Macroeconomic performance and policies -- Employment, food security and poverty -- Physical and social infrastructure -- Agricultural and rural industrialisation -- Foreign direct investment in manufacturing and services -- Socio-political issues in the reform process

At the backdrop of expanding economies and in the race of attracting higher investments and enhancing exports, it becomes important to analyze the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and growth in terms of output of the economy. A number of studies have been conducted for...

This paper is focused on the benefits and costs of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Nigeria. The effects of FDI on economic growth and development for the period 1970-2009 were analyzed using the annual series data of manufacturing firms sourced from Central Bank of Nigeria and National Bureau...