RANA FOROOHAR, CNN GLOBAL ECONOMIC ANALYST & TIME MAGAZINE ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITOR: The president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan spoke today and said he believed they were at a turning point to combat terrorism. It's hard to believe that given the lackadaisical response of the government to the girls. There's a sense among big investors and oil companies and financial companies are going ahead with business. But those that focus on consumers, those counting on growing wealth in this area, and also female empowerment, which goes along with economic development, those two go hand-in-hand, I think they're having worries about the future of Nigeria.</s>WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: The economic future was seemingly very, very good this terrorist explosion erupted in recent weeks. A lot of oil exports. Nigeria one of the most significant power houses on the African continent. This could really cripple a lot of that, couldn't it?</s>FOROOHAR: Absolutely. Nigeria is actually now the largest economy in Africa, one of the top six -- six out of the 10 fastest growing economies in the world or Africa. It is one of those. Investors were counting on it to be a bulwark of the middle class and in order to have a middle class you have to have security. We can talk all we want about 7 or 8 percent GDP growth and oil money. When so much is trickling out who knows where, there's a lot of corruption within the country and the government simply cannot provide basic security, education for its people you have a longer term economic problem that's nowhere near being solved.</s>BLITZER: In Nigeria for, us, Rana Foroohar, the "Time" magazine assistant managing editor and also a CNN global economic analyst. Barbara Starr is our Pentagon correspondent. Guys, thanks very much. Still ahead, a very different story we're following. Monica Lewinsky's essay in "Vanity Fair" may have done Hillary Clinton a big favor, one analyst suggests so. We'll speak with her when we come back.
Nigerian Kidnappings Overshadow Economic Forum