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In Nigeria, health indicators have continued to experience downward spiral movement despite government continued budgetary allocation to funding the health sector. This downward spiral movement seems to pose a question whether government expenditure on health alone is significant enough to...
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The focus of this paper is on foreign borrowing and economic growth of an emerging economy with Nigeria as a case of reference. It examines the linkages between foreign borrowing and selected macroeconomic indices such as Gross Domestic Product, (GDP), poverty, private investment, government...
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This paper examines the contributions of forest resources to the sustainable development of Nigeria. As a positive contributor to Nigeria's industrial and economic advancement, the paper maintains that effective and efficient harnessing (management) of resources leads to economic salvation...
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This paper examines public expenditure and the pace of human development in Nigeria. It advocates that irrespective of huge spending pattern and trend of government, there is a growing incidence of poverty in the land. Even though public spending plays a significant role in the development of...
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This paper examines the movement of exchange rate and macroeconomic management in an emerging African economy with particular reference to Nigeria. Instability and variations have been the basic features of exchange rate in Nigeria and some other countries. The question is to ascertain the...
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This study examines the determinants of exchange rate instability (volatility of Real Exchange Rate) in a developing economy. The cardinal focus is to ascertain the determinants of exchange rate volatility (instability) in a developing economy with particular reference to Nigeria as well as...
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This paper examines governance, pubic policy and exchange rates instability in relation to gross domestic investment in developing economies with Nigeria as a focus. The technique adopted was the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) methodology by the use of time series data on exchange rate instability,...
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This paper deals with exchange rate management trends vis-à-vis instability in two selected African Countries. The main tenet was to examine the impact and trends of exchange rate instability on the macroeconomy with particular reference to Nigeria and Malawi. The ordinary least square (OLS)...
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This paper focuses on external debt and public investment in developing countries with particular reference to Nigeria. The basic tenet is to ascertain the extent of the implications of external debt on public investment. The ordinary least square (OLS) technique was adopted using times series...
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This study is an exposition of foreign exchange market and economic growth in an emerging economy - the Nigerian case. The paper focuses on the implications of exchange rate movement on economic growth. The ordinary least square (OL5) technique was adopted using time series data on exchange rate...
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