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Economic Policy Options for a Prosperous Nigeria

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  • © 2008

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  1. Paul Collier
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  2. Chukwuma C. Soludo

    1. Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria

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  3. Catherine Pattillo
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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction: Towards Evidence-based Policy

    1. Introduction: Towards Evidence-based Policy

      • Paul Collier, Catherine Pattillo, Chukwuma C. Soludo
      Pages 1-9

  3. Oil and the Macroeconomy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Binding Constraints to Growth in Nigeria

      • Victoria Kwakwa, Adeola Adenikinju, Peter Mousley, Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi
      Pages 13-43

    3. Oil, Growth and Governance in Nigeria

      • Paul Collier
      Pages 45-59

    4. Addressing the Natural Resource Curse: An Illustration from Nigeria

      • Xavier Sala-i-Martin, Arvind Subramanian
      Pages 61-92

    5. Modelling Policy Options for Nigeria: Fiscal Responsibility, Monetary Credibility, and Regional Integration

      • Xavier Debrun, Paul Masson, Catherine Pattillo
      Pages 93-120

    6. Monetary Policy and Oil Price Surges in Nigeria

      • Christopher Adam, Benedikt Goderis
      Pages 121-146

    7. Trade Policy: Prospects and Challenges

      • Olumuyiwa Alaba, Adeola Adenikinju, Paul Collier
      Pages 147-166

    8. Economic Growth and Policy Choice in Nigeria: Lessons from the Asia Pacific

      • Obadiah Mailafia
      Pages 167-184

  4. Government: Fiscal Management within a Federal System

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185
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    2. Issues in Fiscal Policy Management under the Economic Reforms (2003–7)

      • Bright Okogu, Philip Osafo-Kwaako
      Pages 187-203

    3. Towards Securing Fiscal Policy Coordination in Nigeria

      • Olu Ajakaiye
      Pages 205-219

    4. Fiscal Federalism in Nigeria: Issues, Challenges and Agenda for Reform

      • Akpan H. Ekpo, Abwaku Englama
      Pages 221-243

  5. Firms and Farms: The Policy Climate for Private Activity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245
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    2. Towards a More Competitive Manufacturing Sector

      • Adeel Malik, Francis Teal
      Pages 247-274

    3. How Competitive and Efficient are Nigerian Ports?

      • Okechukwu George Oji, Chukwuma Agu
      Pages 275-299

    4. Nigeria’s Power Sector: Opportunities and Challenges

      • Prasad V. S. N. Tallapragada, B. S. Adebusuyi
      Pages 301-327

  6. The Well-being of Households: Income and Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 329-329
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    2. Poverty in Nigeria

      • Simon Appleton, Andrew McKay, Babatunde Adewumi Alayande
      Pages 331-371
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About this book

This book demonstrates that there is sufficient evidence on the Nigerian economy and society to inform many policy issues, and reveals the current problems and policy options that a democratic Nigeria will need to debate and resolve. It presents an agenda of reform as unfinished business.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria

    Chukwuma C. Soludo

About the editors

CHRISTOPHER ADAM CSAE, Oxford, UK DOUG ADDISON World Bank, USA BANJI S. ADEBUSUYI Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria ADEOLA ADENIKINJU University of Ibadan, Nigeria BABATUNDE ADEWUNMI Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria CHUKWUMA AGU AIAE, Nigeria OLU AJAKAIYE AERC, Nairobi, Kenya MOSES AJAYI Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria OLUMYIWA ALABA, University of Ibadan, Nigeria SIMON APPLETON University of Nottingham, UK ADEBAYO AROMOLARAN Yale University, USA ADEBIYI DARAMOLA Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria XAVIER DEBRUN IMF, USA E.N. EGBUNA Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria SIMEON EHUI World Bank, USA AKPAN EKPO Akwa Ibom State University of Technology, Nigeria ABWAKU ENGLAMA Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria BENEDIKT GODERIS CSAE, Oxford, UK S. VIJAY IYER World Bank, USA VICTORIA KWAKWA World Bank, USA ANDREW MACKAY University of Sussex, UK ADEEL MALIK CSAE, Oxford, UK J.M. MARCHAT World Bank, USA PAUL MASSON University of Toronto, Canada JOHN MCINTIRE World Bank, USA CHARLES MCPHERSON World Bank, USA C.N.O. MORDI Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria JOSEPH NNANNA Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria FESTUS ODOKO Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria OKEY OJI AIAE, Nigeria UNA OKONKWO OSILI University of Indiana, Bloomington, USA PHILIP OSAFO-KWAAKO CATHERINE PATTILLO IMF, USA VIJAYA RAMACHANDRAN World Bank, USA XAVIER SALA-I-MATIN Harvard University, Cambridge, USA MANJU SHAH World Bank, USA OLANTUNJI SOBODU Fountain Trust Bank, Nigeria MIKE STEVENS World Bank, USA ARVIND SUBRAMANIAN IMF, USA PRASAD TALLAGAPRADA World Bank, USA FRANCIS TEAL CSAE, Oxford, UK AYO TERIBA Economic Associates, Lagos, Nigeria EMMANUEL UKEJE Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria.

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