policies should ensure massive domestic production which can subsequently encourage exports for increase in foreign exchange earnings. Undoubtedly, COVID-19 increased unemployment in the economies but this can be minimised given a large employment opportunities. Above all empowerment programmes should be more intensified judiciously as this would go a long way in minimising poverty within the populace.
SAKA JIMOH is a Associate Professor / Reader at the Department of Economics
SAKA has a Ph.D in Economics from Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
