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• Africa Business Information Services (AfBIS, Shropshire, UK)
  Current business news on Africa--with an emphasis on Nigeria. See especially: "Africa Economic Analysis" for news analysis and commentary. The sources for the news are Nigerian publications, such as The Vanguard and Newswatch. "Africa Business Information Services (AfBIS), an independent private organisation, was formed in 1998 to provide a source of information on African economies that will help companies and individuals around the world come to a better understanding of these nations and make decisions about them."
  
  
• African Development Bank Group on Nigeria (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)
  Basic economic indicators and links to other "country operations" reports.
  
  
• African Economic Research Consortium on Nigeria (Nairobi, Kenya)
  • "The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), established in July 1988, is a public not-for-profit organization devoted to advanced policy research and training."
  • "Public enterprise reform in Nigeria: the telecommunications industry," by Afeikhena Jerome (March 2002). AERC research paper ; 129.
  • "Productivity growth in Nigerian manufacturing...(1962-1985)," by Louis N. Chete, Adeola F. Adenikinju (Nov 2002). AERC research paper ; 127.
  • "Productivity, market structure and trade liberalization in Nigeria," by Adeola F. Adenikinju, Louis N. Chete (Nov 2002). AERC research paper ; 126.
  • "Trade liberalization and technology acquisition in the manufacturing sector: evidence from Nigeria," by Ayonrinde Folasade (Aug 2002). AERC research paper ; 117.
  • "Financial sector reforms, macroeconomic instability and the order of economic liberalization: the evidence from Nigeria," by Sylvanus I. Ikhide, Abayomi A. Alawode (Nov 2001). AERC research paper ; 112.
  • "Determinants of imports in Nigeria...," by Festus O. Egwaikhide (March 1999). AERC research paper ; 91.
  • "The impact of interest rate liberalization on corporate financing strategies...in Nigeria," by Davidson A. Omole, Gabriel O. Falokun (March 1999). AERC research paper ; 88.
  • "Price, exchange rate volatility and Nigeria's agricultural trade flows...," by A.A. Adubi, F. Okunmadewa (March 1999). AERC research paper ; 87.
  • "The Nigerian economy: response of agriculture to adjustment policies," by Mike Kwanashie...[et al.] (March 1998). AERC research paper ; 78.
  • "Local government fiscal operations in Nigeria," by Akpan H. Ekpo, John E.U. Ndebbio (March 1998). AERC research paper ; 73.
  • "Productivity of the Nigerian tax system: 1970-1990," by Ademola Ariyo (Nov 1997). AERC research paper ; 68.
  • "Ph.D. education in economics in Nigeria...," by Afolabi Soyode (March 1998). AERC special paper ; 31.
  • "Quality of macroeconomic data on Africa: Nigeria as a case study," by Ademola Ariyo (March 1996). AERC special paper ; 22.
  • AERC Home Page (General)
  
  
• Bioline International -- EJournals from Nigeria (Centro Referência Informação Ambiental, Brazil; Electronic Publishing Trust, UK)
  • African journal of biomedical research. (Online) -- Ibadan, Nigeria: Ibadan Biomedical
  • African journal of reproductive health. (Online) -- Benin City, Nigeria: Women's Health and Action Research Centre, 2001-
  • Annals of African medicine. (Online) -- Sokoto, Nigeria: Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital and Annals of African Medicine Society, 2001-
  • Journal of applied sciences and environmental management. (Online) -- Port Harcourt, Nigeria: World Bank Assisted National Agricultural Research Project, University of Port Harcourt, 2001-
  • Journal of community primary care. (Online) -- Nigeria: Association of Community Physicians of Nigeria, 2004-
  • Nigerian journal of surgical research. (Online) -- Zaria, Nigeria: Surgical Sciences Research Society--Zaria and Association of Surgeons of Nigeria, 2004-
  • Tropical journal of pharmaceutical research. (Online) -- Benin City, Nigeria: Pharmacotherapy Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin, Benin City, 2002-
  • Bioline International Home Page
  
  
• Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas
  This site offers general information about ANPA, its annual conferences, and related events and activities.
  
  
• 9th Nigeria International Book Fair, Lagos, Nigeria, May 2010 (Nigeria Book Fair Trust, Ikeja, Nigeria)
  
  
• Budget Office of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Abuja)
  -- See also: Federal Government of Nigeria Ministry of Finance below.
  
