Nigeria is the largest country in Africa, accounting for 20 percent of the population of sub-Saharan Africa. It is projected to be the third most populous country in the world by 2040. Therefore, her prosperity...
The Center for Global Development (CGD) is a ‘think-and-do’ tank based in Washington DC and London. We focus on policies in rich countries which inhibit development in poor ones. The World Bank has brought...
In 2021, the World Bank published two reports exploring the multifaceted issue of migration management in Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria. ‘Expanding Legal Migration Pathways from Nigeria to Europe:...
As Nigeria enters a phase of rapid expansion of the working-age population, there is a window of opportunity to benefit from the “demographic dividend”—a period in which the share of those who are working...
The world is currently at a crossroads. Low- and middle-income countries such as Nigeria are seeing rapid growth in their working-age populations. Yet often, these increasingly educated and skilled young...
With a high attrition rate and a lean nursing workforce across the country, Nigerians have to grapple with the reality of inadequate number of nurses in healthcare facilities. This issue is not exclusive...
Nigerians are not only creating a vibrant and dynamic society within Nigeria but are also leaving their footprint across the globe in diverse fields ranging from medicine to movies, and from literature...
The world is currently at a crossroads. Low- and middle-income countries such as Nigeria are seeing rapid growth in their working-age populations. Yet often, these increasingly educated and skilled young...
The surge in irregular migration from Nigeria during the height of the European migration crisis in 2016- 17 is a direct consequence of worsening joblessness, combined with young people not having regular...