Chibueze Ebii

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Chibueze.Ebii@ng.boell.org

Contributions:

April 01, 2016

The revised, second edition (2018) of “Urban Planning Processes in Lagos” is the result of a yearlong research process led by Fabulous Urban, Zurich, with local experts and urban planning as well as urban design students’ examining the relation between urban policies, urban interventions, the role of governance, and the different actors in Lagos. The publication contains five chapters with detailed overviews, graphics, and analyses on areas such as housing, transportation, flood management, solid waste management, strategic planning and city leadership. It demonstrates that the alignment of Lagos’ overall urban policies is still too often not benefitting those who are at the centre of urban and economic development: the Lagosians – of which a significant number lives below the poverty line.

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Industrial agriculture is responsible for both colossal environmental and climate damage as well as global injustice. It is high time for a socially and politically oriented regulation of the agrifood industry. We hope that this atlas will stimulate a broad-based social debate on this vital topic.

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How should the ‘Giant of Africa’ develop, and what role should the ‘Power House of Europe’ play in this development, if any? It is in the search for practical approaches to a development that has the majority citizens as its centre that the Nigeria Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation commissioned this paper. This paper is meant to spell out the private sector view on people-oriented development, and it was developed in collaboration with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, as the main private sector platform of Nigeria.

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The cost of power is usually calculated by focusing only on the power plant – equipment, operating cost, maintenance and fuel.

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This edition of Perspectives seeks to explore how actors in the state, political parties, and civil society have been able to make those in government less certain about the future balance of power through and outside of the ballot box.

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Nigeria has the 6th largest reserves globally of bitumen, also known as oil sands or tar sands. It is used in road construction, but can also be processed into oil. International researcher Christina Milos draws lessons from the Canadian experience, comparing with field findings from Ogun State and adding analysis of Nigerian government policies in order to assess the true cost of extracting bitumen from the ground.

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The publication “Open City Lagos”, a cooperation with Nsibidi Institute Lagos and Fabulous Urban Zurich, intends to initiate a public reflection and discourse on the characteristics of an “open city” where the co-existence of different social groups and the richness of cultural diversity come together to foster growth that is diverse, equitable, creative, sustainable and inclusive.

Pay As You Go Solar

Despite the acute lack of electricity and the huge potentials for solar, wind and biomass in Nigeria, the renewable energy market is very small. Is Nigeria addicted to oil and gas? Or is there a policy window of opportunity to increase the amount of renewable energy that would benefit small businesses and households? An assessment by Christine K, with a policy brief on Pay As You Go Solar for Nigeria.

Renewables On The Rise

Electricity for industrialisation, rising living standards and better healthcare in West Africa – where will it come from? Gas, coal, oil and renewable sources of energy are all in abundant supply. But what is the right mix for the energy future? And what are the carbon choices that West African countries need to make? This report by Hans Verolme looks into the social, cost and environmental dimensions of deciding on Africa’s energy for tomorrow.

Coal Atlas Nigeria: Facts and figures on a fossil fuel

How much coal should Nigeria burn to increase electricity supplies for the country? Is coal economically viable, and what health hazards does it bring to Nigerians? The Nigeria Coal Atlas has relevant facts & figures from domestic and international sources.

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Urban Planning Processes In Lagos

AGRIFOOD ATLAS

Marshall Plan for Nigeria NESG Report

Comparison of Costs of Electricity Generation in Nigeria - Technical Report

Perspectives #01/2018: The Quest for Political Accountability: Change Agents, Openings and Dead Ends

Bitumen in Nigeria

Open City Lagos

Coal Atlas Nigeria: Facts and figures on a fossil fuel

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