Tag: Economist

World Bank Set to Reduce Poverty to 9% by 2020

By Peter OBIORA InvestAdvocate Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-The World Bank Group Wednesday said it has set an interim target to reduce global poverty to 9 percent (9%) by 2020, which, if achieved, would mark the first time the rate has fallen into the single digits. According to Jim Yong Kim, President of […]

Polymer notes: Economists express divergent views

Economists have expressed divergent views on the decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria to withdraw polymer notes from circulation soon and replace them with paper notes. While some experts, who spoke to our correspondents in an interview on Tuesday, agreed with the decision, others blamed the CBN for performing […]