Publications
Summary Report: Is Nigeria on track to achieving quality education for all?
Quality education is a key enabler for sustainable growth and development. The 2030 Agenda rightly recognises this with SDG 4. Despite the importance accorded to education, Nigeria’s educational performance is…
Download ↓ Read →Payment Patterns in Nigeria’s Public Facilities: Unexpected costs and implications for health-seeking behavior in Nigeria
Adequate health financing is a critical element of any strong healthcare system. In Sub-Saharan Africa, financing and payment models for primary, secondary, and tertiary health care can be significant tools…
Download ↓ Read →Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 36)
Capital importation into Nigeria dropped significantly in first quarter of 2019 with more than 26 states unable to attract any form of foreign investment during the quarter. At $5.82 billion,…
Download ↓ Read →The Subnational Political Resource Curse: Allocations, Internally Generated Revenue and Spending Priorities in Nigeria
Oil wealth comes with a caveat-depend on it excessively and be buffeted by oil market volatility. The 2014 oil price crash revealed that Nigeria did not heed this warning. The…
Download ↓ Read →For the Ones we Leave Behind: Exclusion in Education for the Rural Northern-Nigerian Girl-Child
Conversations in the Courtyard. It’s really quite beautiful this time of year in Gaya. All of Kano State is truly picturesque – arguably more so than the rest of Northern…
Read →Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 35)
Nigeria’s economy performed poorly and witnessed a second consecutive quarter of weakened growth as real GDP slowed to a year-on-year growth rate of 1.94% in the second quarter of 20191.…
Download ↓ Read →Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 34)
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee distributed a total of N769.5 billion to the three tiers of government as revenue earned in July 20193. This amount is slightly higher than the…
Download ↓ Read →Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 33)
Recent reports suggest that a forex restriction on food imports into Nigeria will be implemented in the coming months1. The Apex bank had enlisted, in 2015, 41 items as invalid…
Download ↓ Read →Future Energy Use in the Developing World: Implications for poverty reduction and climate goals
In view of the long-standing debate between green growth and de-growth, this analysis throws light on the dimensions of future energy use growth and its implication for development and climate…
Read →Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 32)
The importation of petroleum products into Nigeria continues to expand. In 2019Q2, imports totaled 5.61 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol, 1.38 billion litres of Automotive Gas…
Download ↓ Read →Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 31)
The 2019 Global Innovation Index (GII) depicts that out of 129 economies surveyed; Nigeria ranked 114 in terms of innovation performance1. While this position is four places up from Nigeria’s…
Download ↓ Read →Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 30)
Figures from NNPC’s latest performance report show that the corporation spent ₦206.6 billion on subsidizing fuel in two months –January and February 20194. This amount increased by over ₦190 billion,…
Download ↓ Read →Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 29)
Latest report from NBS shows that the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) generated ₦39.06 billion in 20181 as against ₦35.72 billion it generated as local revenue in 2017- representing a growth…
Download ↓ Read →Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 28)
Nigeria’s Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector showed noteworthy growth potentials between 2013 and 2017. A total number of 4.4 million MSMEs were established within the time period, increasing…
Download ↓ Read →The Economics of Tobacco Control in Nigeria: Modelling the Fiscal and Health Effects of a Tobacco Excise Tax Change
The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasises that tobacco use is a significant hurdle to public health and development gains worldwide, as it imposes significant economic costs on countries both in…
Read →Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 27)
On July 7, 2019, Nigeria signed the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement1 – the world’s largest free trade area deal since the formation of the World Trade Organization.…
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