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Purpose – This paper seeks to explore the factors behind the slow growth of economies with abundant oil and gas resources, despite the opportunities these resources potentially represent. Design/methodology/approach – The building blocks of standard economic growth models and the implication...
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Outlines the ways in which economic crime uses the financial system to both commit the crimes and hide the proceeds, so that the ability of the financial system to create wealth is impaired by loss of trust in that system. Points out, however, that economic crime generates profits for...
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Purpose This study examines the dynamics of multidimensional poverty in Nigeria from 2003 to 2018, focusing on women … and children, to understand the reality of poverty in Nigeria, where poverty reduction has been stagnant. Design … households, women and children in Nigeria, using data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 2003, 2008, 2013 …
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Highlights economic reform policies recently instituted in a number of sub‐Sahara African countries. The reforms have drastically transformed these economies: import restrictions have been removed; currencies′ values are now determined by supply and demand; state‐owned firms are on the...
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. The AfCFTA Protocol on Digital Trade offers a transformative opportunity for Nigeria, Africa's leading economy and tech … potential impact of adopting this protocol, analysing its effects on Nigeria's economic growth, digital infrastructure, trade … interventions. While the Protocol presents significant opportunities for Nigeria, challenges such as infrastructure limitations …
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Understanding the distributional consequences of progressive fossil fuel subsidy reform is critical to the sustainability of reform efforts as well as progress towards more just and inclusive energy transitions. This study examines the welfare effects of fossil fuel subsidy reforms on Nigerian...
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This study attempts to fill the prior knowledge gap in the nexus between trade openness and economic growth in Nigeria … economic growth in Nigeria decreases as institutional quality (quality of governance) improves. These empirical results have … important policy implications for Nigeria. Among others, this study highlights the needs to improve the quality of governance in …
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The automotive industry in Nigeria is one of the country's most promising sectors due to its growing domestic market …
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This report develops a comprehensive national digital trade strategy for Nigeria aligned with the African Continental …-African trade, and Nigeria, with its growing digital economy, stands to benefit significantly. Three key questions are explored in … this study: how can Nigeria align its digital trade strategy with AfCFTA? What barriers exist in its digital economy?, and …
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terms of improving the welfare of the people in Nigeria. The main objective of this paper was to investigate how the … decentralized system of expenditure impacted on human resource development in Nigeria. Using ARDL/Bounds Testing approach and data … development. The pattern and nature of expenditure decentralization in Nigeria, in the long-run, seemed to support inefficient …
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