Nigeria Economic Report, No. 1, May 2013

The Nigeria economic report represents a new World Bank product intended to be produced on a biannual basis. Each report will provide an assessment of the current economic situation in the country and give special attention to selected topics of hi...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Economic Updates and Modeling
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
OIL
TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17708026/nigeria-economic-report
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16568
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topic ACCOUNTANT
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
AGRICULTURE
APPROACH
BAILOUTS
BALANCE
BALANCE OF PAYMENT
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANKING CRISIS
BANKING SECTOR
BENCHMARK
BOND ISSUES
BOOM-BUST CYCLES
BORROWING COSTS
BORROWING REQUIREMENTS
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
BUSINESS CLIMATE
BUSINESS CLIMATES
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL GAINS
CENTRAL BANK
COLLUSION
COMMERCIAL BORROWING
COMMODITIES
COMMON MARKET
CONDUCT OF FISCAL POLICY
CONNECTIVITY
CONSTANT SHARE
CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION
CORPORATE INCOME TAXES
COST OF COLLECTION
CREATION OF JOBS
CRITICAL MASS
CURRENCY
CURRENCY DEPRECIATION
CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS
DEBT
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT SERVICE
DEBT SERVICING
DEBTS
DECENTRALIZATION
DEMOCRACY
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL
DIVIDENDS
DOLLAR PRICE
DOLLAR VALUE
DOMESTIC BOND
DOMESTIC BORROWING
DOMESTIC DEBT
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EXPANSION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
ECONOMIC SITUATION
ECONOMIC STATISTICS
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPLOYMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS
EXPENDITURE
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORTERS
EXTERNAL BORROWING
EXTERNAL DEBT
FEDERAL BUDGET
FEDERAL RESERVES
FINANCES
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FISCAL CONSOLIDATION
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL FEDERALISM
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL STABILITY
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INFLOWS
FRAUD
FUEL
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
GINI COEFFICIENT
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT
GOVERNMENT BOND
GOVERNMENT BOND MARKET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT BUDGETS
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GOVERNMENT DEFICIT
GOVERNMENT DEFICITS
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
GROWTH IN TRADE
GROWTH RATES
HIGHER ENERGY PRICES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME TAX
INCOME TAXES
INCOMES
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
INFLATION RATES
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS
INSTRUMENT
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATES
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTOR CONFIDENCE
JOB CREATION
JOINT VENTURE
JOINT VENTURES
JURISDICTION
KEROSENE
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEVIES
LEVY
LOCAL BUSINESS
LOCAL ECONOMY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCAL MARKETS
LOTTERIES
MACROECONOMIC CRISIS
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET PRICE
MARKET PRICES
MEDIUM TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK
MEDIUM TERM FISCAL FRAMEWORK
MONETARY POLICY
MONEY SUPPLY
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
NET OIL
OIL
OIL COMPANIES
OIL EXPORTERS
OIL EXPORTS
OIL OUTPUT
OIL PRICE
OIL PRICE SCENARIO
OIL PRICES
OIL PRODUCING
OIL PRODUCTION
OIL RESERVES
OPPORTUNITY COST
PERSONAL INCOME
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM IMPORTS
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO INFLOWS
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT
PORTFOLIOS
POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS
POVERTY RATE
POWER
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
PRICE INCREASES
PRICE OF OIL
PRICE RISK
PRICE UNCERTAINTY
PRICE VOLATILITY
PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH
RAPID EXPANSION
RAPID GROWTH
REAL ESTATE
REAL GDP
RESERVE
RESERVE FUND
RESERVES
RETURNS
REVENUE SHARING
SCANDAL
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINT
SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
SOVEREIGN DEBT
STATE BOND
STATE GOVERNMENTS
SUBNATIONAL
