June 24, 2021/CSL Research At the commencement of the fourth republic in 1999, the FGN promulgated the National Electric Power Policy, aimed at entrenching efficiency in the Nigerian power sector by transferring ownership and management of the sector’s infrastructure to the private sector. This continued till 2005, when the Electric […]

IMF COUNTRY FOCUS June 23, 2021/IMF By Stella Kaendera and Lamin Leigh IMF Asia and Pacific Department  Like many countries, Thailand’s economy was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic last year. The country’s GDP fell by over 6 percent in 2020 and many workers, especially those related to the tourism […]

June 23, 2021/Proshare By FBNQuest Research   We see from the DMO’s quarterly data releases that the FGN’s external debt obligations decreased by USD490m in Q1 ’21 to USD32.86bn, equivalent to just 8.2% of annual GDP. The fall can be tied to the FGN’s decision to pay down, rather than refinance […]