  
• Federal Republic of Nigeria: Bureau of Public Enterprises (Abuja, Nigeria)
  
  
• Business day. (Online) -- Lagos, Nigeria: BusinessDAY Media Ltd., 2005-
  The online version of the daily business newspaper, with feature reports from the last 20 days only.
  
  
• Central Bank of Nigeria (Abuja, Nigeria)
  • Central Bank of Nigeria publications.
  
  
• Centre for the Right to Health (Lagos, Nigeria)
  "[The mission of the Centre is] to advocate for the full realization of the right to health in Nigeria and to promote respect for ethics and human rights in healthcare policies and practices, especially for vulnerable groups such as People Living With HIV/AIDS, women, youths and children...to research, monitor and document policies and practices that influence the right to health in Nigeria."
  
  
• Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford: The Performance of Nigerian Manufacturing Firms: A Report on the Nigerian Manufacturing Enterprise Survey 2004 by Abdeel Malik, Francis Teal, & Simon Baptist, April 2006. (Oxford, UK) 69 pages in PDF format
  
  
• Chatham House Paper: Thirst for African Oil: Asian National Oil Companies in Nigeria and Angola" (August 2009) by Alex Vines [et al.] -- London: Chatham House, Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2009. 74 pages in PDF format
  
  
• Demographic and Health Surveys: Nigeria Indicators, Datasets, and Reports (2003) (Calverton, Maryland)
  
  
• Development Gateway Country Overview on Nigeria (Washington, DC)
  A clearinghouse of links to a wide variety of organizational websites with economic data. Originally founded by The World Bank, the DG has been an "independent", donor-funded organization since 2001.
  
  
• Directory of Development Organizations: Nigeria (2008) (Bert Wesselink, The Netherlands?) PDF format.
  
  
• Drylands Research on Kano Region, Nigeria (Somerset, UK)
  • The website provides summary information and abstracts of on-going research; order information only for full texts. "[For more than ten years] Drylands Research writes and co-ordinates policy-related research on rural livelihoods and environmental management in semi-arid tropical countries."
  • See also: Drylands Research Home Page
  
  
• ELDIS Country Profiles (Electronic Development and Environment Information System, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)
  Search for Nigeria: This service compiles and indexes links to online full texts (requiring Adobe Acrobat PDF), related web sites, and print publications in the IDS library on a variety of subjects pertaining to Nigeria, especially in the fields of agricultural economics, trade, health, governance, and education.
  
  
• Essential Action: Boycott Shell - Free Nigeria, 2000-2001 (Washington, DC)
  • As of June 2001, Essential Action withdrew its campaign on Nigeria. A campaign web site to pressure Shell Oil and the Nigerian government to recognize the human rights of the peoples of the oil-producing Niger Delta, with useful links to Nigerian Groups and List serve archives. See also, Shell Nigeria's PR website below.
  • Nigerians working for environmental justice and corporate accountability
    A list of contact information and web links.
  
  
• Nigerian Export Promotion Council (Abuja, Nigeria)
  
  
• FAO Aquastat Programme: Nigeria, 2005 (Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome)
  A profile on water resources in Nigeria. "The 'thirst' for water data is ever increasing and there is indeed considerable demand for data on rural water use from national governments and development agencies. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiated an activity in 1993 to meet this demand with particular focus on irrigation. This resulted in the AQUASTAT Programme, the objective of which is to generate rural water use data at country level in a systematic manner."
  
  
• Harvard University: AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria, 2001-2005 (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  General information about the research project and reports on prevention measures against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.
  
  
• Human Rights Watch: The Price of Oil: Corporate Responsibility and Human Rights Violations in Nigeria's Oil Producing Communities. -- New York: HRW, 1999. -- ISBN: 156432-225-4
  The full electronic version of this print publication. This report was written by Bronwen Manby, researcher in the Africa Division of Human Rights Watch, based on research in the Niger Delta in July 1997, subsequent correspondence with the major oil companies operating in the region, and information provided by Nigerian human rights and environmental activists. See also, Shell Nigeria's PR website below.
  
  
• ICS-Nigeria: Information and Communication Support for Agricultural Growth in Nigeria (2002--) (Ibadan, Nigeria; in association with IITA--International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Croydon, UK)
  "This is a pilot project with financial support from USAID, focusing on 6 states and some selected agricultural technologies."
  
