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From reform to neo‐regulation: An assessment of recent political/economic developments in Nigeria

Abstract The Nigerian political economy was placed on the path of economic and political liberalization from the mid‐1980s. About a decade later, both processes had experienced great reversals. This article examines the social forces that are arrayed against the reform processes. It focuses on recent political and economic developments in Nigeria with a view to understanding the nature of the emerging business environment for the purpose of potential investors, international managers, aid agencies, and donor countries in Africa's most populous country. While noting the inevitability of a modic…