Dr. Fatima Olanike Kareem was a GlobalFood member from 2012-2016. The information on this site reflects the status at the point of leaving GlobalFood.

Name

Fatima Olanike Kareem

Nationality

Nigerian

Former Position

Research Associate & PhD Student in Economics
Subproject “A3: Standard and International Trade Flows”

Work Experience

• Junior Researcher/Research Associate at the ‘Research Training Group 1666 GlobalFood Project’, Georg August University of Goettingen, Germany, 2012 – 2016

Education

• Ph.D. Student in Economics (since June, 2012) University of Goettingen, Germany
• MA in Economics of Development, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, (2008-2009)
• M.Sc. in Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, (2006-2008)
• B.Sc. in Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, (2000-2005)

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications or book chapters

• Kareem, F.O., and Martinez-Zarzoso, I. (2020). Are EU Standards Detrimental to Africa’s Exports? Journal of Policy Modeling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2020.04.006
• Kareem, F.O., and Kareem, I.O. (2019). The Issues of Zero Values in Trade Data and Modelling. Macro Management & Public Policies, 1(01), 36-50.
• Kareem, F.O., Martinez-Zarzoso, I., and Brümmer, B. (2018). Protecting Health or Protecting Imports? Evidence from EU Non-Tariff Measures. International Review of Economics and Finance, 53, 185-202.
• Kareem, F.O., Brümmer, B., and Martinez-Zarzoso, I. (2017). European Union Market Access Conditions and Africa’s Extensive Margin of Food Trade. World Economy, 40(10), 2277-230.
• Kareem, O.I. and F.O., Kareem (2009). Pension and Pension Reform in Nigeria, Pensions: An International Journal, 15(1), 11-24.

Other publications

• Kareem, F.O., Martinez-Zarzoso, I., and Brümmer, B. (2016). Protecting Health or Protecting Imports? Evidence from EU Non-Tariff Barriers. GlobalFood Discussion Paper Series No. 84. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
• Kareem, F.O., Martinez-Zarzoso, I., and Brümmer, B. (2016). Fitting the Gravity Model when Zero Trade Flows are Frequent: A Comparison of Estimation Techniques using Africa's Trade Data. GlobalFood Discussion Paper Series No. 77. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
• Kareem, F.O., Brümmer, B., and Martinez-Zarzoso, I. (2015). Food Safety Standards, Compliance and European Union’s Rejection of African Exports: The role of Domestic Factors. GlobalFood Discussion Paper Series No. 74. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
• Kareem, F.O., Brümmer, B., and Martinez-Zarzoso, I. (2015). The Implication of European Union's Food Regulations on Developing Countries: Food Safety Standards, Entry Price System and Africa's Exports. GlobalFood Discussion Paper Series No. 61. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
• Kareem, O.I, and F.O., Kareem (2011) The Effects of European Union’s and China’s Trade Agreements on Africa’s Exports. UNU-WIDER Working Paper 2011/65

Conferences

• Kareem, F.O., and O. I., Kareem (2011) “An Impact Analysis of Aid Flows and Exports in the Nigerian Agricultural Sector: Any case of Dutch Disease? A Paper Presented at the AERC/UNU-WIDER Project Conference on the Macro-economic management of Foreign Aids, Nairobi, Kenya 30 November - 02 December, 2011
• Kareem, F.O. (2010) “International Trade Flows and Employment Outcomes in Nigeria”, A Paper presented at the Centre for the Study of African Economics Conference on Economic Development in Africa in Oxford, United Kingdom, 21-23 March, 2010.

Awards/Funding

• German Research Foundation (DFG)
• Netherlands Fellowship Programme (Nuffic), 2008-2009
• Various awards earned such as the most outstanding Economics student, 2005; the best graduating student with First Class Honours in Economics, 2005; best graduating student of the B.Sc. Economics class in the Faculty of the Social Sciences, 2005

Research interests

• International Economics
• Trade Policies and Politics
• Development Economics
• Applied Econometrics
• Gravity Modelling