  
• International Court of Justice = Cour internationale de Justice (The Hague, The Netherlands)
  • The legal arguments, judgements, and discussion surrounding the case of "Cameroon v. Nigeria", 1994-98 and 2002.
  • Land and Maritime Boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria = "Frontière terrestre et maritime entre le Cameroun et le Nigéria." (2002)
  • Request for an interpretation fo the judgement of 11 June 1998 in the case concerning the land and maritime boundary between Cameroon and Nigeria = Demande en interprétation de l'arrêt du 11 juin 1998 et le résultat en 1999.
  • ICJ Home Page = CIJ Page d'accueil
  
  
• International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria (via Lambourn & Co., Croydon, UK and CGIAR--Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington, DC)
  General information, research activities, conferences, and online publications (available in HTML or PDF); see also, full catalog). "IITA aims to enhance the food security, income and well-being of resource-poor people primarily in the humid and sub-humid zones of sub-Saharan Africa by conducting research and related activities to increase agricultural production, improve food systems, and sustainably manage natural resources, in partnership with national and international stakeholders."
  
  
• The International Monetary Fund: Nigeria Country Info (Washington, DC)
  Summaries, full length reports, and recent news. Note: Some documents are in PDF format, requiring Adobe Acrobat.
  
  
• Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (Abuja, Nigeria)
  The NIPC site features investment promotion brochures, some statistical information on business permits and expatriate quota, paper presentations, links to individual Nigerian state websites, and contact information.
  
  
• ITEdge. (Online) -- Lagos, Nigeria: ITEdge, 2004-
  The electronic version of a weekly magazine on the ICT sector for Nigeria and Africa in general. The archive contains back issues from June 2004 to present.
  
  
• Journalists Against AIDS (JAAIDS) Nigeria (Lagos, Nigeria)
  • "JAAIDS Nigeria is a media-based non-governmental HIV/AIDS advocacy organisation in Nigeria." The website offers news bulletins, special reports, discussion fora, and related links on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria and West Africa.
  
  
• Lagos Business School, Pan-African University (African Development Foundation, Lagos, Nigeria)
  
  
• Leon H. Sullivan Summit VII, July 17-21, 2006, Abuja, Nigeria (Washington, DC)
  The website includes all details on the next summit and background information on previous meetings, corporate sponsors, and the late Rev. Sullivan. "The Leon H. Sullivan Summits bring together the world's political and business leaders, delegates representing national and international civil and multinational organizations, and members of academic institutions in order to focus attention and resources on Africa's economic and social development."
  
  
• MBendi AfroPaedia: Nigeria Profile (MBendi Information Services, South Africa)
  An economic profile of Nigeria, including major industries, directory of major companies, a simple map of Nigeria, population data, and links to other MBendi services.
  
  
• Federal Government of Nigeria. Ministry of Finance. (Abuja)
  -- See also: Budget Office above.
  
  
• Federal Republic of Nigeria. National Bureau of Statistics (Abuja, Nigeria)
  Statistics from the government and the World Bank are on offer at this site, as well as selected publications. Warning: some listed titles are not always accessible.
  -- Nigeria National Data Archive Centre: search "data catalog" for abstracts and selected access to online reports.
  -- Nigeria Living Standards Survey (2006)
  -- The Nigerian Statistical Fact Sheets on Economic and Social Development (November 2006)
  
  
• National Information and Communications Infrastructure for Sustainable Development in Africa: Nigeria, 1999 (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
  General background, Internet connectivity data, and project information.
  
  
• National Population Commission of Nigeria (Abuja)
  The official website of the 2006 Census, with documents relating to the work of the commission and selected publications from the 1991 Population Census and other surveys (in PDF format).
  
  
• Nigeria's economic crisis: bibliographic sources to 1996. Compiled by Benjamin F. Soares (1997). PAS working papers ; no. 2. -- Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Program of African Studies, 1997. (51 pp. in PDF format)
  
  
• Nigeria Network of NGOs (Lagos, Nigeria)
  "Established in 1992, NNNGO represents over 800 organizations ranging from small groups working at the local level, to larger networks working at the national level." The site includes information about activities of member organizations, the most recent monthly issue of the NNNGO e-newsletter, Development report. (Online), a list of current member organizations, and related links.
  
  
• Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (Abuja, Nigeria)
  This official web site includes recent news and reports. "[Since 1977, the NNPC has been] a public organization that would, on behalf of Government, adequately manage all government interests in the Nigerian Oil industry. ...In addition to its exploration activities, the Corporation was given powers and operational interests in refining, petrochemicals and products transportation as well as marketing."
  
