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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 24)
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has made repeated attempts to contain the inflationary spike by gradually raising the monetary policy rate to 18.5 percent. However, the inflation rate is…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 23)
Following the new government’s plan to unify multiple exchange rates in the foreign exchange (forex) market, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has taken the monetary policy decision of floating…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 22)
The World Bank’s Global Development Prospect report for June 2023 has maintained Nigeria’s projected growth rate 2023 at 2.8 percent. According to the report, this growth will primarily be driven…
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Climate agreements and carbon intensity: Towards increased production efficiency and technical progress?
Dozens of studies point to evidence of significant reductions in carbon emissions driven by climate agreements, such as the Paris climate agreement. However, these studies fail to answer a pertinent…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 21)
In its first administrative steps, the new government of the federation has declared the removal of the country’s controversial subsidy on fuel. Welfare advocates have defended it, but it has also come…
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Can Information Communication Technology Unlock Tax Revenue Mobilization in Sub Saharan Africa
This study examines the effect of ICT on tax revenue mobilisation in 23 sub-Saharan African countries between 2000 and 2020. To address our objectives, it utilises a feasible generalised least…
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Employment Creation Potential of Industries Without Smokestacks: a Nigeria case study
Young people under the age of 30 account for nearly 70 percent of the population of Africa, making it the world’s youngest continent (United Nations 2021). While this trend provides…
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Women’s Participation in MSME in Nigeria: Prospects, Challenges, and Policy Recommendations
In Nigeria, women’s labour participation has begun to pick up in recent years after many years of stagnation. However, women’s entry point into labour has been mainly through the informal…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 20)
The Nigerian economy grew by 2.31 percent in the first quarter of 2023, according to a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released in May 2023. However, compared…
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NIgeria Economic Update(Issue 19)
Nigeria produced a total of 999,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the month of April 2023, according to the latest monthly oil market report of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting…
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Nigeria’s post-COVID-19 Macroeconomic Policies: Are They Climate Change Friendly?
The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to arguably the most challenging global health crisis in modern times. Its impact has been felt by most sectors of the global economy, resulting…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 18)
The monthly report by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on the global movement in oil prices revealed that crude oil prices increased in April 2023. Specifically, the OPEC…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 17)
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in its Selected Food Prices Watch Report for March 2023, has stated that prices of food items such as beef, yam, beans, etc., witnessed…
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The role of digitalisation in inclusive governance: A case study of sub-Saharan Africa
This study discusses the transformative impact of technology on society and on understanding how technological innovation in the public sector is driving citizens’ participation in governance.The study also examines the…
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Fostering Collaboration among Young Think Tankers in the Global South
As we approach the midpoint of the timeline to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is more important than ever to prioritise the contributions of the Global South’s fast-growing…
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Nigeria Economic Update (Issue 16)
The prices of key energy products – petrol, kerosene, cooking gas, and diesel – have increased significantly in March 2023 compared to their respective levels in March 2022. According to…
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