Putting Together The Growth Puzzle

Although the mood on the ground in Lagos continues to be one of economic uncertainty, we maintain our headline real GDP growth forecast of 7.5% for 2010. This view is based on expectations that agriculture and general commerce will be the primary drivers of economic expansion; if issues in the banking and petroleum sectors are resolved, actual growth could conceivably rise to the double digits in the years thereafter.

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