The origins of the growth myth: 1930s -- The weaponization of growth: 1930s – 1950s -- Into Africa: 1950s -- 1960s – Bandit capitalism : 1960s -- 1970s -- New-age imperialism: 1970s -- 2000s -- Tipping point: 2008-2021 and beyond

Empirical evidence for the compensation hypothesis holds that trade openness independent of income risk has no significant effects on government size. Hence, using time series data for the period 1965-2013 from Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa and applying the bounds test method of...

The impacts of public expenditures on economic growth have been revisited in this paper with respect to capital expenditure, recurrent expenditure and the government fiscal expansion in line with support for the budgetary allocations to various sectors in the context of the Nigerian economy. The...