Economics
Rethinking African Progress African Development and the Significance of Sacrificial Generations
Africa’s current state of ‘underdevelopment’ is directly related to the fact that millions of Africans did not die, suffer and become dispossessed in wars of state formation and expansion. Read more. Read More...
Poor Institutions or Unfair Power Dynamics? Notes from Sierra Leone’s Alluvial Diamond Industry
For resource-rich countries like Sierra Leone to attain any sustainable development, issues related to the criminalization of natural resource extraction must first be addressed. Read more. Read More...
Banking on Women Development’s Neoliberal Sexism
The process of the current development agenda does little to advance real development outcomes because of its persistence in catering to economic neoliberalism, which prioritizes economic growth over addressing the structural drivers of women’s subordination and oppression. Read more. Read More...
Putting the Cart before the Horse? The Problem with a Currency Union for West Africa
Despite the modest success of their previous attempts at improving regional trade and integration, West African governments are considering turning ECOWAS into a monetary union and adopting a single currency managed by a single central bank. Read More...
Big Dreams and Grand Ambitions Nigeria’s Vision 2020—How far?
The target year, 2020, is here and it is worth asking how much of Vision 2020 has been actualized. How have Nigeria’s development indicators compared with those of advanced countries, the first 20 of which Nigeria had aspired to join by 2020? Read More...
The ‘Lion of Africa’ with Cat Claws Nigeria’s Image Problem
After 60 years of independence, Nigeria has failed to establish significant political leverage on the global scene and is not the African superpower many tout it to be. Read More...
Nation Forgotten Nigeria’s Neglected Pensioners
After decades of service, retired public servants in Nigeria are spending their retirement years in depravation. Read More...
Gendering Social Protection The Lessons for Africa
Gender-sensitive social protection programmes are vital to Africa’s mission of eradicating poverty, evolving into an inclusive and equitable society, and fulfilling the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Read More...
Closed for Business Lessons from Nigeria's Border Closure
Although Nigeria closed its border by exploiting loopholes in the ECOWAS rulebook (by claiming exemptions to justify its actions), the unilateralist, parochial border closure will negate the possibility of cooperation or forging stronger economic ties in the future. Read More...
Money Today, Gone Tomorrow? The Case for Indexing Taxes in Nigeria
For a country like Nigeria—with a high inflation rate, astounding poverty levels and slow economic growth—indexing taxes should be considered for the effectiveness and fairness of the tax system. Read More...
