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Since 1999, Nigeria has made significant progress in economic reform. Sound macroeconomic policies, combined with … structural reforms aimed at increasing the supply responsiveness of the economy, ushered in sustained high growth, driven by the … non-oil economy. The goal of this book is to shed light on the extent to which Nigeria's much improved economic …
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The theme of this report is Nigeria's competitiveness and growth. This report consequently focuses on constraints …. Its objective is not to present a "blueprint" for Nigeria's growth but rather to raise issues and provide some options for … first section analyzes Nigeria's growth history, examines the recent growth pick up and assesses its sustainability. The …
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The theme of this report is Nigeria's competitiveness and growth. This report consequently focuses on constraints …. Its objective is not to present a "blueprint" for Nigeria's growth but rather to raise issues and provide some options for … first section analyzes Nigeria's growth history, examines the recent growth pick up and assesses its sustainability. The …
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The theme of this report is Nigeria's competitiveness and growth. This report consequently focuses on constraints …. Its objective is not to present a "blueprint" for Nigeria's growth but rather to raise issues and provide some options for … first section analyzes Nigeria's growth history, examines the recent growth pick up and assesses its sustainability. The …
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volatile economies in the world. b) There is evidence that this volatility has adversely affected not only Nigeria's historical … growth record but also the performance of World Bank projects in Nigeria. c) Sustained future growth and poverty reduction … are unlikely without a significant reduction in volatility. c) Oil price fluctuations drive only part of Nigeria …
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"Using data collected during several missions, Zafar finds that the principal reasons for low revenue mobilization are (1) the adverse fiscal impact of trade liberalization, (2) the defiscalization of agriculture in the 1970s, (3) the collapse of the uranium boom in the 1980s, and (4) the poor...
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Ghana's tax collection is low compared with other lower middle-income countries. Non-compliance of tax payments is an urgent issue in Ghana, as the government has been suffering from a widening fiscal deficit and a rising debt burden. Learning from experiences in other countries, this report...
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The collapse of Southern African Customs Union (SACU) revenue in 2009 has caused the Government to consider enhancing new sources of revenue in earnest to sustain its development policies. Existing plans that were prepared more than 5 years ago to introduce the Value-Added Tax (VAT) and create a...
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