Self interest is the invisible hand that controls the political, social and economic corrupt trends in Nigeria. There are deviation and diversions of interests. Leadership in Nigeria becomes bedeviled with depravity; reliability deteriorates while the populace wallows in hunger and decadence. No...

Self interest is the invisible hand that controls the political, social and economic corrupt trends in Nigeria. There are deviation and diversions of interests. Leadership in Nigeria becomes bedeviled with depravity; reliability deteriorates while the populace wallows in hunger and decadence. No...

National leaders, especially in autocratic countries, are often recognized as having significant effects on economic growth. However, existing methods have not credibly obtained reliable individual estimates of such effects. In order to identify the so-called leader effect, we adopt a synthetic...

This paper is intended to provide an updated discussion on a series of issues that the relevant literature suggests to be crucial in dealing with the challenges a middle income country may encounter in its attempts to further catch-up a higher income status. In particular, the conventional...