International records / African Development Bank

Working Paper 162 - Planning to Fail or Failing to Plan: Institutional Response to Nigeria’s Development Question

There finally comes 27thJuly 2012, where the level of preparation and strength of performance across countries are to be tested in diverse kinds of sports. Yes, it is ‘London 2012’; the popular Olympic Games involving 205 countries competing for different medals (Gold, Silver and Bronze respectively). As the events unfolded, countries made effort to include their names on the medal table. At the closing ceremony on 12thAugust 2012,it was evident that out of the 205 countries that featured, only about 39 percent of them eventually succeeded in gaining entrance to the medal table. For the Africa…