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Twenty-five year ports development masterplan: final report
This report presents the outcomes of a study that aimed to identify the main causes of port congestion, provide solutions and recommendations, and produce an action plan to reduce congestion and improve the performance of Lagos Ports.
Nigerian Ports Authority concessions and Joint Venture Agreements: final report
This report focuses on the challenges affecting the operation of Nigerian ports since the post-concession era/programme of 2006, and strategically reviews how well concessions have improved the performance of the ports system.
Nigerian Ports Authority: national Single Window final report
This report considers the Nigerian Ports Authority’s plans to introduce an interim system before the full rollout of a national Single Window trade facilitation system.
Identifying and spurring high-growth entrepreneurship: experimental evidence from a business plan competition
This report evaluates the impact of the YouWin! business plan competition, finding that it had large positive effects on the winning firms.
Report on YouWiN! Long-term follow-up survey
This report describes a 2016 survey of individuals who were successful in the first round of the YouWiN! business plan competition in 2011. The survey shows that YouWiN! continues to have significant impacts five years after application and three years after all funding was received.
Catalysing growth in Nigeria through regional innovation
This report assesses the current innovation ecosystem across Nigeria and recommends design principles for innovation hubs to be developed regionally in the short and medium term.
Recommendation on MSME reclassification report
This report describes a market analysis, commissioned by Policy Development Facility Phase II, to investigate the current categorisation of enterprises within the micro, small and medium-scale enterprises sector and how such categorisation affects their competitiveness in government procurement and intervention programmes.
The investment potential of Nigeria’s middle class (summary)
This report summarises the findings of a study commissioned by Policy Development Facility Phase II to establish the approximate size of the middle class in Nigeria and the scale of funds it has available for retail investment, which could be mobilised to finance micro, small and medium-scale enterprises.
Youth employment summit: key messages
This information leaflet summarises the key messages from a youth employment summit organised to help to learn lessons from past job creation schemes and explore new ideas to generate employment and raise incomes.
Youth employment summit: a snapshot of the market place participants
This information leaflet summarises job creation initiatives that were showcased during a youth employment summit organised to help to learn lessons from past job creation schemes and explore new ideas to generate employment and raise incomes.
