Global Connection

Global Connection

My revision of the Ease of Doing Business Index (II)

Last week, we considered the current metrics for measuring ease of doing business as prescribed by the World Bank and I posited that quite a number of

My proposed revision of the ease of doing of doing Nigerian business index (I)

In June 2016, I finally summoned courage to challenge the World Bank’s Ease-of-Doing-Business Index. See https://opinion.premiumtimesng.com/2016/06/08

Citizen Deborah: The Nigerian state must show who is the boss

This kind of incidence drags down the level of national discourse. But then in truth, we may not deceive ourselves that we have attained the levels th

Africa: Stuck between trade and economic development

I wasn’t one of the enthusiastic ones when Dr Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala sought and eventually landed the top job at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

Nigeria, where people die of hunger, billions of dollars left in gutters and dumpsites

Sometime back I got involved in the recycling business because of my love for a clean environment. I created an NGO and tried to build some activities