Qualifications
PhD (Econ.), Univ. of Melbourne; MEcon (Fin. Econ.), IIUM; BAcc (Hons) IIUM

Professional experience
Abdullahi Ahmed came to CSES as Research Econometrician, to work on a variety of data intensive projects. He provides data assembly and data analysis and interpretation of large datasets support for the Chief Investigators of these projects. His primary research interests include financial reform and its economic impact and development. Other interests are sources of economic growth, macroeconomics and development. His PhD thesis from The University of Melbourne is titled Financial Liberalization and Economic Development: The Case of Sub-Saharan African Countries  and has both theoretical and empirical contents. He has a Masters in Economics and a Bachelor of Accounting from International Islamic University Malaysia(IIUM).

He was previously: Tutor (2002-2005) at The University of Melbourne (Quantitative Methods II, Intermediate Undergraduate; Development Economics, Intermediate Undergraduate; Quantitative Methods 1, Undergraduate; Intermediate Macroeconomics, Intermediate Undergraduate); Teaching Assistant (2000-2001) at International Islamic University Malaysia (Financial Accounting I, Undergraduate; Financial Accounting II, Undergraduate; Financial Accounting 6, Honours undergraduate; Principal of Macroeconomics, Undergraduate; Statistics, Undergraduate); Accountant  (1999-2000) at Gulf Auto Parts, Nairobi, Kenya; and Accounts and Audit Trainee (1999) at  Delloitte Touche and Tohmatsu (Kassim Chan and Co.) (2.5 months), Kuala Lumpur.

Ahmed’s main interest lies in innovations R&D and productivity, human capital’s contribution to growth, and issues income convergence. His recent work covered areas of financial liberalization, savings, sources of economics growth, and reforms and corruption.

Publications

Journal articles

Cheng, E. and Ahmed, A. forthcoming 2008, ‘The demand for credit as a determinant for microfinance outreach: Evidence from 4 counties in Northern China’, accepted by China Economic Quarterly.

Ahmed, A. forthcoming, ‘Potential impact of financial reforms on savings in Botswana: An empirical analysis using a VECM approach’, Journal of Developing Areas.

Cheng, E. and Ahmed, A. forthcoming, ‘The demand for micro-credit as a determinant for microfinance outreach-evidence from four counties in northern China’, China Economic Quarterly.

Ahmed, A. and Suardi, Sandy 2007, ‘Sources of economic growth and technology transfer in Sub-Saharan Africa’, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 75, no. 2.

Ahmed, A. 2006, ‘The impact of financial liberalization policies: The case of Botswana’, Journal of African Development (formerly Journal  of African Finance and Economic Development), vol. 8, no. 1.

Conference publications

Ahmed, A. 2004, ‘Financial liberalization and economic development: Evidence from three Sub-Saharan African countries’, in Proceedings of the 2004 PhD Conference in Economics and Business, Australian National University, Canberra, 10-12 November.

Ahmed, A. with Ab. Rashid, H.M. and Abdul Rahman, A.R. 2001, ‘Disclosure quality and firm-specific characteristics: A preliminary analysis of the financial institutions listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange’, paper presented to IIUM Asian-Pacific Accounting Conference 1, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia, 10-12 October.

Awards and scholarships

Melbourne International Research Scholarship, University of Melbourne, 2002
Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship, University of Melbourne, 2002
Department Top-Up for Best Student, University of Melbourne, 2002
Best Student, Master of Economics, Graduation, IIUM, 2002
Deans List Award, IIUM, Semester 1, 1995/1996
Best final year Accounting student, IIUM, 2002
Partial Scholarship (MEC), IIUM, 2000-2001