WORLD BANK PROJECTS POVERTY INCREASE IN NIGERIA BY 2027.
The World Bank has projected that poverty in Nigeria will increase by 3.6 percentage points over the next five years, rising through 2027. The projection is contained in the Bank’s Africa’s Pulse report released yesterday at the ongoing Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, and the World Bank in Washington, DC. The report presents a troubling outlook for poverty reduction in Nigeria, highlighting that despite some recent improvements in economic […]