Nigeria: Country's Booming Population Requires More and Better Jobs

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Abuja — With over 170 million people and a high rate of population growth, Nigeria needs to create 40 to 50 million additional jobs between 2010 and 2030. To reduce poverty and promote more inclusive growth, these jobs need to be more productive and provide higher incomes than the country's jobs today. Three new World Bank reports focus on this challenging agenda.

The report "More, and More Productive, Jobs for Nigeria" provides a detailed overview of jobs, workers, and employment opportunities, while "Understanding and Driving Private Sector Growth in Nigeria" studies constraints and drivers of firm-level growth and implications for employment." The third report "Skills for Competitiveness and Employability" examines the demand in priority economic and job growth sectors and how to ensure that Nigerians have the right skills.

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