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KEY ISSUES Context. Nigeria has a large and diverse economy that has achieved a decade of strong growth, averaging 6 ….8 percent a year. However, Nigeria still lags peers in critical infrastructure and has high rates of poverty and income …
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This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights Nigeria’s poverty and income inequality that remain high and social and governance indicators that are below averages for sub-Saharan Africa. Growth is expected to remain strong, driven by agriculture, trade, and services. Inflation should...
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The overarching policy challenge facing Nigeria is to reduce widespread poverty and unemployment. Macroeconomic …
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This paper discusses fiscal surveillance criteria for the countries of the Central African Monetary and Economic Union (CEMAC), most of which depend heavily on oil exports. At present, the CEMAC's macroeconomic surveillance exercise sets as fiscal target a floor on the basic budgetary balance....
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This paper attempts to offer specific inputs to the debate on local content promotion in the oil industry, using the specific case of São Tomé and Príncipe as point of reference. Our approach emphasizes inter-sectoral linkages and institutional pre-conditions for local content promotion....
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in Nigeria. The assessment team reviewed the legal framework for banking supervision and held extensive discussions with … the staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC). It is assessed that … Nigeria has recorded significant improvement in its level of compliance with the BCPs, which is attributed to the enhancement …
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Nigeria (CBN) should enhance further its work in improving cross-border supervision, including home-host coordination and …
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To assess the financial stability in Nigeria, various stress tests and analytic processes were undertaken jointly by …
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credible exit strategy. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has a broad resolution toolkit, which was put to use during the … crisis to resolve the intervened banks. The Nigerian authorities set up the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON …
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