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What’s driving Nigeria’s rising poverty rate? Why is it harder, in the country, for poverty to be escaped? I shared my perspective on these questions in an interview fielded by the

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The world’s billionaires lost $1.9 trillion in 2022. Their collective net worth now sits at ~$11.9 trillion. Still think they can’t afford a wealth tax?

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Not a cheering read, I am afraid. Things are really not good.

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Britain Is Much Worse Off Than It Understands

Things weren’t nearly this bad in the 1970s—but the country’s leaders haven't grasped that yet.

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My latest for the

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: *Decades of undeserving poverty on Plateau the Beautiful* [Thread] guardian.ng/features/decad

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The currency redesign is not peculiar to Nigeria. It is an exercise that comes with some inconvenience and pain but it has significant longterm economic and social benefits. Even though there are improvements that can be made,

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Synthetic difference-in-differences, in Stata! Check out our article describing the package. Makes nice graphs illustrating time trends and unit weights. Comments welcome! arxiv.org/pdf/2301.11859

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Decades of undeserving poverty on Plateau the Beautiful

Created close to half a century ago, so far ruled by 11 appointed military administrators and governed by five elected civilian governors, Plateau State – one of Nigeria’s 36 states located in the...

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hands of the citizens of the state, using their voting cards, to sweep into power the man that will do the best for most of the people. Dear Plateau, may you one day rise like a Phoenix from the Ashes and surpass the greatness that you were once known for.

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Finally, as the leadership baton switches hands in a few months from now, will the new administration rewrite the economic map of the state? Time shall tell but it is ultimately left in the

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Finances also at the root of failure? Within a decade, the poverty rate fell by roughly 37 per cent even though overall revenue (internally generated revenue, IGR plus monthly federal allocation) also fell by more than 30 per cent (see the bars below).

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records the fourth largest intensity poverty (~80%) in the state in that they could not robustly wield their access to national power in significantly turning around the economic fortunes of their kinsmen let a lot of their state. (see Langtang south in the chart below):

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with expectations. See the chart below. The graph above depicts the fruition of poverty in the land, with more than two-thirds of the population (over the past 40 years) living in economic deprivation. The LGA with the highest concentration of political connections in Nigeria

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Plateau state, despite its richness across geography, agriculture, cosmopolitan nature, the birthing of superstars, minerals, and long history of residing in Nigeria’s hallway of power, the livelihoods of the state’s residents for the past four decades have not been in tandem

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native of the city. Chief Lar, the first Civilian Governor of the state, led the party’s selection of its first presidential candidate, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, who to date – is deemed the president who laid the foundation of modern Nigeria.

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more recently two of the three leading political parties in Nigeria launched their 2023 presidential campaigns in Jos. At this juncture, it should be noted that the pioneer chairman of the then largest political party in Africa, Chief Solomon Lar of blessed memory, was a

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been chosen host to discrete major political events in the country? For instance, it hosted the 1993 presidential primaries that produced Abiola as the SDP candidate, the 1998/99 Maidan PDP convention that elected President Olusegun Obasanjo, and

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So, what is specifically unique about the state and its capital city (Jos) to the extent of meriting special attention and focus? A guide to answering this question can be gleaned from raising another question: why, for decades, the city has

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the providence of Nigeria and many Nigerians: from serving as a breeding ground for numerous professional stars to being an incubator of strategic decisions that for decades to come, will feed into the progress of Nigeria.

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Established close to half a century ago, so far ruled by 11 appointed military administrators and governed by five elected civilian governors, Plateau State – one of Nigeria’s 36 states located in the central part of the country – has played pivotal roles in shaping

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Here is an excerpt from my Dec 2022 article for the

: “Finally, BVAS?! Great idea. Nonetheless, it is likely to move election rigging from the floor to cyberspace.

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Foreign Hackers from France allegedly Attacking INEC Database, as revealed by INEC Boss Prof Mahmood.

