A Review Of Nigerias 2016 Budget

ADEDEJI ADENIRAN PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS Dec 19, 2018

Development Cooperation Review

Development Cooperation Review (DCR) aspires to capture holistic narrative around global development cooperation and fill an important knowledge gap towards theorisation, empirical verification and documentation of Southern-led development cooperation processes. Despite growing volumes of development partnerships around the Southern world, there remains an absence of detailed information, analyses and its contribution to global development processes. Even though there have been sporadic efforts in documenting some of the activities, a continuous effort in chronicling the diverse experiences in South-South Cooperation (SSC) is still absent. RIS has endeavoured to launch DCR, a monthly periodical, to fill this gap. Read more

PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS Dec 19, 2018

Achieving quality education for all in Nigeria

Quality education is a crucial tool for improving the prospects of higher income levels for individuals, and for the economic growth of nations. Goal 4 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is focused on ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting life-long learning opportunities for all. However, in low and middle-income countries like Nigeria, many children do not have access to quality education. This blog looks at how Nigeria can make better education a reality and achieve SDG 4.

ADEDEJI ADENIRAN PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS Dec 18, 2018

Developing a Human Development Index (HDI) for the Nigerian States: Conceptual Approach and Preliminary Evidence

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 level such as comparable indicator, data unavailability and estimation technique. The result shows wide disparity across states in their human development, with states within the southern region recording more impressive performance. We further examine the key economic and political drivers of the observed variations across state and found fiscal sustainability and geopolitical zoning as the key determinants. Read more

PUBLICATIONS JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS Nov 08, 2018

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, domestic savings, capital flight, diaspora resources, financial transaction tax and domestic philanthropy. For the existing financing options, the paper examines the potential of scaling up the present level of revenue. In the case of new financing options, the prospects of, and the scope for, generating revenue are investigated. The paper finds that each country has a strong revenue potential in at least two of the financing options. While this does not suggest that the likely revenue will be enough to meet the financing requirement being proposed for the post-2015 agenda, it demonstrates the viability of domestic resources, and the need to explore them, if only to complement other financing options, especially foreign aid.

A Review Of Nigerias 2016 Budget

This study reviews and assesses the 2016 budget of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in line with IMFsbudget assessment indicators, namely: comprehensiveness, transparency, and realism. The assessment is based on clear understanding of the present administrations objectives, which are: to achieve socio-economic and infrastructural development, to diversify the Nigerian economy, and to achieve improved security of lives and properties.