As in previous years, global growth disappointed in 2014, but a lackluster recovery is underway, with increasingly divergent prospects in major economies and developing countries. Looking ahead, growth is expected to rise slowly, supported by continued recovery in highincomecountries, low oil...

"The National Social Investment Programme in Nigeria is an initiative that provides change to meet the needs of people in Nigeria. The government set up 4 schemes which included, a national home-grown school feeding programme, N-Power, conditional cash transfer, and the government enterprise and...

Violent conflicts act as disincentives for sustainable socioeconomic development in conflict-prone societies, especially in the Global South. Existing studies focus largely on economic, political, and social triggers of violent conflicts; cultural factors, while important, are often not...