Every year on July 11th, the global community observes World Population Day, a United Nations initiative established in 1989 to draw attention to the urgency and importance of population issues. As we ...

The dominant portrayal of Africa as a crisis-ridden victim must give way to recognition of the continent as a strategic actor ...

This paper studies how household inequality shapes the effects of the zero lower bound (ZLB) on nominal interest rates on aggregate dynamics. To do so, we consider a heterogeneous agent New Keynesian ...

As the majority of representatives from developing countries, BRICS will act as a force in shaping the new world order.

Illegal activities incur costs of more than $19 trillion (more than China’s GDP), slow down growth and investments and ...

Despite being Africa’s most populous nation and one of its largest economies, Nigeria remains among the world’s poorest ...

Drawing parallels between Brazil’s development journey and Nigeria’s current economic reforms, the Vice President said: “Under the leadership of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ...

In this policy deep-dive, analyst Bayonle Fesobi details Tinubu’s landmark tax reforms and their long-term implications for Nigerian households and economic growth.

Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has reiterated the commitment of his administration to sustainable economic reforms and infrastructure development. The Governor made the assertion when ...

THE director-general of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Emomotimi Agama, has said Nigeria could either harness its demographic dividend or face deepening inequality by 2030.

Trump’s inverted economic logic will lead to substantially greater economic inequality. Poor and near-poor Americans have been seeing greater space between their reality and their ambition. Conversely ...

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has expressed concerns over the impending ban on Single-Use Plastics (SUPs) by the Lagos State Ministry of Environment. It warned that it could lead to ...