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January 3, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigera’s "War on Terror" and the Fuel Subsidy Ends

A protester walks past burning tyres while biting a lighter during a rally against fuel subsidy removal on Ikorodu road in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos January 3, 2012. (Akintunde Akinleye/Cour…

Nigera’s "War on Terror" and the Fuel Subsidy Ends
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

December 14, 2012

Corporate Governance
The Folly of State Subsidies, Part Two

A new study released this week by the Pew Center for the States is further proof of the folly of state tax incentives as a way to attract job-creating business – though in its usual even-handed fashi…

A United Airlines airplane at Newark Liberty International Airport (Gary Hershorn/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Edward Alden Renewing America

August 12, 2014

Energy and Environment
How to Make Fuel Subsidy Reform Succeed

A few weeks ago, Yemen’s government took the bold – some might say foolhardy – step of winding down a fuel subsidy program that was costing it billions of dollars. Overnight, fuel prices in the count…

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Blog Post by Isobel Coleman Development Channel

December 20, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria’s Fuel Subsidy Is More than Economics

Nigerian workers in protest in Lagos March 21, 2001. (George Esiri/Courtesy Reuters) Nigeria has long subsidized fuel for its citizens. The cost of the subsidy is high, and economists and the intern…

Nigeria’s Fuel Subsidy Is More than Economics
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

January 25, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria Reads on Boko Haram and the Fuel Subsidy

There have been a few of reads on Nigeria that I wanted to call your attention to. Yesterday, Human Rights Watch, in a report, attributed 935 deaths to alleged attacks by Boko Haram since July 2009. …

A protester holds a placard on the fourth day of a nationwide strike against the removal of the petrol subsidy in Lagos January 12, 2012.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition