This study examines the effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and DomesticInvestment (DI) on non-oil industrial production (comprising manufacturing and solidminerals) in Nigeria, using annual time series data spanning the period from 1981 to2018. The ARDL approach to co-integration and...

This study underscores the essence of national social protection policies, in promoting investments that further the objectives of poverty reduction, as well as social inclusion. It provides answers and directions to the following questions: What are the contrasting impacts of foreign direct...

The competitive allocation of labor across different sectors of an economy may not be socially optimal when one sector uses foreign capital. We argue that a suitably designed government intervention is required to restrict the sectors to their optimal size and maximize national welfare. Such a...