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
SURPLUS OIL
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS
TAX
TAX RATES
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TAX SYSTEM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRADING
TURBULENCE
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UTILITIES
WEALTH
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD MARKET
ZERO REAL GROWTH
spellingShingle ACCOUNTANT
ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
AGRICULTURE
APPROACH
BAILOUTS
BALANCE
BALANCE OF PAYMENT
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANKING CRISIS
BANKING SECTOR
BENCHMARK
BOND ISSUES
BOOM-BUST CYCLES
BORROWING COSTS
BORROWING REQUIREMENTS
BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
BUSINESS CLIMATE
BUSINESS CLIMATES
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
CAPITAL GAINS
CENTRAL BANK
COLLUSION
COMMERCIAL BORROWING
COMMODITIES
COMMON MARKET
CONDUCT OF FISCAL POLICY
CONNECTIVITY
CONSTANT SHARE
CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION
CORPORATE INCOME TAXES
COST OF COLLECTION
CREATION OF JOBS
CRITICAL MASS
CURRENCY
CURRENCY DEPRECIATION
CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS
DEBT
DEBT MANAGEMENT
DEBT SERVICE
DEBT SERVICING
DEBTS
DECENTRALIZATION
DEMOCRACY
DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
DISTRIBUTION OF OIL
DIVIDENDS
DOLLAR PRICE
DOLLAR VALUE
DOMESTIC BOND
DOMESTIC BORROWING
DOMESTIC DEBT
DOMESTIC MARKET
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EXPANSION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
ECONOMIC SITUATION
ECONOMIC STATISTICS
ELECTRICITY
ELECTRICITY TARIFFS
EMERGING MARKET
EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES
EMERGING MARKETS
EMPLOYMENT
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS
EXPENDITURE
EXPORT GROWTH
EXPORTERS
EXTERNAL BORROWING
EXTERNAL DEBT
FEDERAL BUDGET
FEDERAL RESERVES
FINANCES
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
FINANCIAL MARKETS
FISCAL CONSOLIDATION
FISCAL DEFICIT
FISCAL FEDERALISM
FISCAL POLICIES
FISCAL POLICY
FISCAL STABILITY
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
FOREIGN INFLOWS
FRAUD
FUEL
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION
GINI COEFFICIENT
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT
GOVERNMENT BOND
GOVERNMENT BOND MARKET
GOVERNMENT BUDGET
GOVERNMENT BUDGETS
GOVERNMENT DEBT
GOVERNMENT DEFICIT
GOVERNMENT DEFICITS
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT REVENUE
GOVERNMENT REVENUES
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
GROWTH IN TRADE
GROWTH RATES
HIGHER ENERGY PRICES
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME TAX
INCOME TAXES
INCOMES
INFLATION
INFLATION RATE
INFLATION RATES
INFLATIONARY PRESSURES
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS
INSTRUMENT
INSURANCE
INTEREST RATES
INVESTMENT CLIMATE
INVESTOR CONFIDENCE
JOB CREATION
JOINT VENTURE
JOINT VENTURES
JURISDICTION
KEROSENE
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEVIES
LEVY
LOCAL BUSINESS
LOCAL ECONOMY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE
LOCAL MARKETS
LOTTERIES
MACROECONOMIC CRISIS
MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT
MACROECONOMIC POLICY
MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
MARKET PRICE
MARKET PRICES
MEDIUM TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK
MEDIUM TERM FISCAL FRAMEWORK
MONETARY POLICY
MONEY SUPPLY
NATURAL GAS
NATURAL RESOURCE
NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES
NET OIL
OIL
OIL COMPANIES
OIL EXPORTERS
OIL EXPORTS
OIL OUTPUT
OIL PRICE
OIL PRICE SCENARIO
OIL PRICES
OIL PRODUCING
OIL PRODUCTION
OIL RESERVES
OPPORTUNITY COST
PERSONAL INCOME
PETROLEUM
PETROLEUM IMPORTS
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PORTFOLIO
PORTFOLIO INFLOWS
PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT
PORTFOLIOS
POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS
POVERTY RATE
POWER
PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
PRICE INCREASES
PRICE OF OIL
PRICE RISK
PRICE UNCERTAINTY
PRICE VOLATILITY
PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC INVESTMENTS
RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH
RAPID EXPANSION
RAPID GROWTH
REAL ESTATE
REAL GDP
RESERVE
RESERVE FUND
RESERVES
RETURNS
REVENUE SHARING
SCANDAL
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINT
SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
SOVEREIGN DEBT
STATE BOND
STATE GOVERNMENTS
SUBNATIONAL
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS
SURPLUS OIL
SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS
TAX
TAX RATES
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TAX SYSTEM
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRADING
TURBULENCE
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UTILITIES
WEALTH
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD MARKET
ZERO REAL GROWTH
World Bank
Nigeria Economic Report, No. 1, May 2013
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relation Nigeria Economic Report; No. 1
description The Nigeria economic report represents a new World Bank product intended to be produced on a biannual basis. Each report will provide an assessment of the current economic situation in the country and give special attention to selected topics of high policy relevance for Nigeria. This first Nigeria economic report will give some attention to longer term trends in the country, including the puzzle of why a decade of rapid Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth by official statistics, concentrated in the pro-poor areas of agriculture and trade, did not bring stronger welfare and employment benefits to the population. The second chapter of this Report turns to the question of Government oil revenues and related future budgetary challenges to the country. Due to relatively slow expected growth in oil production and the real appreciation of the naira, the share of Government oil revenues in GDP fell significantly in 2012, and will likely continue to fall in the medium term. The third chapter addresses a question that has been at the center of many recent controversies and initiatives in Nigeria: fiscal federalist relations. The chapter argues that the current basic model of fiscal federalism may actually suit Nigeria very well, and could be consistent with the rapid successful development of the country. But the success of this model will depend on developing mechanisms for better cooperation between the federal and state governments in three key areas: (a) effective macroeconomic management of the country's oil wealth, (b) the coordination of fiscal policies, particularly for the connectivity of markets and improvement of public services, and (c) the realization of national standards for accounting and disclosure of information.
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author World Bank
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title Nigeria Economic Report, No. 1, May 2013
title_short Nigeria Economic Report, No. 1, May 2013
title_full Nigeria Economic Report, No. 1, May 2013
title_fullStr Nigeria Economic Report, No. 1, May 2013
title_full_unstemmed Nigeria Economic Report, No. 1, May 2013
title_sort nigeria economic report, no. 1, may 2013
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17708026/nigeria-economic-report
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spelling okr-10986-165682021-04-23T14:03:30Z Nigeria Economic Report, No. 1, May 2013 World Bank ACCOUNTANT ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AGRICULTURE APPROACH BAILOUTS BALANCE BALANCE OF PAYMENT BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANKING CRISIS BANKING SECTOR BENCHMARK BOND ISSUES BOOM-BUST CYCLES BORROWING COSTS BORROWING REQUIREMENTS BUDGET CONSTRAINTS BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS CLIMATES CAPITAL ACCOUNT CAPITAL GAINS CENTRAL BANK COLLUSION COMMERCIAL BORROWING COMMODITIES COMMON MARKET CONDUCT OF FISCAL POLICY CONNECTIVITY CONSTANT SHARE CONSUMER PRICE INFLATION CORPORATE INCOME TAXES COST OF COLLECTION CREATION OF JOBS CRITICAL MASS CURRENCY CURRENCY DEPRECIATION CURRENT ACCOUNT SURPLUS DEBT DEBT MANAGEMENT DEBT SERVICE DEBT SERVICING DEBTS DECENTRALIZATION DEMOCRACY DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION OF OIL DIVIDENDS DOLLAR PRICE DOLLAR VALUE DOMESTIC BOND DOMESTIC BORROWING DOMESTIC DEBT DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EXPANSION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIC SITUATION ECONOMIC STATISTICS ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY TARIFFS EMERGING MARKET EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES EMERGING MARKETS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS EXPENDITURE EXPORT GROWTH EXPORTERS EXTERNAL BORROWING EXTERNAL DEBT FEDERAL BUDGET FEDERAL RESERVES FINANCES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL MARKETS FISCAL CONSOLIDATION FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL FEDERALISM FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY FISCAL STABILITY FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN INFLOWS FRAUD FUEL GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT GOVERNMENT BOND GOVERNMENT BOND MARKET GOVERNMENT BUDGET GOVERNMENT BUDGETS GOVERNMENT DEBT GOVERNMENT DEFICIT GOVERNMENT DEFICITS GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT REVENUE GOVERNMENT REVENUES GOVERNMENT SECURITIES GROWTH IN TRADE GROWTH RATES HIGHER ENERGY PRICES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME TAX INCOME TAXES INCOMES INFLATION INFLATION RATE INFLATION RATES INFLATIONARY PRESSURES INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS INSTRUMENT INSURANCE INTEREST RATES INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTOR CONFIDENCE JOB CREATION JOINT VENTURE JOINT VENTURES JURISDICTION KEROSENE LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEVIES LEVY LOCAL BUSINESS LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE LOCAL MARKETS LOTTERIES MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET PRICE MARKET PRICES MEDIUM TERM EXPENDITURE FRAMEWORK MEDIUM TERM FISCAL FRAMEWORK MONETARY POLICY MONEY SUPPLY NATURAL GAS NATURAL RESOURCE NEGATIVE EXTERNALITIES NET OIL OIL OIL COMPANIES OIL EXPORTERS OIL EXPORTS OIL OUTPUT OIL PRICE OIL PRICE SCENARIO OIL PRICES OIL PRODUCING OIL PRODUCTION OIL RESERVES OPPORTUNITY COST PERSONAL INCOME PETROLEUM PETROLEUM IMPORTS PETROLEUM INDUSTRY PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PORTFOLIO PORTFOLIO INFLOWS PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS POTENTIAL INVESTMENTS POVERTY RATE POWER PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE INCREASES PRICE OF OIL PRICE RISK PRICE UNCERTAINTY PRICE VOLATILITY PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS RAPID ECONOMIC GROWTH RAPID EXPANSION RAPID GROWTH REAL ESTATE REAL GDP RESERVE RESERVE FUND RESERVES RETURNS REVENUE SHARING SCANDAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINT SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS SOVEREIGN DEBT STATE BOND STATE GOVERNMENTS SUBNATIONAL SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS SURPLUS OIL SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS TAX TAX RATES TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAX SYSTEM TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADING TURBULENCE UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UTILITIES WEALTH WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKET ZERO REAL GROWTH The Nigeria economic report represents a new World Bank product intended to be produced on a biannual basis. Each report will provide an assessment of the current economic situation in the country and give special attention to selected topics of high policy relevance for Nigeria. This first Nigeria economic report will give some attention to longer term trends in the country, including the puzzle of why a decade of rapid Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth by official statistics, concentrated in the pro-poor areas of agriculture and trade, did not bring stronger welfare and employment benefits to the population. The second chapter of this Report turns to the question of Government oil revenues and related future budgetary challenges to the country. Due to relatively slow expected growth in oil production and the real appreciation of the naira, the share of Government oil revenues in GDP fell significantly in 2012, and will likely continue to fall in the medium term. The third chapter addresses a question that has been at the center of many recent controversies and initiatives in Nigeria: fiscal federalist relations. The chapter argues that the current basic model of fiscal federalism may actually suit Nigeria very well, and could be consistent with the rapid successful development of the country. But the success of this model will depend on developing mechanisms for better cooperation between the federal and state governments in three key areas: (a) effective macroeconomic management of the country's oil wealth, (b) the coordination of fiscal policies, particularly for the connectivity of markets and improvement of public services, and (c) the realization of national standards for accounting and disclosure of information. 2014-01-10T22:58:07Z 2014-01-10T22:58:07Z 2013-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/17708026/nigeria-economic-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16568 English en_US Nigeria Economic Report; No. 1 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work Africa Nigeria