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Nigeria Development Update

Seizing the Opportunity

The report recommends measures to build on the government’s reforms to ensure Nigeria rises to its full potential.
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Empowering Adolescent Girls

Improving girl’s education can help Nigeria realize the demographic dividend potential and bring economic prosperity.
Country Economic Memorandum

Charting a New Course

Creating more and better jobs is a necessary condition for accelerating poverty reduction and economic transformation.

Nigeria At-A-Glance

A key regional player in West Africa, Nigeria accounts for about half of West Africa’s population with approximately 202 million people and one of the largest populations of youth in the world. Nigeria is a multi-ethnic and culturally diverse federation which consists of 36 autonomous states and the Federal Capital Territory. With an abundance of natural resources, it is Africa’s biggest oil exporter,...

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Nigeria Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project

This project supports rehabilitation and improvement of service delivery infrastructure and livelihood opportunities, strengthening of social cohesion and providing response to crises.

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Nigeria Development Updates (NDU)

The Nigeria Development Update (NDU) is a World Bank report series produced twice a year around Spring and Fall. The NDU assesses recent economic and social developments and prospects in Nigeria.
Apr 05, 2023

Africa’s Pulse

Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is set to slow from 3.6% in 2022 to 3.1% in 2023.
Oct 05, 2022

CPIA Africa

The overall 2021 Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) score for the region’s 39 IDA-eligible countries remains unchanged at 3.1.
IDA in Africa

With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more.
World Bank Africa Multimedia

Watch, listen and click through the latest videos, podcasts and slideshows highlighting the World Bank’s work in Sub-Saharan Africa.