The NESG gathers, collates and analyses social and economic data on the Nigerian economy with a view
of generating objective and credible reports to support evidence-based policy advocacy. Outputs of
the NESG research are used to champion policymaking and review, by influencing the direction of
economic and social policies towards sustainable growth and development of a modern globally
competitive Nigerian economy.
The thematic areas of our research publications include:

Trump's Policy Playbook 2.0 : Strategic Implications of US Reciprocal Tariffs for the Nigerian Economy and Way Forward
May, 2025
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Nigeria's Private Sector in 2025 Adapting to Economic Uncertainty for Growth and Resilience
Mar, 2025
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Policy Brief: Towards Effective Resource Federalism in Nigerian Mining Sector
Feb, 2025
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2025 FGN Budget Highlight | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG Economic and Policy Review (EPR), Volume 22: Number 2 (H2'2024) | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Health Financing for Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
November Inflation Report | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG-Stanbic IBTC Business Confidence Monitor (November 2024) | Special Reports | 2024 | Download |
NESG Foreign Trade Alert 2024 Q3 | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG 2024Q2 UNEMPLOYMENT ALERT | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG 2024Q3 GDP ALERT | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Second Consecutive Increase: Headline Inflation Soars to 33.8% in October 2024 | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG Living Condition Monitor: Nigerian households faced acute food shortages amid high prices | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG- Stanbic IBTC Business Confidence Monitor October 2024 | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG- Stanbic IBTC Business Confidence Monitor (2-Pager) | Special Reports | 2024 | Download |
NESG 2024 Q2 Capital Importation Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Business Confidence Monitor - Gauging the Pulse of Nigeria’s Business Environment (2-Pager) | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Breaking the trend of two consecutive declines: Inflation climbed to 32.70% in September 2024 | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Business Confidence Monitor - Gauging the Pulse of Nigeria’s Business Environment | Special Reports | 2024 | Download |
NESG 2024 Q1 UNEMPLOYMENT ALERT | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Breaking a 19-Month Rising Streak: Two Consecutive Declines Unveiled Inflation Eases to 32.2% in August 2024 | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG Foreign Trade Alert 2024 Q2 | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG H1 2024 Outlook Report | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG GDP Alert 2024 Q2 | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Assessing Economic Evolution: Lessons from 25 Years of Democratic Governance in Nigeria | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Breaking a 19-Month Rising Trend: Inflation Eases to 33.4% in July 2024 | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG Economic & Policy Review Journal H1' 2024 | Special Reports | 2024 | Download |
NESG Capital Importation Alert 2024 Q1 | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Achieving Fair Market Competition in Nigeria | Special Reports | 2024 | Download |
NESG Foreign Trade Alert 2024 Q1 | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Inflationary Pressures in Nigeria: Getting Monetary Policy to Work | Special Reports | 2024 | Download |
Pricing of Exchange Rate: Sustaining the Initial Gains | Special Reports | 2024 | Download |
State of the Economy Q1 2024 | Special Reports | 2024 | Download |
Domestic Refining of Crude Oil in Nigeria | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Bridging the Housing and Urban Development Divide | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Status of Food Security: Dimensioning the Crisis, Policy Options and Strategic Responses - Revised | Special Reports | 2024 | Download |
Status of Food Security: Dimensioning the Crisis, Policy Options and Strategic Responses | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Nigeria's Private Sector in Turbulent Time: Mitigating Risks and Positioning for Economic Tranformation | Macro-Economic Outlook | 2024 | Download |
2024 Macroeconomic Outlook | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG 2023Q3 CAPITAL IMPORTATION ALERT | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
Business Case for the National Wellbeing Dialogue | Alerts and Uploads | 2024 | Download |
NESG 2024 Budget Sectoral Analysis | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
Economic and Policy Review H2 2023, Volume 21 : Number 2 | Special Reports | 2023 | Download |
Foreign Trade Alert 2023 Q3 | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
GDP Alert 2023 Q3 | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
Charting Nigeria's Path to a US$4 Trillion Economy by 2035 | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
Nigeria’s Engagement with the BRICS Alliance: Trade, Opportunities, Challenges, and Policy Directions | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