  
• Nigerian Oil and Gas Online (2005) (via Viaton Communications Ltd., Nigeria)
  A web site with information on past trends for the petroleum and natural gas industries. See also: US Energy Information Administration and the West African Gas Pipeline Project below.
  
  
• IPD Group's Nigeria Steel News (EIN News, Internet Product Development Group, Inc., Washington, DC)
  A subscription-based news portal for mining industry around the world, with a web page for news reports from and about Nigeria....with free access to current headlines and summaries.
  
  
• The Nigerian Stock Exchange (Lagos, Nigeria)
  This site offers highlights from current stock trading activity, with detail information available only through free registration.
  
  
• Oil Change International: The Price of Oil -- Remembering Ken Saro Wiwa (2005) (USA)
  A website about a campaign to inform the public about oil industry activities and environmental politics in the Niger delta. "A coalition of environmental and human rights organizations is mounting a national tour on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa. ...Oil Change is a research and advocacy organization that exists to force progress in the energy industry towards an environmentally and socially sustainable energy future."
  
  
• People United for Environmental Justice (USA)
  This website, published for a Nigerian NGO coalition, includes news reports, campaign statements, photos, and related links. "People United for Environmental Justice (PURE-Justice) is a growing coalition of NGOs concerned with the impacts of oil exploration and exploitation on communities in the Niger Delta. PURE-Justice is committed to achieving environmental justice across the Niger Delta."
  
  
• Policy Project: Nigeria (Futures Group, Washington, DC)
  A summary of assistance activities in HIV/AIDS policies and other reproductive health policies in Nigeria, with downloadable reports in PDF format.
  
  
• Shell Nigeria (Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd.)
  The company's public relations website, with news and background information...in support of the company's activities.
  
  
• Technology times. (Online). News Service of the Nigerian ICT Industry. -- Lagos, Nigeria: Technology Times Media Network, 2004-
  This online magazine offers articles on selected developments in the ICT sector of Nigeria.
  
  
• United Nations Agencies on Nigeria -- Economy
  • United Nations Development Programme:
    -- Human Development Index for Nigeria (2005 data)
    -- Niger Delta Human Development Report 2006. (Online) 229 pages in PDF format.
    -- Nigeria HDR, 2004--"HIV/AIDS: A Challenge to Sustainable Human Development"
    
    
  • UN Economic Commission for Africa: "Nigeria: untapped potential." (2002) Chapter 6 in Economic report on Africa 2002: tracking performance and progress. (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) PDF format.
    
    
  • UNFPA--United Nations Population Fund: Search for Nigeria Country Indicators, Policy Developments, and Overview
    
    
  • United Nations Habitat on Nigeria (Nairobi, Kenya)
    News, statistics, and activities of UN-Habitat in Nigeria.
    --See also: Recent publications: Awka, Nnewi, Onitsha, national programme
  
  
• United States Agencies on Nigeria -- Economy (Washington, DC)
  • US Agency for International Development on Nigeria -- Country Information
    
    
  • United States. Census Bureau. Foreign Trade Statistics:
    -- US-Nigeria Trade Balance, 1992--
    -- US International Trade Statistics: Nigeria, 1996-- (Search)
    
    
  • United States. Commercial Service: Recent documents on Nigeria economy (International Trade Administration)
    
    
  • United States. Department of State
    • Country Commercial Guide for Nigeria: 2000 (in PDF)
    • Economic Policy and Trade Practices Reports on Nigeria: 1998 | 1997 | 1996
    
    
  • United States. Energy Information Administration
    • Nigeria background -and- data [Updated frequently]
    
    
  
  
• WiderNet Project (University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa)
  General information about the project and short profiles on Internet connectivity at Nigerian universities (in 1999) are the key highlights of this website. "The WiderNet Project is an independent nonprofit project based at the University of Iowa that works to improve digital communication in developing countries. Our current focus is in Africa and our closes ties and connections are with Nigerian universities."
  
  
• World Health Organization Nigeria (Lagos, Nigeria)
  • Still under construction: This site offers news and reports on health issues in Nigeria and Africa in general.
  • Monthly and quarterly news
  
  
• The World Bank on Nigeria (Washington, DC)
  • The World Bank on Nigeria, 1998-
    A country brief and a profile of economic indicators; plus a searchable database.