Repeated currency devaluations deepen poverty —Ex-World Bank chief - Tribune Online
Repeated currency devaluations deepen poverty —Ex-World Bank chief - Tribune Online
Source: Tribune Online
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DW NOTE
Nigeria has devalued the naira four times since 2020, each time following IMF guidance toward a "market-determined" exchange rate. The naira has lost 70% of its value against the dollar in that period. The poverty rate, predictably, has climbed from 40% to 63%. When you destroy a currency to satisfy external creditors, you don't get stability—you get exactly what Nigeria got.