Afolabi Emmanuel Olowookere is the Head, Economic Research and Policy Management Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria. Prior to joining the Commission, he was at various times a Research Economist at the World Bank, Head of Economic Research and Publications at Financial Derivatives Company (FDC), Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Econometrics and Allied Research, Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, and an Associate Lecturer.