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This paper examined the long memory features of GDP per capita data before the global financial crisis, using a sample of 26 African countries. The study employed fractional integration and tested the stability of the differencing parameter across the sample period for each country. The results...
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This study investigates the impact of energy consumption on poverty reduction in a panel of 12 African countries over a period of 1981-2014. Using the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Square (FMOLS) method, the study shows that a long-run negative relationship exists between energy consumption and...
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growth of African countries in the long-run. The study also found that inflows of FDI crowds-in DI in Africa and that there … of which four (Benin, Madagascar, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea) are highly significant at 5% level, while the estimated … Africa has negative effects on growth of host economies in the short-run. The study recommends that African governments …
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This study examines foreign aid effectiveness in poverty reduction in Africa with focus on the role of regional fiscal … significantly improves the income level in all the regions except Central Africa, and consumption in the Western and Central regions …. When augmented with effective fiscal policy on health foreign aid enhances households' income in West and Central Africa …
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in Sub-Sahara Africa. Beyond assessing the tripartite causal relationship, the study investigates the extent of impacts … directions. The study advocates that government in Sub-Saharan Africa should ensure more energy access to enhance economic growth. …
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The survey of foreign assets and liabilities of enterprises in Nigeria was conducted in 2015 to determine the stock of … investors as the regions jointly attracted about 88.2 per cent of total private capital outflows from Nigeria, while African …
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This paper tested for the validity of the Fisher hypothesis in Nigeria during the period 1970 - 2014. The Gregory and … expectations and ensuring low and stable prices in Nigeria. …
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This paper examines the link between unemployment and monetary policy in Nigeria using a vector autoregressive (VAR … unemployment, implying the existence of a dynamic relationship between monetary policy and unemployment in Nigeria. …
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