Reforming the Unreformable: Lessons from Nigeria

by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Book Overview

A report on development economics in action, by a crucial player in Nigeria's recent reforms.

Corrupt, mismanaged, and seemingly hopeless: that's how the international community viewed Nigeria in the early 2000s. Then Nigeria implemented a sweeping set of economic and political changes and began to reform the unreformable. This book tells the story of how a dedicated and politically committed team of reformers set out to fix a series...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262018144
• ISBN13: 9780262018142
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher