The economic and infrastructural disparities between the rural and urban communities of most developing countries in general and in terms of energy access in particular are quite glaring. China presents a good example of a developing country that has successfully embarked on rural...

The informal sector particularly the international donor agencies as well as international and local NGOs are offering considerable assistance in developing countries to ensure that the less privileged individual who have no link with the formal financial system are not completely left behind in...

The paper studies the benefit incidence of fuel subsidies in Nigeria household sector. Combining annual subsidy estimates with the households' expenditure data from the 2009/10 Harmonized Living Standard Survey, we investigate how the benefits from fuel subsidies are accrued to each income...

This study examines the impact of oil price shocks and their transmission channels to selected macroeconomic variables which serve as proxies for economic activities in Nigeria using quarterly data from 1980Q1 to 2011Q4. Empirical analysis was carried out using VAR framework. Further the Impulse...

The twin crisis of extensive electricity shortages and the surge in oil demand conveys to the world the inherent weaknesses in China's energy policy instruments. As a country that has enjoyed vibrant growth and relative national stability in recent history and has been striving to ensure that...

Aggregate flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Nigeria, as in economies of the world, fall into different classified sectors of the economy. Studies on FDI in economic literature have been directed at the macroeconomic effects of FDI on economic growth. As sound as the findings of such...

In this paper, attempt was made to examine the determinants of energy intensity taking cognisance of countries' natural resource endowments. Time series data from a sample of two countries each with varying level of resource endowment was reviewed and analysed. The results of the investigation...

The paper investigates the causal relationship between External Debt and Foreign Private Investment in Nigeria between 1970 and 2003. The source of data for the study is the publication of the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin (volume 14, 2004) issued annually by the Research...

With no dependable and reasonably priced electricity, the vehicles that steer industrial productivity and other essential socioeconomic activities will remain redundant. But for an economy as large as China, the task of electricity price reform will require a balance of conflicting socioeconomic...