Author: Peter O. Olapegba, Aanuoluwapo O. Adu and Peter O. FamakindeVolume: 60 Issue No:2 Year:2018Abstract: Adolescence is the crux of sexuality and a period of development marked by the establishment of intimate relationships with the opposite sex. The occurrences of abusi...
Author: Christopher O. OrubuVolume: 62 Issue No:1 Year:2020Abstract: The intricate relationship between the environment and water resources and how access to water affects quality of life have been key development issues at the global level since the turn of this century. Goal 7 of the Millennium De...
Category: Journal ArticlesAuthor: Ben E. AigbokhanVolume: 62 Issue No:1 Year:2020Abstract: Poverty reduction has attracted growing concern in the international development community. The World Bank (1990) and the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals and Sustaina...
Category: Journal ArticlesAuthor: Peter O. OlapegbaVolume: 62 Issue No:1 Year:2020Abstract: Quality of life (QOL), a multidimensional construct, has in the last two and a half decades attracted attention in research and practice across the medical sciences, humanities a...
Author: Adewale R. AregbesholaVolume: 61 Issue No:2 Year:2019Abstract: The strategic importance of capital market development in contemporary economic structures cannot be overemphasized. Various documented studies have buttressed the quintessential indispensability of a dev...
Author: Robert C. AsogwaVolume: 61 Issue No:2 Year:2019Abstract: International evidence suggests that an important instrument available to government for bringing about inclusive growth is fiscal policy, an instrument which is rarely applied in many countries. Growing concer...
Author: Peter Ubi & Enang UdahVolume: 61 Issue No:1 Year:2019Abstract: This study examined if any predictable relationship exists between industrial growth and infrastructure (governance and road) in Nigeria using data for the period 1980 to 2015. The study employed the ...
Author: Taofik Mohammed IbrahimVolume: 61 Issue No:1 Year:2019Abstract: This paper empirically examines the influence of infrastructure (proxied by telephone density, energy consumption and capital expenditure in transport and communication) on industrialization (measured by...
Author: Afolabi E. Olowookere & Joseph O. OgebeVolume: 61 Issue No:1 Year:2019Abstract: The capital market plays a vital role in providing long-term funding for businesses to expand. If this role is efficiently performed with the aim of industrialization, the industrial sector is expected to obtain ...
Author: Nuhu MusaVolume: 61 Issue No:2 Year:2019Abstract: Foreign capital has been acknowledged as one of the driving forces of economic growth. The study examined the effects of foreign private capital on economic growth in Nigeria, using time series data for the period 198...
Author: Naomi O. Doki and John AbuVolume: 60 Issue No:2 Year:2018Abstract: The progress of industrialization should be influenced by the level of savings and investment and should reflect on trade and influence the level of balance of payments. This paper examines the twin deficits, i.e., savings an...
Author: Abayomi Toyin Onanuga and Sheriffdeen Adewale TellaVolume: 60 Issue No:2 Year:2018Abstract: The study investigated how foreign portfolio investment responds to monetary policy indicators and vice-versa in Nigeria. It employed high-frequency data for the period 2014:0...
Author: Efayena O. Obukohwo, Enoh H. Olele and Patricia N. BuzugbeVolume: 60 Issue No:2 Year:2018Abstract: In the face of recent economic upheavals, the need to feed an ailing and hungry society cannot be overemphasised. This was clearly seen in the economic tremors felt in ...
Category: Journal ArticlesAuthor: Ibrahim Kekere SuleVolume: 60 Issue No:1 Year:2018Abstract: This paper empirically explores the relationship between real exchange rate misalignment and export diversification in Nigeria over the period 1995q1 to 2014q4. The link betwee...
Category: Journal ArticlesAuthor: Adeolu O. Adewuyi and Adebowale M. AdelekeVolume: 59 Issue No:2 Year:2017Abstract: This study investigated the impact of economic diversification on energy and carbon efficiency in Nigeria from 1981-2014. The study applied a two-stage a...
Category: Journal ArticlesAuthor: Anthonia T. Odeleye and Ndubuisi Chidi OlunkwaVolume: 59 Issue No:2 Year:2017Abstract: Export diversification has been the jingle of growth strategies in developing economies. This is due to dwindling oil prices in the global market whi...
Category: Journal ArticlesAuthor: Naomi Onyeje Doki and Aor Raymond LiambeeVolume: 59 Issue No:2 Year:2017Abstract: This paper investigates the determinants of non-oil exports in Nigeria and how they are affected by changes in trade barriers. The study is hinged on Doug...
Author: Mohammed ShuaibuVolume: 59 Issue No:2 Year:2017Abstract: Research on the nexus between export diversification (ED), financial development (FINDEV) and foreign direct investment (FDI) in Nigeria has received scant attention. The few existing studies have either focuse...
Author: Solomon Abayomi Olakoo and Olawale E. OgunkolaVolume: 60 Issue No:3 Year:2018Abstract: This study investigates the link among exchange rate, importation of key intermediate inputs and industrialization in Nigeria using data covering 19812016. It utilizes structural v...
Author: Robert Chikwendu AsogwaVolume: 60 Issue No:3 Year:2018Abstract: Recently, the Nigerian government signalled a return to an explicit industrial policy regime by prioritizing the growth of selected manufacturing subsectors, such as the textile, apparel and footwear sub...