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The Report: Nigeria 2013

Author : Oxford Business Group
Publisher : Oxford Business Group
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781907065927

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The Report: Nigeria 2013 by Oxford Business Group Pdf

As the single most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria recently overtook South Africa as the largest economy on the continent. Natural resources, oil and gas in particular, comprise the country’s single largest revenue-earner but the 170m person economy also has seen significant activity in recent years into the industrial, financial, telecoms and – as of 2013 – power sectors. Hydrocarbons reserves have traditionally attracted the vast majority of domestic and foreign investment in Nigeria. Oil production capacity has remained at roughly 2.5m barrels per day (bpd) since the start of 2000, although output fell to 2.2m bpd on average in 2012. Still, the country has long operated below its true potential and government efforts in recent years have sought to increase local value addition, by boosting refining capacity and minimising theft and bunkering. The country’s banking sector has been through a significant shake-up as well, resulting in a far healthier and more robust financial industry, while reforms in the telecoms and agricultural sectors have strengthened medium-term prospects.

Nigeria

Author : International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484304440

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Nigeria by International Monetary Fund. African Dept. Pdf

This Financial Sector Stability Assessment on Nigeria discusses the macroeconomic performance and structure of the financial system. Although Nigerian economy experienced both domestic and external shocks in recent years, the economy continued to grow rapidly, achieving more than 7 percent growth each year since 2009. The performance of financial institutions has begun to improve, though some of the emergency anti-crisis measures continue to be in place. However, the regulatory and supervisory framework has gaps and weaknesses. In sum, the Nigerian economy has emerged from the banking crisis, and has the potential to enjoy an extended period of strong economic growth.

Toward Climate-Resilient Development in Nigeria

Author : Raffaello Cervigni,Riccardo Valentini,Monia Santini
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821399248

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Toward Climate-Resilient Development in Nigeria by Raffaello Cervigni,Riccardo Valentini,Monia Santini Pdf

If not addressed in time, climate change is expected to exacerbate Nigeria’s current vulnerability to weather swings and limit its ability to achieve and sustain the objectives of Vision 20:2020 [as defined in http://www.npc.gov.ng /home/doc.aspx?mCatID=68253]. The likely impacts include: • A long-term reduction in crop yields of 20–30 percent • Declining productivity of livestock, with adverse consequences on livelihoods • Increase in food imports (up to 40 percent for rice long term) • Worsening prospects for food security, particularly in the north and the southwest • A long-term decline in GDP of up to 4.5 percent The impacts may be worse if the economy diversifies away from agriculture more slowly than Vision 20:2020 anticipates, or if there is too little irrigation to counter the effects of rising temperatures on rain-fed yields. Equally important, investment decisions made on the basis of historical climate may be wrong: projects ignoring climate change might be either under- or over-designed, with losses (in terms of excess capital costs or foregone revenues) of 20–40 percent of initial capital in the case of irrigation or hydropower. Fortunately, there is a range of technological and management options that make sense, both to better handle current climate variability and to build resilience against a harsher climate: • By 2020 sustainable land management practices applied to 1 million hectares can offset most of the expected shorter-term yield decline; gradual extension of these practices to 50 percent of cropland, possibly combined with extra irrigation, can also counter-balance longer-term climate change impacts. • Climate-smart planning and design of irrigation and hydropower can more than halve the risks and related costs of making the wrong investment decision. The Federal Government could consider 10 short-term priority responses to build resilience to both current climate variability and future change through actions to improve climate governance across sectors, research and extension in agriculture, hydro-meteorological systems; integration of climate factors into the design of irrigation and hydropower projects, and mainstreaming climate concerns into priority programs, such as the Agriculture Transformation Agenda.

Things Fall Apart?

Author : Pauline von Hellermann
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857459909

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Things Fall Apart? by Pauline von Hellermann Pdf

Governance failure and corruption are increasingly identified as key causes of tropical deforestation. In Nigeria's Edo State, once the showcase of scientific forestry in West Africa, large-scale forest conversion and the virtual depletion of timber stocks are invariably attributed to recent failures in forest management, and are seen as yet another instance of how "things fall apart" in Nigeria. Through an in-depth historical and ethnographic study of forestry in Edo State, this book challenges this routine linking of political and ecological crisis narratives. It shows that the roots of many of today's problems lie in scientific forest management itself, rather than its recent abandonment, and moreover that many "illegal" local practices improve rather than reduce biodiversity and forest cover. The book therefore challenges preconceptions about contemporary Nigeria and highlights the need to reevaluate current understandings of what constitutes "good governance" in tropical forestry.

