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Why IMF and World Bank are wrong on poverty: The devil is in the data, By ‘Tope Fasua
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Why IMF and World Bank are wrong on poverty: The devil is in the data, By ‘Tope Fasua

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Tope Fasua writes that corruption should never define us in Nigeria.

How could the increased liquidity at state and local government levels, and the increasing empowerment of local governments designed to shift financial and political power closer to the people not count in reducing poverty in Nigeria? How could IMF/World Bank reports of more capital spending at the subnational level not count in reducing Multidimensional Poverty […]

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