Africa?s chronic power problems have escalated in recent years into a crisis affecting 30 countries, taking a heavy toll on economic growth and productivity. The region has inadequate generation capacity, limited electrification, low power consumption, unreliable services, and high costs. It...

This book serves as a toolkit on risk-based audits and brings together country experiences for implementing risk-based audit systems. Risk management is an important element of effective and efficient compliance management in revenue administration. It is impossible for any revenue...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview Transitioning to a New Urban-Based Model of Economic Growth -- Limited Employment Creation and Poverty Reduction Characterize Nigeria's Urbanization -- Diagnosing Nigeria's Urban Challenges: Institutions,...