Toward Climate-Resilient Development in Nigeria

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Acknowledgments

This book was prepared by a World Bank team led by Raffaello Cervigni and including (in alphabetical order) Amos Abu, Abimbola A. Adubi, Joseph Ese Akpokodje, Benedicte Marie Cecile Augeard, Ademola Braimoh, Stephen Danyo, Irina Dvorak, Erik Magnus Fernstrom, Francesca Fusaro, Sarwat Hussain, Ella Omomene Iklaga, Anushika Karunaratne, Rikard Liden, Stephen Ling, Kiran D. Pandey, Beula Selvadurai, and Shobha Shetty. The analysis is based on a consulting report prepared by a team of researchers of the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), led by Riccardo Valentini and including, in alphabetical order, Francesco Bosello, Jaroslav Mysiak, Monia Santini, Pasquale Schiano, Enrico Scoccimarro, and Donatella Spano. The extended CMCC team included Ahmed Balogun, Edoardo Bucchignani, Lorenza Campagnolo, Gianluca Carboni, Fabio Eboli, Chibueze Emenike, Andrea Gallo, David Onemayin Jimoh, Valentina Mereu, Myriam Montesarchio, Antonio Navarra, and Antonio Trabucco. The World Bank Group peer reviewers were Erick Fernandes, Alan Miller, and Rita Cestti. The work was undertaken under the supervision of the following World Bank managers: Idah Z. Pswarayi-Riddihough (Sector Manager, Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change in Africa); Jamal Saghir (Director, Africa Sustainable Development Department); and Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly and Onno Ruhl (respectively, current and former Country Director for Nigeria). The book was edited by Anne R. Grant (consultant); Kiran D. Pandey coordinated the inputs from the various authors to the final version of the book. In the World Bank’s Office of the Publisher, Stephen Pazdan oversaw the book production process and Patricia Katayama handled acquisition duties. From the Government of Nigeria, policy guidance was provided by the Hon. Mrs. Hadiza Ibrahim Mailafa, Federal Minister of Environment; the Hon. Dr. Akinwunmi Ayo Adesina, Federal Minister of Agriculture; and the Hon. Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe, Federal Minister of Water Resources. The study team wishes to thank the following for their support and for access to data: Amb. Godsend Igali, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Water Resources; Dr. Jare Adejuwon, Director, Department for Climate Change, Federal Ministry of the Environment; Professor A. S. Sambo, Director General/ CEO, Energy Commission of Nigeria; Dr. A. C. Anuforom, Director General/ Toward Climate-Resilient Development in Nigeria  •  http://dx.doi.org/10.1596/978-0-8213-9923-1

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