Publications

January 22, 2019

Snapshot of Taxes & Prices of Tobacco Products

Nigerian tobacco industry operates within an oligopolistic market structure, with BAT owning 79% of market brands, which allows for price differentiation across brands. However, price variations are also observed between…

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January 22, 2019

A Scoping Study of Nigeria’s Tobacco Market and Policy Space

Tobacco use and control in Nigeria and other African countries have received little attention relative to other regions like Asia and Latin America. This is due to the perceived low…

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January 18, 2019

Energy Subsides in Nigeria: Opportunities and Challenges

Various forms of consumer energy subsidies[1] are implemented in Nigeria. Three energy products are particularly subsidized: gasoline (Premium Motor Spirit –PMS), household kerosene (HHK), and electricity. In the case of…

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January 15, 2019

Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 1)

Considered as a looming crisis, Nigeria’s unemployment rate has continued to deteriorate. Based on the new data released by the NBS unemployment rate stood at 23.1 percent in 2018Q31, up…

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December 23, 2018

Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 50)

The provisional Balance of Payment (BOP) estimates for 2018Q3 disclosed a significant reversal and deterioration in Nigeria’s BOP position, relative to the corresponding quarter in 2017 and 2018Q2. Overall BOP…

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December 22, 2018

Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 49)

Nigeria’s real GDP growth rate rose marginally Year-on-Year by 1.8 percent in 2018Q3, as against 1.5 percent recorded in the preceding quarter – a minor increase of 0.3 percentage points.…

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December 20, 2018

Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 48)

According to the NBS newly released data, total IGR generated by 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory for the first half of the year 2018 outperformed the comparable period…

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December 19, 2018

Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 47)

Recently released 2018 National Nutrition and Health Survey (NNHS) reveals that only 64 percent of children in Nigeria are growing healthily and are not stunted or frail1. The survey stated…

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December 19, 2018

Managing Africa’s Rising Debt: Time for a Multi-Pronged Approach

Debt sustainability in Africa has emerged as a key concern among policymakers and development finance institutions (DFIs). Currently, 19 out of 54 countries in Africa exceed the 60% debt-to-gross domestic…

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December 19, 2018

COOPERATION WITH AFRICA T20 Africa, G20 and Africa: Assessing Our Impact and Influence

The T20 comprises think tanks that aim at developing research and evidence-based briefs and positions to guide governments in policy development. The T20 Africa Standing Group was established in 2017…

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December 19, 2018

Development Cooperation Review

Development Cooperation Review (DCR) aspires to capture holistic narrative around global development cooperation and fill an important knowledge gap towards theorisation, empirical verification and documentation of Southern-led development cooperation processes.…

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December 19, 2018

Achieving quality education for all in Nigeria

Quality education is a crucial tool for improving the prospects of higher income levels for individuals, and for the economic growth of nations. Goal 4 of the United Nations Sustainable…

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December 18, 2018

Developing a Human Development Index (HDI) for the Nigerian States: Conceptual Approach and Preliminary Evidence

This study develops a comparable Human Development Index for subnational government in Nigeria. While built on the UNDP approach, we extend the generic framework to address challenges at the subnational…

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December 18, 2018

2017 BENCHMARKING EXERCISE REPORT

 This report is the third in the series of benchmarking exercise reports produced by the Nigeria Natural resource Charter (NNRC); carried out to provide an assessment of governance of Nigeria’s…

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November 29, 2018

Using food reserves to enhance food and nutrition security in developing countries

The study aims to clarify the potential roles of food reserves (FR) in enhancing food and nutrition security in developing countries and analyze the substitutability and complementarity between FR and…

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November 28, 2018

Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 46)

Recent media reports reveal that Nigeria spent an alarming amount of N5.75 billion daily to service debts – summing up to a total of N1.07 trillion for the first half…

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