Policy Briefs

Enabling development action towards ending poverty, enhance livelihood, promote safe environment, advance equity and rights to food, freedom, education and health

Child Poverty in Nigeria

Poverty constitutes a major impediment to human development and it manifests in various forms. In 1993, the World Bank characterized poverty as the inability of individuals or families to afford the minimum requirements for a decent living.

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Keeping the Paris Promise

This policy brief focuses on the imperative of upholding the Paris Climate Change Commitment and Promises within the context of Nigeria, with a specific emphasis on achieving complete adherence to the National Climate Change Adaptation Law. In light of escalating global environmental challenges, adherence to the commitments made under the...

Unlocking the Enabling Incentives to ‘Free and Compulsory’ Education.

Using the Universal Basic Education Act, UBE, as the policy benchmark and baseline to determine how free and compulsory primary level education can be enabled, and achieved to drastically reduce the number of out of school children in Nigeria

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The Impact of Brain Drain on Nationwide Healthcare Coverage

The phenomenon of brain drain, particularly among healthcare professionals, has long been a concern for Nigeria’s healthcare system. However, the recent surge in emigration of Nigerian healthcare workers to developed countries, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, has raised alarming questions about its impact on nationwide coverage and social equity in...