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transportation were higher than those in New York. Most of the hotels where foreigners stay inLagos are located on Victoria Island, which is Lagos’s business center. These hotels cost at least$200 a night. Meals from restaurants cost an average of $15 to $30 dollars. Transportation is alsovery costly; each day our researchers spent an average of $60 on taxis for travel to one or twomeetings.The helpfulness of Nigerian social networks partially makes up for the limitations of the country’sinfrastructure. Personal networks in Nigeria are strong and vast. Nearly half of our meetings inNigeria were the result of a personal connection.– 34 –