With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), world leaders made a bold pledge in 2015 to leave no one behind on the path of development by 2030. Half-way to the target date, some 22 countries…

Samuel Kofi Tetteh Baah, Christoph Lakner, Umar Serajuddin |

Almost half of Nigerians are estimated to live below the national poverty line. However, unemployment is less than 5 percent, and even when many Nigerians are working, they remain poor. Why is…

Jonathan Lain, Utz Pape |

Despite waning growth, many Nigerians are working—but working alone is not proving enough to lift them out of poverty because more and better jobs are needed. How are those jobs created, then?

Jonathan Lain, Utz Pape |

As researchers recognize the potential of Earth observations and geospatial technologies to support decision-making, countries are increasingly turning toward geospatial approaches to track their…

Maryam Rabiee |

Our new paper “Free compulsory education can mitigate COVID-19 disruptions’ adverse effects on child schooling” focuses on the role of pre-existing policies, such as free compulsory education laws…

Marco Tiberti, Luca Tiberti, Sylvain Dessy, Horace Gninafon |

When analyzing poverty, only looking at unemployment rates will be insufficient and misleading.

Jonathan Lain, Utz Pape |

The new Nigeria Labour Force Survey (NLFS) will provide policymakers with reliable, timely, and frequent data – not just on whether people are employed, but more importantly on the quality of…

Jonathan Lain, Utz Pape |

The COVID-19 crisis is projected to push an additional 10 million people into poverty in Nigeria by 2022; combined with population growth, this could leave more than 100 million Nigerians living…

Joshua Blumenstock, Jonathan Lain, Isabella Smythe, Tara Vishwanath |

The COVID-19 crisis is affecting all Nigerians, but different groups face different impacts on their health, welfare, and livelihoods. As such, no single, monolithic solution exists to the crisis…

Alexander Irwin, Jonathan Lain, Tara Vishwanath |

Nigeria aspires to lift 100 million people out of poverty by 2030. Prior to the COVID-19 crisis, around 4 in 10 Nigerians were living in extreme poverty, based purely on a monetary measure. Using…

Jonathan Lain, Tara Vishwanath |