Area of Expertise

e.g. Macro Economics/ Micro Economics/Econometrics /International Economics/Transport Economics/Development Economics/Health Economics/Public Sector Economics/ /Managerial Economics/Environmental Economics, Research Methodology for Economist)

Work Experience

Mariam Baus Abubakar works as Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Rural Development Planning of the Institute of Rural Development Planning. She is a Professional Economist with 7 years of experience as a researcher, trainer and consultant in the field of Economics, not limited to Qualitative and Quantitative Data analysis, Planning and Gender expertise.

Professional Skills

• Modelling and evaluation of qualitative and quantitative data.
• Extensive skills in teaching economics related subjects such as macroeconomics, microeconomics, international economics, econometrics, health economics, development economics, managerial economics, environmental economics, transport economics, agricultural economics, public sector economics, business economics.
• Wide experience in data collection, processing, extraction and analysis for various purposes such as demand for air travel, utilization and awareness of export support programmes.
• Also, effective in writing, presenting and discussing the economic research results in a clear and brief manner
• Experience in data collection using online mobile data collection platforms such as ODK and KOBO toolbox.
• Experienced in the use and applications of statistical packages such as SPSS and STATA for statistical data analysis using fixed and random effect regression, binary regression, simple linear regression, multiple linear regression and Principal Component Analysis.

Research and academic Interests

Main research and academic interest is on macroeconomics, micro economics, international economics, transport economics, HIV/AIDS, gender equity and equality, health economics and business economics.