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ARTICLE · 27 JUNE 2017

Growth & Trade Policy: Concepts & Implications For Nigeria

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Paper presented by the 2016 PUNUKA Annual Lecture. Guest Lecturer, Prof. Robert Lawrence, Albert L. Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment, Center for Business and Government, ...

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Anthony Idigbe
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Guest Lecturer Robert Z Lawrence
Albert L Williams Professor of International Trade and Investment Harvard Kennedy School & Senior Fellow Peterson Institute for International Economics

Punuka Annual Lecture 2016
Lagos Nigeria

Introduction: A New Global Environment

  • Challenges:

    • Slow growth in advanced economies.
    • Brics (besides India) all face growth problems.
    • Commodity markets are depressed.
  • Opportunities:

    • Wages rising in China: supply chains are moving.
    • Middle Classes in China and India are growing.

Outline

  • Kinds of Growth.
  • Three policies:

    • Tariffs on inputs.
    • Infant Industry Protection.
    • Competitive exchange rates.

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