Financial intermediation – the process of matching savers with borrowers – is a primary function of the banking sector. Intermediation channels excess funds towards productive uses, spreading the risk across a bank’s entire depositor base so no single saver bears the losses in the event of a loan default. However, in Nigeria intermediation is...
A primary issue affecting Nigeria’s economy in recent years has been the decline in foreign reserves, particularly the shortage of US dollars, which have been hit by low oil prices. This slump in the price of oil has caused major complications for the Nigerian economy as a whole, particularly given the increasingly high demand for imports...
What reforms has the government instituted, and what more can it do to promote economic growth?
How is the government working with the private sector to help finance infrastructure projects?
In response to Nigeria’s 2016 recession, the government launched the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) in March 2017. The ERGP sets out broad targets ranging from macroeconomic stability to economic diversification and improving governance. It identifies five priority areas: stabilising the macroeconomic environment; achieving...
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