Preface and Acknowledgments.

This book is a shorter version of the Nigeria Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) produced in June 2008 by the Finance and Private Sector Development Group of the World Bank's Africa Region and the African Development Bank under the Joint World Bank Group-DFID Nigeria Investment Climate Program. Those interested in more details should read the full ICA report available at www.worldbank.org/afr/aftps.

Although this report was prepared by Giuseppe Iarossi, Peter Mousley, and Ismail Radwan, the full ICA study was produced by a larger team, which also included Elena Bardasi, Ricardo Gongalves, Sina Grasmann, James Habyarimana, Peter Ondiege, Mohammed Salisu, and Sofia Silva-- each having responsibility for different chapters. Numerous other people participated in the completion of the report, and their names are listed in the ICA's acknowledgments section.

The analysis is based on a survey of 2,387 establishments. The design of the survey and the management of the data collection process were led by Giuseppe Iarossi and Giovanni Tanzillo. The data collection field work was conducted by Etude Economique Conseil (EEC Canada) during the September 2007-February 2008 period.

Particular acknowledgments are due to the Federal Ministry of Finance and the DFID Country Office in Nigeria. The former for its leadership in promoting a state-level approach to investment climate analysis; the latter for its sustained commitment and financial support to the Investment Climate Program. Without these champions, this major survey work and report would not have been possible.