Abdikafi Hassan Abdi

Qualifications

• M.Sc. in Economics (2021), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
• B.Sc. in Economics (2018), SIMAD University, Mogadishu, Somalia

Profile

Mr. Abdikafi Hassan Abdi is a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, SIMAD University. He earned an MSc in Economics from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in December 2021. His teaching expertise includes (but is not limited to); Applied Macroeconomics, International Economics, and Environmental Economics. Mr. Abdi is also the Head of Research at the Institute of Climate and Environment (ICE), SIMAD University. His research interests mainly focus on Environmental Economics, Econometrics Modelling (time series and panel data), technological change and growth, sustainable development, and international trade. Up to now, Mr. Abdi has published almost ten articles in refereed journals. Some of his publications are available in WOS-SSCI impact factor journals such as Technological and Economic Development of Economy (Q1), Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Q1), Journal of Cleaner Production (Q1), Cogent Food and Agriculture (Q2), and Cogent Economics and Finance (Q3).

Research Area

• Agricultural Economics
• Environmental Economics
• Energy Economics
• International Economics

Currently Publications

• Abdi, A. H., Zaidi, M. A. S., & Karim, Z. A. (2023). Economic complexity and bilateral trade flows in selected COMESA and East Asia countries. Technological and Economic Development of Economy, 29(3), 846-873.
• Abdi, A. H., Zaidi, M. A. S., Halane, D. R., & Warsame, A. A. (2023). Asymmetric Effects of Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Openness on Economic Growth in Somalia: Evidence from a Non-linear ARDL Approach. Cogent Economics and Finance.
• Abdi, A. H. (2023). Toward a sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa: do economic complexity and renewable energy improve environmental quality? Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(19), 55782-55798.
• Abdi, A. H., Warsame, A. A., & Sheik-Ali, I. A. (2023). Modelling the impacts of climate change on cereal crop production in East Africa: evidence from heterogeneous panel cointegration analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30(12), 35246-35257.
• Warsame, A. A., Abdi, A. H., Amir, A. Y., & Azman-Saini, W. N. W. (2023). Towards sustainable environment in Somalia: The role of conflicts, urbanization, and globalization on environmental degradation and emissions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 406, 136856.
• Ali Warsame, A., & Hassan Abdi, A. (2023). Towards sustainable crop production in Somalia: Examining the role of environmental pollution and degradation. Cogent Food & Agriculture, 9(1), 2161776.

Teach Courses

• Intermediate Macroeconomics
• International Economics
• Managerial Economics