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"Madagascar's textile and apparel industry has been among the fastest growing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Fueled by low labor costs, a fairly productive labor force, and preferential access to industrial countries, Madagascar's exports of textile and apparel products grew from about US
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Azerbaijan's oil and gas boom presents a rare opportunity to accelerate improvements in the quality of life of all its citizens. Its per capita income is $5,100 in 2008, up nearly 400 percent from 2004 in current USD terms; it could potentially exceed $6,500 by 2013 and higher beyond that....
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"This study discusses potential economic implications for Nigeria of an Economic Partnership Agreement with the … imports into Nigeria will be slight. This is in part because the Agreement will likely allow the most protected sectors to be … discriminatory nature of the EPA, which generates a negative welfare impact of the tariff reforms. One way for Nigeria to limit these …
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"Beck, Cull, and Jerome assess the effect of privatization on performance in a panel of Nigerian banks for the period 1990--2001. They find evidence of performance improvement in nine banks that were privatized, which is remarkable given the inhospitable environment for true financial...
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Nigeria accounts for nearly one-fourth of Sub-Saharan Africa s population and is the seventh most populous country in … production, Nigeria is Africa s largest producer and holds the second highest proven oil reserves on the continent, after Libya.3 … domestic market, and strong economic fundamentals, Nigeria is well positioned to join the group of large emerging markets and …
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Since 1999, Nigeria has made significant progress in economic reform. Sound macroeconomic policies, combined with … non-oil economy. The goal of this book is to shed light on the extent to which Nigeria's much improved economic …. The report consists of six chapters. Chapter one provides an overview of the book's main findings, reviews Nigeria …
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