Nigeria

Author : John Campbell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442221581

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Nigeria by John Campbell Pdf

Nigeria, the United States’ most important strategic partner in West Africa, is in grave trouble. While Nigerians often claim they are masters of dancing on the brink without falling off, the disastrous administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, the radical Islamic insurrection Boko Haram, and escalating violence in the delta and the north may finally provide the impetus that pushes it into the abyss of state failure. In this thoroughly updated edition, John Campbellexplores Nigeria’s post-colonial history and presents a nuanced explanation of the events and conditions that have carried this complex, dynamic, and very troubled giant to the edge. Central to his analysis are the oil wealth, endemic corruption, and elite competition that have undermined Nigeria’s nascent democratic institutions and alienated an increasingly impoverished population. However, state failure is not inevitable, nor is it in the interest of the United States. Campbell provides concrete new policy options that would not only allow the United States to help Nigeria avoid state failure but also to play a positive role in Nigeria’s political, social, and economic development.

An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Nigeria

Author : Giuseppe Iarossi,Peter Mousley,Ismail Radwan
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821378113

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An Assessment of the Investment Climate in Nigeria by Giuseppe Iarossi,Peter Mousley,Ismail Radwan Pdf

This book sheds light on some of the most important policy issues required to put Nigeria on a higher growth path. It highlights the challenges that Nigeria's businesses face today and what government can do to overcome such obstacles.

Security in Nigeria

Author : Caroline Varin,Freedom Onuoha
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781838607593

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Security in Nigeria by Caroline Varin,Freedom Onuoha Pdf

Nigeria is the most dynamic country on the African continent. Yet the legacy of colonialism, deep-rooted corruption, exposure to climate change and the proliferation of small arms have created a precarious security situation that holds back the country's potential for peace and prosperity. Security in Nigeria explores the many security threats facing Nigeria and assesses the government's responses to date. With contributors spanning three continents, it provides an original and comprehensive analysis of 'old' and 'new' security threats and offers original solutions to address the crisis.

Democratic Governance and Political Participation in Nigeria 1999-2014

Author : 'Femi Omotoso,Michael Kehinde
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Governance
ISBN : 9781942876113

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Democratic Governance and Political Participation in Nigeria 1999-2014 by 'Femi Omotoso,Michael Kehinde Pdf

Democratic Governance and Political Participation in Nigeria 1999-2014 seeks to critically analyse Nigeria's democratic experience since 1999 when the current Republic was instituted. Given the chequered democratic antecedents of the country, the book examines the factors responsible for the resilience of the present democratic dispensation, in spite of forces inhibiting democratic consolidation. It also examines these inhibiting forces and makes recommendations for overcoming them. Finally, the book seeks to stimulate intellectual discourse on Nigeria's democracy and arouse greater research interests in the subject.

Reforming the Unreformable

Author : Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262526876

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Reforming the Unreformable by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Pdf

A report on development economics in action, by a crucial player in Nigeria's recent reforms. Corrupt, mismanaged, and seemingly hopeless: that's how the international community viewed Nigeria in the early 2000s. Then Nigeria implemented a sweeping set of economic and political changes and began to reform the unreformable. This book tells the story of how a dedicated and politically committed team of reformers set out to fix a series of broken institutions, and in the process repositioned Nigeria's economy in ways that helped create a more diversified springboard for steadier long-term growth. The author, Harvard- and MIT-trained economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, currently Nigeria's Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance and formerly Managing Director of the World Bank, played a crucial part in her country's economic reforms. In Nigeria's Debt Management Office, and later as Minister of Finance, she spearheaded negotiations with the Paris Club that led to the wiping out of $30 billion of Nigeria's external debt, 60 percent of which was outright cancellation. Reforming the Unreformable offers an insider's view of those debt negotiations; it also details the fight against corruption and the struggle to implement a series of macroeconomic and structural reforms. This story of development economics in action, written from the front lines of economic reform in Africa, offers a unique perspective on the complex and uncertain global economic environment.