Nigerian Economy in Review : Emerging Issues and Ways Forward | Special Reports | 2023 | Download |
In-depth Analysis of FG's 2024 Proposed Budget | Special Reports | 2023 | Download |
Enterprising Nigeria: How “Job Seekers” can become “Job Creators” through Functional Entrepreneurship Ecosystems | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
Monetary Policy in an Era of Digital Money: New Insights for Nigerian Policymakers | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
How Macroeconomic Indicators Behave During the Periods of Currency Devaluation in Nigeria | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
Exchange Rate Misalignment and Economic Growth in Nigeria | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
Framing Nigeria’s Energy Transition Strategy: Imperative of an Overarching Policy Direction | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
Achieving Fiscal Discipline in Nigeria | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
Addressing the Plastic Waste Problem in Nigeria | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
Nigeria’s Startup Act 2022: A Benchmark Assessment | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
The Imperatives for Monetary-Fiscal Alignment in Nigeria and Pathways to Improved Policy Coordination | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
Maternal Mortality in Nigeria: What is Known and What Needs to be Done | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
Climate Change Impacts on Food Security and Nutritional Outcomes in Nigeria: Challenges and Policy Options | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
Economic Implications of Nigeria-China Trade Relationships: The way forward | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
Leveraging the Entertainment Industry to Drive Nigerian Agriculture: Expanding Agricultural Policy Beyond the Usual | NRFP Reports | 2023 | Download |
Investing for Impact in Nigeria: A Deep Dive Into Agriculture, Education and Health Sectors | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
Unlocking Nigeria's Pension Fund for Impact Investing | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
Empowering Women for Inclusive Development | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
NESG Q2 Capital Importation Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
NESG 2023 Q2 Foreign Trade Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
NESG 2022 Q4 & 2023 Q1 Unemployment Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
State of the Nigerian Economy | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
Health Policy Commission Paper Launch - Attracting Funding for the Nigerian Health Sector | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
NESG GDP 2023 Q2 Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
NESG 2023 Q1 Capital Importation Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
Economic and Policy Review Journal , Volume 21: Number 1 (H1 2023) | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
NESG 2023 Q1 Foreign Trade Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
Social Protection And Shared Prosperity in Nigeria | Special Reports | 2023 | Download |
Education: An Imperative Tool For Achieving Shared Prosperity in Nigeria | Special Reports | 2023 | Download |
Understanding Fuel Subsidy Removal and its Economic and Social Impact | Special Reports | 2023 | Download |
NESG GDP Alert 2023 Q1 | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
Market Reforms For Shared Prosperity in Nigeria - Lesson From China Growth Miracle | Special Reports | 2023 | Download |
Building a Stairway for Shared Prosperity for all Nigerians | Special Reports | 2023 | Download |
Achieving Shared Prosperity in Nigeria - Four Critical Themes | Special Reports | 2023 | Download |
NESG 2022 Capital Importation Alert, April 2023 | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
NESG 2022 FOREIGN TRADE ALERT | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
NESG 2022 GDP Alert, February 2022 | Alerts and Uploads | 2023 | Download |
Cash Crunch and Macroeconomic Stability: February 2023 A Scenario-Based Outlook for 2023 | Special Reports | 2023 | Download |
Naira Redesign Policy: Caught In The Web | Special Reports | 2023 | Download |
Understanding the Nigerian Economy - Critical Issues for the Attention of Incoming Administration | Special Reports | 2023 | Download |
NESG 2023 Macroeconomic Outlook | Macro-Economic Outlook | 2023 | Download |
NESG EPR JOURNAL H2 2022 | Annual Economic Reports | 2022 | Download |
NESG 2022 Q3 Foreign Trade Alert, December2022 | Alerts and Uploads | 2022 | Download |
NESG 2022 Q3 GDP Alert November 2022 | Alerts and Uploads | 2022 | Download |
NESG 2021 Multidimensional Poverty Alert, November 2022 | Alerts and Uploads | 2022 | Download |
NESG 2022 Q2 Foreign Trade Alert, September 2022 | Alerts and Uploads | 2022 | Download |
Nigeria's Economic Uncertainties: Coping Guidelines for Business Survival | Special Reports | 2022 | Download |
The State of Nigeria's Economy:...not too late to turn the curve | Special Reports | 2022 | Download |
NESG 2022 Q2 Capital Importation Alert, September 2022 | Alerts and Uploads | 2022 | Download |
NESG 2022 Q2 GDP Alert August 2022 | Alerts and Uploads | 2022 | Download |
Economic & Policy Review Journal - H1 2022 | Economic Scorecard | 2022 | Download |
WHITE PAPER ON ENHANCING LOCAL PRODUCTION OF MEDICINES AND VACCINES IN NIGERIA | Special Reports | 2022 | Download |
Capital Importation Alert 2022 - Q1 | Alerts and Uploads | 2022 | Download |
