While India’s rice export ban was supposed to help domestic consumers, the global impact rippled far beyond one country.
The High Cost of Cheap Gas
Looking at Nigeria’s gas prices, we can see the costly impact of a subsidy and what happens when it is removed.
What Europe’s Green Deal Will Disrupt
Europe’s green deal was first announced during December, 2019. Targeting carbon emissions and consumption patterns, the plan is local and global. But it will especially disrupt the world’s oil markets. Below you can see that the EU’s dependence on oil…
How a (Resource) Curse Created a Chicken Shortage
Shown by Nigeria’s chicken shortage, a country’s oil wealth can become a resource curse when it prevents an economy from diversifying.
One Way That Norway Is Different from Nigeria
Diplomatic immunity can give us an indication of corruption in a country by looking at whether consular officials pay parking tickets.
Part 1: What To Do When More People Are Old
As population shifts, developed nations will have redistribution decisions as the proportion of the non-working aged and the young need more labor income.
Understanding African Development Through Stories and Stats
By combining stories from Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah and statistics, we can create a more realistic picture of African development.
Why Would the Nigerian GDP Double Overnight?
We might have to say BRINC rather than BRICS. As a developing nation with the highest GDP in Africa, South Africa has been the “S” in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China). Now though, Nigeria has raced ahead. During one weekend…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Feminism
Our Monday Gender Issue: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian writer, former MacArthur genius, National Book Critics Circle Award winner, author of the book, Half of a Yellow Sun on which a new movie is based, and the person who has given so many…
