Nigeria's Growth Insufficient to Cut Unemployment, Poverty - IMF

3 August 2017

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said the 0.8 percent growth rate in 2017 is not enough to reduce unemployment and poverty in Nigeria.

This, among other observations, was made by the IMF staff team led by Mr Amine Mati when they visited Nigeria July 20-31, 2017 to discuss recent economic and financial developments, update macroeconomic projections and review reform implementation.

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