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Chinese think tanks with Chinese characteristics: some lessons for African think tanks
Think tanks in China have drawn prominence in the global body of think tankers since the end of the Chinese closed-border policy era. By all accounts, the number of Chinese think…
Read →SUSTAINABILITY IMPLICATIONS OF NIGERIA’S WATER USE PATTERNS
Nigeria has significant renewable water resources; however, the current reality is that most of it is poorly utilized and managed, thus raising important sustainability questions. There are several concerns associated…
Download ↓ Read →Supporting Humanitarian Workers in North-Eastern Nigeria
North-eastern Nigeria, comprising of Borno, Taraba, Adamawa, Yobe, Gombe, and Bauchi states, has become the most uninhabitable region in the country due to series of Boko Haram attacks. Despite counterterrorism…
Read →Nigeria’s Electricity Challenges and Policy Bottlenecks
Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy and has one of the widest energy gaps in the world. To provide the necessary economic growth for its growing population, Nigeria urgently needs to…
Download ↓ Read →2019 Energy Policy Workshop
Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy, but also has one of the widest energy gaps in the world. With a quickly growing population, Nigeria urgently needs to improve its power sector.…
Download ↓ Read →Fostering Effective Tobacco Control Policy Implementation in Nigeria
It is widely known that cigarette smoking and other forms of tobacco use (both active and passive smoking) is damaging to health, poses enormous economic costs, and accounts for a…
Read →Nigeria’s New National Minimum Wage: Responses and Implications for the Economy
By Peace John On March 19, 2019, the new national minimum wage bill, an issue that featured widely in the 2019 presidential campaigns, finally received legislative approval. The Senate approved…
Read →Effects of 2019 Elections: Predicting the Economy’s Response in Nigeria
The stability of the country’s political environment is an essential element in determining and predicting the level of economic growth in a democratic economy. The traditional assumption in the political…
Read →Achieving Abundant and Affordable Energy in Africa: Is there a place for nuclear power in Nigeria?
Nigeria and Russia has signed agreements to set up four nuclear power plants and a Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology in Nigeria. This piece examines the prospects of nuclear…
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 →CSEA hosts policy dialogue on Nigeria’s Tobacco Market and Policy Space
CSEA organized a policy dialogue on “A Scoping Study of Nigeria’s Tobacco Market and Policy Space” to share findings of the study to policymakers and the public, and also receive…
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 →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 →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…
Download ↓ Read →CSEA receives funding for research on tobacco control policy in Nigeria
Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death worldwide, causing more than seven million deaths per year–the vast majority in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Through the Economics…
Read →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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