NESG Foreign Trade Alert 2022 | Alerts and Uploads | 2022 | Download |
Critical Sector Reforms in the Last Mile | Special Reports | 2022 | Download |
NESG 2022 Q1 GDP Alert, May 2022 | Alerts and Uploads | 2022 | Download |
Reforms Towards Resolving Foreign Exchange Challenges in Nigeria | Special Reports | 2022 | Download |
OIL PRICE AND NIGERIA'S INFLOWS | Special Reports | 2022 | Download |
Making Nigeria's Oil & Gas Sector Deregulation Work for Economic Growth and National Prosperity | Special Reports | 2022 | Download |
Implications of Russia-Ukraine War for Nigeria | Special Reports | 2022 | Download |
NESG 2021 Capital Importation Alert - March 2022 | Alerts and Uploads | 2022 | Download |
NESG 2021 Foreign Trade Alert, March 2022 | Alerts and Uploads | 2022 | Download |
NESG GDP ALERT 2021 | Alerts and Uploads | 2022 | Download |
2022 Macro-Economic Outlook Report | Macro-Economic Outlook | 2022 | Download |
NESG 2021 Q3 Foreign Trade Alert December 2021 | Alerts and Uploads | 2021 | Download |
NESG GDP Alert for Q3' 2021, November 2021 | Alerts and Uploads | 2021 | Download |
Harnessing COVID-19 induced Opportunities for Economic Recovery and Resilience in Nigeria | Special Reports | 2021 | Download |
NESG 2021 Q2 Foreign Trade Alert, October 2021 | Alerts and Uploads | 2021 | Download |
NESG GDP Alert for the Second Quarter of 2021 | Alerts and Uploads | 2021 | Download |
2021 Q1 Economic Report | Economic Scorecard | 2021 | Download |
NESG 2021 Q1 Foreign Trade Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2021 | Download |
NESG 2021Q1 GDP Report May 2021 | Alerts and Uploads | 2021 | Download |
NESG Manufacturing Policy Brief | Special Reports | 2021 | Download |
Policy and Regulatory Inconsistency in Nigeria: A Major bane of Private investment | Special Reports | 2021 | Download |
NESG Q3’2020 Capital Importation Alert, December 2020 | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG Q3 2020 Foreign Trade Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG GDP Q3 2020 | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
EPR Journal H1 2020 | Annual Economic Reports | 2020 | Download |
NESG MPC Alert, September 2020 | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG Q2’2020 Foreign Trade Alert, September 2020 | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG H1’2020 Economic Review, September 2020 | Annual Economic Reports | 2020 | Download |
Q2' 2020 Unemployment Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG MPC Alert, July 2020 | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG MPC Alert May 2020 | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG Q1’2020 Capital Importation Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG Q1’2020 GDP Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
Sectoral Impact Assessment and Optimal Policy Response | Special Reports | 2020 | Download |
NESG Consumption Expenditure Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG 2019 Poverty & Inequality Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
Macro-Economic Outlook: COVID–19, Global Oil Price and The Nigerian Economy | Macro-Economic Outlook | 2020 | Download |
NESG 2019 GDP by Expenditure Alert | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG Monetary Policy Committee Alert, March 2020 | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG 2019 Capital Importation Alert March 2020 | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG 2019 Foreign Trade Alert March 2020 | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
The NESG 2019 GDP Alert, February 2020 | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
NESG Corruption Perception Index Alert, January 2020 | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
Nigeria in a New Decade: Priority for Accelerated Growth | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
The NESG MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) Alert For January 2020 | Alerts and Uploads | 2020 | Download |
Economy-Wide Implications of the AfCFTA | Special Reports | 2019 | Download |
Economic Implications of the AfCFTA on the Industrial Sectors | Alerts and Uploads | 2019 | Download |
Effects of the AfCFTA on the Nigerian Agricultural Sector | Alerts and Uploads | 2019 | Download |
Macroeconomic Effects of the AfCFTA on the Nigerian Economy | Special Reports | 2019 | Download |
The NESG Report on Foreign Trade Alerts for September 2019 | Alerts and Uploads | 2019 | Download |
The NESG Report on Capital Importation Alert September 2019 | Alerts and Uploads | 2019 | Download |
The NESG Report on GDP ALERT for SEPTEMBER 2019 | Alerts and Uploads | 2019 | Download |
The NESG Report on Growing an Inclusive Economy | Special Reports | 2019 | Download |
The NESG Report on the Nigerian States Revenue Update | Special Reports | 2019 | Download |
The NESG Report on the FOREIGN TRADE ALERT for March 2019 | Alerts and Uploads | 2019 | Download |
The NESG Report on the Macro-Economic Outlook for 2019 | Macro-Economic Outlook | 2019 | Download |
The NESG Report on the NIGERIAN ECONOMY GDP ALERT September 2019 | Alerts and Uploads | 2019 | Download |
Developing data-driven social inclusion policies and strategies | Special Reports | 2018 | Download |
Manufacturing sector and Nigeria's economic growth pattern | Special Reports | 2018 | Download |
Unemployment in Nigeria: A case for vocational & technical education | Special Reports | 2018 | Download | Title | Category | Year of Upload | Action |