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In case you were wondering. Seems like this is the back drop to all the FX policy moves over the last few months. As with any policy coming out from the…
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Apologies. The slow internet resulted in a draft version being sent. Just read to edited version below. Thanks. Crypto wars + confusion on remittances…
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It has become a feature of the last decade. Whenever you hear the CBN taking some drastic action it usual has something to do with FX. The stories might…
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Can we privatize our way to growth?
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The money transfer edition
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Thinking randomly about how much of the policy space is dominated by simply waiting for oil prices to go up again. In essence waiting for another oil…
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I have a new paper in the Journal of Development Perspectives "On Exchange Rate Policy Independence: Experiences from West Africa". TL;DR Might be…
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I have some new research with my colleague at Barnard College. It looks at the colonial prison system, its abuse as a tool for labour coercion, and some…
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The evolution of the pandemic in Nigeria, the latest GDP and capital importation data, the federal and state fiscal situation, poverty and consumption…
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Interesting statistics on the COVID in Nigeria, crude oil chaos and Nigeria’s finances, the IMF “loan”, foreign reserves and inflows, updates on…
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I tuned into a webinar recently and when the speakers were not freaking out about COVID-19, they all seemed to be focused on one thing: remote work. Due…
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The global pandemic has brought issues in international trade to the fore with many labeling this the beginning of the end of globalization, at least…
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