The Short-Run Impact of Import Bans on Poverty : The Case of Nigeria (2008–2012)
The Nigerian government uses food import prohibition as part of policies that seeks to protect existing domestic producers and reduce the country's dependence on imports. This paper argues that such policies have negative effects on net consumers of such products due to higher prices. With 70 p...
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2019
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32776 |