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We examine the role of household financial access in determining the extent of risk sharing in Nigeria using household …
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This paper estimates the exchange rate pass-through to consumer price inflation in Angola and Nigeria, with particular … weakened in recent years reflecting the de-dollarization of the economy. In Nigeria, there is no stable long-run relationship … inflation. However, the pass-through effect on core inflation is significant …
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Foreign holdings of domestic debt instruments in Nigeria have been increasing. Using data over 2007M1-2019M1, we show … (treasury bills rate and domestic risk) in foreign portfolio invetsors' decisions in Nigeria. Specifically, we show that foreign … of funds and perception of Nigeria-specific risks also play a role. These results highlight the volatile short …
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A recent World Bank enterprise survey identified access to finance as the top constraint to Doing Business in Nigeria …
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This paper uses an intertemporal model of the current account and macroeconomic indicators to examine the size and sustainability of Nigerian current account deficits over the 1960-97 period. The results indicate that the Nigerian economy appeared to satisfy its intertemporal budget constraint...
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illustrates the constraints by examining the case of Nigeria, a major oil exporter that subsidizes gasoline, and that of Togo, an … oil importer and neighbor of Nigeria. It finds that the price differential between formal prices in Togo and Nigeria is … the main driver of changes in formal sector gasoline consumption. Specifically, the lower the formal price in Nigeria, the …
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paper, we attempt via four case studies - Spain, China, Colombia, and Nigeria - to illustrate that the improvements in tax …
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This paper reflects on the first year of the eNaira—the first CBDC in Africa. Despite the laudable undisrupted operation for the first full year, the CBDC project has not yet moved beyond the initial wave of limited adoption. Network effects suggest the initial low adoption spell will require...
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The labor structure in sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by a high share of informal employment in the rural agricultural sector. The impact of COVID-19 on female employment may not appear to be large as the share of such employment is particularly high among women. Nevertheless, widespread...
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This paper analyses inflation dynamics in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) using a …. Imported commodity price shocks are significant in explaining inflation in the region. Governments are another driving force of … inflation dynamics mainly through controlled prices and the role of capital expenditure in domestic activity. In most CEMAC …
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