Author: Patricia A. Adamu & Milton A. IyohaVolume: 57 Issue No:3 Year:2015Abstract: This paper seeks to identify the channels through which industrial policies and other micro and macroeconomic policies promote structural transformation on one hand, and the channels thro...
Author: John Chiwuzulum Odozi & Aderonke M. OmotolaVolume: 57 Issue No:3 Year:2015Abstract: The notion of inclusive growth is a concept that encompasses equity, equality of opportunity and protection in market as well as employment transitions. In Nigeria's agricultural ...
Author: P. Ezemba Afoma & Emmanuel I. DickVolume: 57 Issue No:3 Year:2015Abstract: Achieving sustainable growth in agricultural production that is inclusive of all generations is a policy issue in Nigeria. An agricultural production pattern that is efficient in its natur...
Author: Ude Damian Kalu & Chukwunonso S. EkesiobiVolume: 57 Issue No:3 Year:2015Abstract: This paper sets out to investigate and establish the role of microfinance banks in attaining inclusive growth through financial inclusion and poverty alleviation in Nigeria. The stu...
Author: M.A. YaruVolume: 57 Issue No:3 Year:2015Abstract: The 2015 presidential election in Nigeria was held at a period when the level of unemployment, poverty, insecurity and corruption had become unbearable to most Nigerians. Many Nigerians blamed the deteriorating socio-...
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Author: Temidayo O. Akinbobola & Philip Ifeakachukwu NwosaVolume: 57 Issue No:2 Year:2015Abstract: This study examined the impact of capital inflow (foreign direct investment, foreign aid and international workers remittances) on economic growth in Nigeria for the period...
Author: Hassan E. Oaikhenan & Oziengbe Scott AigheyisiVolume: 57 Issue No:2 Year:2015Abstract: This paper employs the Stock-Watson DOLS methodology to investigate the long-run effects of investment (domestic and foreign direct) and government final consumption expenditur...
Author: Hakeem Mobolaji, Kizito Uyi Ehigiamusoe & Hooi Hooi LeanVolume: 57 Issue No:2 Year:2015Abstract: The study examines the role of fiscal policy in inclusive growth in Nigeria using 1980-2013 as the sample period. It employs baseline growth regression model and the ...
Author: Adeyemi A. Ogundipe and Oluyomi Ola-DavidVolume: 57 Issue No:2 Year:2015Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between foreign aid and income per capita using a simple augmentation of the neoclassical cross-country specification for Western African states. Th...
Author: Adegoke I. Adeleke, Victor U. Oboh & Olatunji A. ShobandeVolume: 57 Issue No:2 Year:2015Abstract: This study examines how monetary policy can be tailored towards promoting inclusive growth in Nigeria. It also identifies the most effective monetary policy instrume...
Author: John C. Anyanwu and Andrew E.O. ErhijakporVolume: 57 Issue No:1 Year:2015Abstract: In addition to analysing the characteristics of gender equality in primary education enrolment in Africa, this paper empirically studies the key drivers of gender equality in primary e...
Author: Eric K. OgunleyeVolume: 57 Issue No:1 Year:2015Abstract: The rationale for value chain development and global integration in Nigeria is premised on several grounds. First, it is a viable lever for guiding the country’s economic transformation based on the experienc...
Author: Abidemi C. AdegboyeVolume: 57 Issue No:1 Year:2015Abstract: This study examines the relationship between productivity growth and income inequality in Nigeria, using human capital as a dynamic linkage factor. A simultaneous equations framework is employed to investiga...
Author: Anthony Orji and Ebenezer OkechukwuVolume: 57 Issue No:1 Year:2015Abstract: Adopting a multilevel approach, this study examines the impact of income and income distribution on population health in Nigeria. Data from the National Demographic and Household Surveys (NDH...
Author: Oseni Isiaq OlasunkanmiVolume: 57 Issue No:1 Year:2015Abstract: The question of fiscal-monetary policy nexus is widely documented in the literature, especially in studies that focus on developed economies. Studies suggest that inflation rate is an inevitable economic...
Author: Ahmed Taruwere YakubuVolume: 57 Issue No:1 Year:2015Abstract: Commercial motorcyclists often violate road traffic regulations where they operate. The traffic offences they commit include, but are not limited to carrying more than one passenger per trip, which is abov...
Author: Bandele A.G. AmooVolume: 56 Issue No:3 Year:2014Abstract: This study examines the empirical relationship among growth, inequality, and poverty in Nigeria. The rise in income inequality has diminished the poverty-reducing effects of higher growth. Using data on nation...
Author: Adeolu O. Adewuyi and Damilola F. ArawomoVolume: 56 Issue No:3 Year:2014Abstract: This study follows the modern portfolio theory on efficient portfolio diversification based on return-risk trade-off to analyse export diversification in the context of uncertainty in w...
Author: Akpan H. EkpoVolume: 56 Issue No:2 Year:2014Abstract: The paper argues that distortions are deviations from marginal cost pricing and are measurable depending on the type of distortion and the nature of economic activities. Distortions are permanent features in marke...