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Emeka Osuji
A note for microfinance providers in transition areas
The concept of transition economies is of fairly recent origin. It was a term used to characterize countries moving…
Middle income trap, coordination failure and rising…
I do not write on politics because I do not have special skills in that field. However, I would like to give an…
Poverty is neither a curse nor a choice
The challenge of poverty is really a global phenomenon. Its impact is being felt everywhere and people are hurting…
Balanced growth and the rising wave of entrepreneurship…
One of the great things happening across Nigeria today is the renewed drive for entrepreneurship, which is…
Corporate governance and the promise of SME
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are very simple organizations. Their operating systems and management processes…
Middle class microfinancing will not get us there
There has been doubt expressed around the world as to whether microfinance is a successful instrument of poverty…
Poverty reduction in war zones yields suboptimal results
It is no longer an issue for debate that majority of Nigerians are not part of the economic prosperity of their…
SME financing: Lending criteria must evolve with…
A number of studies have shown that entrepreneurs in the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector in Nigeria face…
The 2018 Budget: The immiseration of a hundred million…
In Nigeria, the budget means different things to different people. To the over 100 million informal sector…
Socio-economic crisis and repayment incentives in…
Let me use the first paragraph of this piece to commiserate with all Nigerians and, in particular, the damaged…
Poverty reduction war takes back seat
These are by no means the best of times for our country Nigeria. The most dastardly centripetal forces have been…
State-owned microfinance banks fail to exploit captive…
Over privileged underachievers! That was the term we used to designate the more privileged children of the rich,…