Publications
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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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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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 45)
According to the latest CBN financial inclusion report, overall progress towards achieving the Nigeria Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) fell short of the annualized target in 2017. The World Bank’s Findex…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 44)
At N4,401.91 billion or 7.7 per cent of GDP, gross federally collected revenue for the first half of 2018 was 33.7 percent below the proportionate budget estimates but 47.1 percent…
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EXPLORING DOMESTIC FINANCING OPTIONS FOR POST-2015 DEVELOPMENT AGENDA IN SELECTED SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES
This paper examines the revenue potential of key domestic financing options currently being proposed for the post-2015 development agenda in five Sub-Sahara Africa countries. The financing options include: tax revenue,…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 43)
The CBN quarterly consumer expectation survey shows that consumers expressed optimism as outlook for the third quarter of 2018 was positive. Relative to 2018Q2, consumer index increased from -6.3 index…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 42)
The recent compilation of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at sub-national level by the NBS provides estimates for eleven states for a five-year period covering 2013-2017. The eleven states covered, contributed…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 41)
The World Bank’s recently unveiled Human Capital Index ranks Nigeria at 152nd position out of the 157 countries surveyed, with a value of 0.34. Nigeria is placed below several other…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 40)
The World Bank’s recent Africa Pulse publication reveals a revised 2018 growth rate forecast for Nigeria from the earlier projected 2.1 percent to 1.9 percent1 – representing a slight downward…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 39)
Nigeria’s all products terms of trade (calculated as the receipts of exports as a percentage of payments for imports), indicated increases in the three months of 2018Q2. Indexed at an…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 38)
The 2017 budget implementation report shows a paltry average performance in 2017, compared to the projections contained in the budget. The actual oil and non-oil revenue generated were N1.1 trillion…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 37)
The recent report by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) shows that Nigeria’s Human Development Index (HDI) value rose very marginally from 0.530 in 2016 to 0.532 in 20171. However, overall,…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 36)
Total value of Nigeria’s merchandise trade contracted in 2018Q2. Valued at N6.6 trillion1, total trade fell quarter-on-quarter by 8.9 percent from the N7.2 trillion recorded in the previous quarter. Both…
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Beyond Country-level Averages: Construction of Sub-National Human Development Index for the Nigerian States
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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T20 Africa, G20 and Africa: Assessing Our Impact and Influence
As one of the key political and economic forums in the world, the G20 Summit was created to facilitate a stable and peaceful world through promoting several development agendas. Decisions…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 35)
Latest data from the CBN shows that Nigeria’s external reserves fell significantly in August 2018. As at the end of July, the reserve stood at $47.11 billion; it dropped to…
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