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"Control of corporate assets by wealthy families in economies lacking institutional integrity is common. It has negative implications on corporate governance and adverse macroeconomic effects when it extends across a sufficiently large part of the country's corporate sector. Morck and Yeung...
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The development of a far reaching correspondent banking network is one of the key factors behind Brazil's success story in financial inclusion. Between 2005 and 2011, the number of correspondents approximately doubled to more than 160,000. The Central Bank encouraged financial institutions to...
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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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. This study represents the second phase of the Nigeria Health, Nutrition, and Population Country Status Report (CSR). The …
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