Nigeria, April 20 -- "In Nigeria, growth momentum is sustained at 4.1 percent in 2026, supported by improved macroeconomic stability and positive terms-of-trade effects, while higher goods and transport costs are headwinds. Growth is expected to strengthen in 2027 to 4.3 percent as these headwinds ease." This is how the International Monetary Fund (IMF), writing in its recent edition of the World Economic Outlook (WEO), described the country's economic prospects. The respective numbers (averages all) for Emerging and Developing Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa are better. While those for Latin America and the Caribbean and Middle East and Central Asia are not as good.

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