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AfDB supports road infrastructure upgrade for economic diversification in the Comoros

26/1/2017/AfDB The African Development Bank Group will help the Union of Comoros Government to diversify its economy with a US $20.4-million road network rehabilitation project grant approved by the Board of Directors on Monday, January 23, 2017. The project will be implemented in four years to 2020 in the islands […]

Stocks up Second Consecutive Session, Index Gains 0.19% on Banking Counters

By Yakubu LAAH InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Stocks on the Nigerian bourse Thursday closed higher for the second consecutive trading session, with the Nigerian Stock Exchange all-share index (NSE-ASI) climbing up 0.19 percent to close at 26,289.95 points (pts), corresponding to a market capitalisation of N9.05 trillion. InvestmentOne Research says at the […]

Macro-Structural Policies and Income Inequality in Low-Income Developing Countries

January 26, 2017/IMF By Stefania Fabrizio, Davide Furceri,  Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu, Bin Grace Li, Sandra V. Lizarazo, Marina Mendes Tavares, Futoshi Narita, and Adrian Peralta-Alva EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Despite strong growth over the past two decades, income inequality remains high in many low-income developing countries (LIDCs). As shown by earlier work, including […]