Adebayo Adedeji

Adebayo Adedeji (December 21, 1930 in Ijebu-Ode – April 26, 2018 in Lagos) was a Nigerian economist and academic.  He was Executive Secretary to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa from 1975 to 1978, and UN Under-Secretary-General from 1978 until 1991. 

Adedeji was the founding Executive Director of the African Centre for Development and Strategic Studies (ACDESS) in 1991.

References

Other websites
The United Nations Intellectual History Project (includes biography and link to CV)
ACDESS 180803

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