World Report 2014

Author : Human Rights Watch
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447318491

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World Report 2014 by Human Rights Watch Pdf

Human Rights Watch’s World Report 2014 is the global rights watchdog’s flagship 24th annual review of global trends and news in human rights. An invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, it features not only incisive country surveys but also hard-hitting essays highlighting key human rights issues and striking photo essays by award-winning photographers. Customers outside of the UK and Europe: copies are available from Sevenstories.com

Nigeria: an Experiment in Nation Building

Author : Charles Akujieze
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781728386461

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Nigeria: an Experiment in Nation Building by Charles Akujieze Pdf

In this painstakingly updated and comprehensive political masterpiece, Charles Nnaemeka Akujieze explores Nigeria's pre-colonial, colonial and postcolonial history and current affairs in Nigeria politics and administration and presents a nuanced explanation of events and circumstances that have dangerously flung this complex, dynamic and troubled giant to the brink. It is one of the most updated and comprehensive analysis of Africa's most important and populous nation that has been undermined, in recent decades, by ethnic and religious conflict, political instability, rampant corruption and an ailing economy.

Demographic Issues in Nigeria: Insights and Implications

Author : Anonim
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781504940979

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Demographic Issues in Nigeria: Insights and Implications by Anonim Pdf

The book deals with a broad range of contemporary and recurring empirical and practical issues encapsulated within the context of demographic inquiry and analysis. The papers included here reflect strands of thoughts and research that find expression in interdisciplinary outlook focussing on sexuality, fertility, gender, morbidity and mortality, migration, maternal and child health and the elderly.

Economics and Political Implications of International Financial Reporting Standards

Author : Uchenna, Efobi
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466698772

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Economics and Political Implications of International Financial Reporting Standards by Uchenna, Efobi Pdf

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are internationally-recognized financial reporting guidelines regulated by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to ensure that uniformity exists in the global financial system. In addition to regulating financial reporting, the adoption of IRFS has been shown to impact the flow of foreign capital and trade. Economics and Political Implications of International Financial Reporting Standards focuses on the consequences and determinants of the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS), which has remained a top issue in International Accounting. This timely publication brings to the forefront issues related to the political and economic influences and impacts of IFRS in addition to providing a platform for further research in this area. Policy makers, academics, researchers, graduate-level students, and professionals across the fields of management, economics, finance, international relations, and political science will find this publication pertinent to furthering their understanding of financial reporting at the global level.

Research Handbook on Innovation Governance for Emerging Economies

Author : Stefan Kuhlmann,Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781783471911

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Research Handbook on Innovation Governance for Emerging Economies by Stefan Kuhlmann,Gonzalo Ordóñez-Matamoros Pdf

Although in recent years some emerging economies have improved their performance in terms of R&D investment, outputs and innovative capacity, these countries are still blighted by extreme poverty, inequality and social exclusion. Hence, emerging countries are exposed to conditions which differ quite substantially from the dominant OECD model of innovation policy for development and welfare. This Research Handbook contributes to the debate by looking at how innovation theory, policy and practice interact, and explains different types of configurations in countries that are characterized by two contrasting but mutually reinforcing features: systemic failure and resourcefulness. Focusing on innovation governance and public policies, it aims to understand related governance failures and to explore options for alternative, more efficient approaches.

Boko Haram’s Terrorism and the Nigerian State

Author : Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi,Sultan Khan,Adeoye O. Akinola
Publisher : Springer
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030057374

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Boko Haram’s Terrorism and the Nigerian State by Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi,Sultan Khan,Adeoye O. Akinola Pdf

This book assesses the effectiveness of Nigeria’s counterterrorist policies against Boko Haram. It takes a critical review of the interventionist strategies adopted by the Nigerian government, highlights the motivations behind the choice of strategies, and proffers a deeper understanding of the factors responsible for the state’s inability, thus far, to rid the country of terrorism. Specifically, it evaluates the NACTEST policy framework that guides the Nigerian state’s counterterrorist strategies, which contains both hard and soft power approaches. Adopting historical and case study approaches which put the Nigerian state and occurrences of violent conflict in context, it takes cognizance of the politics of ethno-religious diversity which reinforce violent conflicts among groups and against the state, and reviews the socio-economic and political realities that led to the emergence and sustenance of Boko Haram. The volume concludes by suggesting practical policy options for combating Boko Haram and other similar armed insurrection. This book is appropriate for researchers and students interested in African politics, conflict, security, peace studies, terrorism, and counterterrorism, as well as policy makers and government departments dealing with terrorism and counterterrorism.