Today's @bopinion post is about Nigeria. I expect its conclusions will not come as a surprise to most Nigerians, but it's good for Americans to be thinking about Nigeria and its problems.https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-10-16/how-nigeria-can-escape-the-natural-resource-curse …
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And like many oil-rich countries, the government tries to cushion the blow by subsidizing fuel (this is more expensive than you might think, since Nigeria can't refine all of its own oil). When oil prices rise again, this puts a strain on govt. budgets.pic.twitter.com/lJni9SVorO
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Meanwhile, fewer and fewer Nigerians have jobs, which could portend a rise in social instability.pic.twitter.com/xUj2UYVQNJ
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To escape the doom spiral of the Resource Curse, Nigeria should look to a country that seems to have beaten the curse: Botswana. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/18304/multi0page.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y …
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Botswana's approach is basically: 1. Pour resource revenues into a Sovereign Wealth Fund 2. Depreciate the currency 3. Use SWF to stabilize the budget 4. Invest a bunch in education, health and infrastructurepic.twitter.com/4igm6XIQvn
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Nigeria is already taking some of these steps, which is great.pic.twitter.com/oaEc1lfhW9
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But Nigeria is missing one big piece: Investment in education. (It could also stand to invest more in health.)http://thenationonlineng.net/nigerias-disappointing-investment-education/ …
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Instead of subsidizing fuel, Nigeria needs to subsidize education (which doubles as child care) and health. This will provide jobs, relieve poverty, and - most importantly - build human capital. (end)pic.twitter.com/h2tiCL0cyA
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@MBuhari led administration is diversifying the economy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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