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“Politicians complaining of the media is like captains complaining about the seas” ⁃Enoch Powell

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Will the poor use their voting strength? - Daily Trust

The latest official poverty figures from the World Bank show that more than 80 million Nigerian residents live in poverty. That is, roughly half of the

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the military (police, army, DSS, etc). If these two should act without flinching and infidelity to the constitution (not bowing to fleeting political power & greed), there is a great chance that next year’s election will reflect the wishes of the Nigerian voters.” More

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But there is a grave looming concern: given that university academics are part of the temporary staff and that they have been, for close to a year, without a regular income, they will be highly sensitive to monetary inducements from desperate politicians. Secondly,

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That said, only two sets of professionals can root out & prevent rigging in the forthcoming elections. First, electoral (INEC) officials, both permanent and ad-hoc.

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For instance, it was alleged that one of the current gubernatorial hopefuls (then, INEC official) is highly skilled in IT. The candidate’s skills were mischievously deployed in rigging the 2019 general election.

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Here is an excerpt from my Dec 2022 article for the

: “Finally, BVAS?! Great idea. Nonetheless, it is likely to move election rigging from the floor to cyberspace.

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Foreign Hackers from France allegedly Attacking INEC Database, as revealed by INEC Boss Prof Mahmood.

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🚨 Tips for writing a POSITIVE referee report. As an author and an editor, I’ve noticed some reviewers are better than others at writing a positive referee report. So, I decided to share 3 simple tips in the thread below. 👇 #EconTwitter

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*Rigging & the zero-sum game of three players in Nigeria’s forthcoming presidential elections* First, the set-up of the game is as follows [thread]

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If you'd like to know more on the background and significance of the decisions by Germany and the US to send tanks to Ukraine - hopefully these 3 minutes help. bbc.co.uk/news/live/worl Produced by Mary Fuller, Ellyn Duncan & Michael Cox.

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If you're seeing Nadhim Zahawi on the front-pages, here's 5 minutes on the background to the questions about his tax affairs - and why it's in the news now.

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SAJID JAVID Wants us to pay for GP and A&E visits. We already do mate....it's called paying our taxes!! Something a number of your cabinet friends seem to have issues with! Zahawi Sunak's wife Who else I wonder?

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Sajid Javid calls for patients to pay for GP and A&E visits

Radical reforms needed to tackle waiting times, says former health secretary

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SAJID JAVID Aug 20 Starts as paid adviser to investment bank JP MORGAN May 21 JPM forms Morgan Health June 21 Javid is Health Secretary Nov 22 Morgan Health says aggressively investing in “promising healthcare companies” Jan 23 Javid calls for NHS reform!

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Anthony Fauci is 84 Klaus Schwab is 84 George Soros is 94 Nancy Pelosi is 82 McConnell is 80 Joe Biden is 80 Founding Fathers: James Monroe, 18 Aaron Burr, 20 Alexander Hamilton, 21 James Madison, 25 Thomas Jefferson, 33 John Adams, 40 George Washington, 44 Interesting

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Yellen: the urgent need to reduce the debt burden of heavily indebted countries, warning that failure to do so would set back development in poor countries and could lead to more war, fragility and conflict.

Failure to cut debt burden of some countries could hamper growth, spark conflict, Yellen says

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday underscored the urgent need to reduce the debt burden of heavily indebted countries, warning that failure to do so would set back development in poor...

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Sajid Javid says we need to pay £20 for a GP appointment and £66 to go to A&E as a way to solve the NHS funding crisis. He’s wrong because there are so many better options in my new report on funding the NHS. A thread…..

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Minouche Shafik, a leading economist and president of

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Columbia University Names Minouche Shafik 20th President

Board of Trustees elects leading economist and current president of the London School of Economics and Political Science to succeed Lee C. Bollinger.

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In other words, PDP will indirectly be fighting for LP in the name of fighting for itself -- LP benefiting from the spill-over effect of the clash between APC & PDP.

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