Post by Henry Emeka (@Emekus)
IMF projections are not wrong but they don’t measure suffering
IMF growth forecasts look at macroeconomic indicators, not daily living conditions. They measure things like:
investment levels
government spending
oil output
currency reforms
productivity trends
They do not measure:
electricity availability
food prices
insecurity
unemployment
poverty levels
So it’s possible for a country to have positive GDP growth while Nigerians still experience hardship.
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