Publications
Prospects for Earmarking Revenue from Tobacco Taxes
Based on the results of CSEA’s Tobacco Tax Simulation Model (TETSiM), the government stands to gain about N67.7 billion additional revenue from the new tobacco taxation policy, within a one-year…
Download ↓ Read →Simulation of the Effect of Tax Increase
In June 2018, Nigeria introduced a new tax regime on tobacco products. In addition to the present 20% ad valorem excise duty charged on locally produced goods, tobacco products will…
Download ↓ Read →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…
Download ↓ Read →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…
Download ↓ Read →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…
Download ↓ Read →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…
Download ↓ Read →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…
Download ↓ Read →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.…
Download ↓ Read →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…
Download ↓ Read →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…
Download ↓ Read →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…
Read →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…
Read →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.…
Read →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…
Read →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…
Read →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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