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ABSTRACT This study investigated the impact of remittance netflow on per capita growth and also examined the transmission of structural shocks from remittance netflows to economic capita growth in Nigeria The impulse responses and variance decomposition computed from the VAR estimates are used to  ascertain  the reaction of economic capita growth to remittance net-flow and dynamic effect of shocks on the endogenous variables: remittance net- flow, exchange rate, exchange regime ...

ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate and elaborate the empirical issues pertaining to the  structure  and  composition  of  domestic  debt  and  its  impact  on  private investment in Nigeria. The study employed multiple regression models using secondary data from 1970 to 2012. The study found that domestic debt has inverse significant impact on domestic private investment in Nigeria. Results also show that domestic debt has inverse significant impact on foreign ...

ABSTRACT This study investigates the impact of oil price shocks on oil sector stock prices in Nigeria using a high frequency data between January 2000 to December 2010. The empirical results indicates that no significant effect of oil price is found on oil sector stock prices but there are significant effects of such macroeconomic variables as interest rate, exchange rate and real gross domestic product on oil sector stock prices ...

ABSTRACT Following the economic importance of export promotion for improved current account balance of an economy’s balance of payment, this study examines the export responses to exchange rate volatility in Nigeria. The research built a VAR model transformed to VECM as well as ARCH and GARCH model and found out that exchange rate volatility has a long – term negative effect on Nigeria exports. The result calls for policy actions ...

Abstract This study investigated wage differentials among public servants in Nigeria with four specific objectives. Both primary and secondary (salary structures) data were used for this study. The work employs a stratified sampling technique in collecting the primary data. We employ the quantile regression and logistic models in our analysis. Using a sample of 840 employees, in accordance  with  our  theoretical  priors,  the  empirical  result  support  the  standard  inverse relationship ...

ABSTRACT The ongoing demographic and epidemiologic transitions in Nigeria are some of the possible reasons why the prevalence of obesity is increasing in Nigeria. The economic impact of obesity in Nigeria may result to a decrease in productivity. Policies have been put in place by the Federal Government to reduce the prevalence of obesity in Nigeria. However, the nature and magnitude of policies put in place are important to note. ...

ABSTRACT There is no known society the world over without  religion.  This shows that religion  is an indispensable  element  in any human  society.  Throughout  the  ages  religion  has  offered solutions  to man’s problems,  and explanations  to the mysteries  of the world.  The desire for man  to know  and conquer  his environment  led to the advancement  of science  and technology.  Consequently  man has always  longed  and had a human  and environmental ...

ABSTRACT This   project   research   is   on   Comparative   Analysis   of   the   Financial Performance of Quoted and Unquoted firms in Nigeria.  The research objective of this study is to determine if there is a difference between the financial performance of  quoted and unquoted firms in  Nigeria.   This is  based on the under lying principle and belief that quoted firms perform better than unquoted firms. The study is paramount since the main objective ...

Abstract This study aimed at investigating regional differentials in Nigeria, and therefore achieved this through two objectives; First to determine the poverty levels of regions and then to ascertain the determinants of regional poverty. This study was motivated by the regional inequalities that exist in Nigeria, wherein one of the major macro-economic objectives is to ensure equitable distribution of National resources. The study employed the 2009 National House hold survey ...

ABSTRACT Most developing nations have embarked on various reforms that foster the use of telecommunications  in  their  economies.  The  reforms  tend  to  yield  little  or  minimal benefits to economic growth and development, especially when compared with developed countries of the world. Technological advancement is known for its fast rate of economic development. In Nigeria, policy on the adoption of information and communication technologies  was  initiated  in  1999,  when  the  civilian ...

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to test empirically if Nigeria’s pattern of production and trade is consistent with the Heckscher-Ohlin framework. It was necessitated by the fact that Nigeria is abundantly endowed with labour resources, fertile land, and good climatic conditions among others. In addition, there have been varying results among different existing studies of empirical evidence of the Heckscher-Ohlin framework in different countries of the world. Most of ...

ABSTRACT Evangelization was the mark of bedrock for Christianity; as Jesus gave it as the great commission to his apostles. It has thrived to the modern era trying to survive  the  complexity  of  societal  values.  Hence  various  evangelization strategies to suit the demand of the modern era are in vogue. This research work presents  how  evangelization  originated  and  came  to  be  part  of  religious practices   among   the   Igbo   through   the   ...

ABSTRACT The search light of this research is beamed on the increasing wave of violent crime in Abia State. The intentness is to highlight and underscore the role of the church as a fundamental institution for inculcating principles and virtues of proper moral conduct as well as foremost agent of social welfare and human development.  This has been done  by approaching  the research in an objective and orderly systematic manner. ...

Abstract This  study  investigated the  relationship  between  human  capital,  social  capabilities,  and economic growth in a panel framework. Specifically, the study covers 40 countries for the period of 21 years, after introducing several exclusion criteria to ensure the data set is free from any form of measurement error and distortion. General Method of Moment (GMM) was employed to achieve the three objectives of this study. Specifically, it was discovered that ...

ABSTRACT A general way of evaluating the economic welfare of country is through its household per capita expenditure. Thus, the major purpose for this study is to investigate how the recent financial deepening processes in Nigeria have impacted on aggregate welfare. Private per capita consumption expenditure is used to measure aggregate welfare in this  study  which  serves  as  a  macroeconomic  measure  of  indicators  of  aggregate welfare.  Financial  deepening  can affect ...

ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of brain drain and remittances on the economic growth of some selected West African countries. The 11 countries used in the study include Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Benin, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone. The data spanned from 1977 to 2016 (40 years). The Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) through the fixed and random effects estimation technique was applied ...

ABSTRACT This study empirically examined the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on financial deepening in Nigeria from 1981 – 2013 using the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) technique. Financial deepening in the stock market was measured by the ratio of the value of stock traded to GDP, while the ratio of money supply to GDP was used to measure financial deepening in the money market. Whereas, the sum of the ...

Abstract This research work investigates the impact of macroeconomic volatility on FDI inflow into Nigeria. We decomposed FDI into various sources and examine if macroeconomic volatility affects each source of FDI differently. Using the ordinary least squares method, we find that FDI from different source do not respond differently to macroeconomic volatility in Nigeria. This implies that investors from all parts of the world consider the same set of factors ...

ABSTRACT One of Jesus’ earnest desires for His followers as reflected in His intercessory  prayer  in  John  17  is  the  unity  of  Christians.    He prayed: “Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one” (v 11, NRSV). Further  in  verses  20-21  He  said:  “I  ask  not  only  on  behalf  of these, but also on behalf of those ...

ABSTRACT Gender differences and productivity issues are among the key challenges most developing nations face. This has stimulated a lot of researchers’ interest towards avenues to reduce these challenges. This research work was carried out to examine for the relationship between trade openness and female labour force participation rate in Nigeria. It adopted the ARDL bound estimation technique using data from World Bank Development Index (WDI) and found that in ...