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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Mo Ibrahim, Founder and Chair, Ibrahim Foundation from The Report: Nigeria 2013
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of External Affairs for India from The Report: Nigeria 2013
What kind of factors underlie the significant levels of bilateral trade between India and Nigeria?
Articles & Analysis | Balancing act: Maintaining the spending policy will be crucial from The Report: Nigeria 2013
Central to the Transformation Agenda is an effective fiscal policy that prioritises investment in much-needed infrastructure and social development in health and education over wasteful recurrent spending. By improving its revenue collection and tightening capital budget disbursement, the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) aims to curb its domestic...
Articles & Analysis | A fresh start: The rebasing of GDP figures should give the economy a major boost from The Report: Nigeria 2013
Proper metrics are crucial to a full understanding of the economy. By most measures economic data on Nigeria is vague at best, with GDP estimated at between $247bn and $555bn in 2012, according to the UN, and a more commonly used $259.8bn, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), depending on whether one includes Nigeria’s significant...
Articles & Analysis | A valued partner: Seeking to expand its influence on the regional and international stage from The Report: Nigeria 2013
Despite its occasionally turbulent political history, Nigeria has long been both a regional and international diplomatic force. The country is a member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a regional diplomatic and economic bloc of 15 member states with roughly 300m people. It is also a party to a raft of international...
