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The effect of ICT on financial sector development in Africa: does regulatory quality matter?
The moderating role of regulatory quality in the relationship between ICT and financial development in Africa is investigated in this study. We employ data from 38 African countries from 2003…
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Ways to narrow educational Inequality in the Global South
The pandemic undermined the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. The prosperity of the Global South, including Nigeria, depends on universal quality education at the foundation level. This article highlights…
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Nigeria’s industries without smokestacks are delivering better economic opportunities than traditional sectors
Persistently high levels of unemployment have emerged to become a key policy challenge in Nigeria. Between 2010 and 2018, the unemployment rate rose from 5 percent to 23 percent. Worsened…
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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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World Water Day 2023: Accelerating Efforts towards Achieving SDG 6 in Nigeria
Access to clean water and sanitation is a basic human right. Nonetheless, it remains a challenge for millions worldwide, with approximately 2 billion people still lacking access to safely managed…
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Socioeconomic costs of tobacco use and caregivers burden: implications for comprehensive tobacco control
Tobacco use kills primary and secondary smokers. While 7 million primary smokers die annually from tobacco use, more than 1.2 million non-smokers also die annually from being exposed to second-hand…
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Why Nigeria should Strengthen Mobile Money: Some Stylized Facts
Nigeria continues to miss its financial inclusion targets. Many constraints around the formal banking system have meant that a greater percentage of the Nigerian population remains excluded from the formal…
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Employment Creation Potential of Industries Without Smokestacks: A Nigeria Case Study
This report examines the potential for industries without smokestacks (IWOSS) in creating large-scale job opportunities in Nigeria, particularly for the young and female population subgroups. With the emergence of technology…
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Cross-Border Data Flows in Africa: Policy Considerations for the Afcfta Protocol on Digital Trade
The original Industrial Revolution was powered by steam; the second by electricity. The rise of digitisation and automation generally defined the Third Industrial Revolution, which was largely powered by oil.…
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Resolving Debt Crises In Developing Countries: How Can The G20 Contribute To Operationalising The Common Framework?
The debt situation in many low-income countries (LICs) following the COVID-19 pandemic has deteriorated considerably. While many LICs had participated in the G20’s Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) by April…
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Building socio-economic resilience in Nigeria by fostering productive capacities
Nigeria is the economic powerhouse of Africa. As the largest economy of the continent at US$ 440,777 (in 2021, using the World Bank’s atlas method for calculations) and the most…
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Responsible Data Governance In Africa : Institutional gaps and capacity needs
Africa is quickly becoming the new data frontier in the face of continued increase in the deployment of digital technologies. A proportionate data governance ecosystem is, however, still lacking. The…
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Foundations For Pro-development Digital Governance Framework in Africa
Today, the increasing value of digitalisation and data to global development has received widespread attention. A great number of structural transformations have been driven by means of digital technologies. Digital…
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Recovering from COVID: Building Resilience in Select African Economies
This policy insight synthesises the findings of six sub-Saharan African country case studies, analysing their government policy responses to the trade and employment shocks prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Vulnerability…
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Africa: Opportunities for a robust COVID-19 recovery grounded on SDG 16
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges for the African continent in achieving peace, justice and inclusive and effective institutions, including significant negative effects on economic, social and political conditions.…
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Promoting an effective tobacco tax system to save lives and the environment
‘Tobacco use is killing us and our planet’! Annually, tobacco use kills about 8 million people globally and 29,000 people in Nigeria. The economic costs of tobacco attributable disease on…
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