The main thrust of this study has been to provide empirical illuminations to the debate on the effectiveness of foreign aid in driving sustainable growth and development. Using an extended Barro style model of aid-augmented government expenditure and economic growth, an analytical model is...

The main thrust of this study has been to provide empirical illuminations to the debate on the effectiveness of foreign aid in driving sustainable growth and development. Using an extended Barro style model of aid-augmented government expenditure and economic growth, an analytical model is...

In this study, we describe the problem of testing for the stability and persistence of the Phillips curve for Nigeria when there are nonstationarities in the marginal distribution of the regressors. We test for unknown break dates using the SupF, AvgF and ExpF approaches. After reviewing the...

In this study, we describe the problem of testing for the stability and persistence of the Phillips curve for Nigeria when there are nonstationarities in the marginal distribution of the regressors. We test for unknown break dates using the SupF, AvgF and ExpF approaches. After reviewing the...

Renewable electricity technology adoption is an essential part of the measures to mitigate climate change and promote sustainable development. This paper investigates the drivers of and barriers to renewable electricity technology adoption in Nigeria. Specifically, the factors that influence the...

China remains a key international player in Africa, contributing much more than other countries to the trade and capital inflows to Africa. How these inflows have contributed to the prevailing poverty incidences and severity in Africa remain an empirical issue. The study investigated the short...