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 Nigeria: from oil-giant to agri-giant

N° 95

Nigeria: from oil-giant to agri-giant


In his best-seller «Collapse», the American biologist Jared Diamond compares China to a giant stumbling along, whose every decision, because of its immense demographic and economic weight, has a huge impact on the rest of the world. This image can be transposed rather well, on a regional scale, to the case of Nigeria in West Africa.

Force for regional integration or obstacle

A multidimensional zone of influence