CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study This study analyses Convid-19 pandemic on entrepreneurship crisis: Nigeria experience and structural causes.. The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on the global economy (Ozili and Arun, 2020). It affected the global travel business, national health care systems, the food industry, events industry, education and global trade. Due […]
CHAPTER ONE/INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The Finance Act of 2020 (the Act) reviews and amends several tax legislations. By so doing it consolidates into one statute many tax provisions from different tax statutes. The main thrust of the Act is to increase revenue of the Federal government and to curb avenues by which tax […]
FISCAL POLICY AND INDUSTRIAL SECTOR PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE/INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The need to achieve improved balance of payments position, balanced industrial development, high employment level, increased productivity, equitable income distribution, high revenue sources, price stability and economic growth has necessitated the development of various macroeconomic policies. Macroeconomic policies suggest the […]
Financial intermediation and Economic development in Nigeria 1994-2021 ABSTRACT One of the activities of financial institutions (banks) involves intermediating between the surplus and deficit units of the economy. Banks as financial intermediaries emerge to lower the cost of reaching potential investments, exerting corporate controls, managing risks, mobilizing savings and conducting exchanges. In Nigeria, banks dominate […]
BALANCE OF PAYMENT DEFICIT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA ABSTRACT This study assessed Balance of payment deficit and Economic growth in Nigeria. The study adopted unrestricted VAR model which had lag four as the maximum lag to estimate the relationship between balance of payments in Nigeria and previous balances in balance of payments account, […]
Contribution of Non Oil Exports to Economic Growth in Nigeria (1985-2021) Introduction Background to the Study Economic theory has established that foreign trade creates an avenue for foreign capital to flow into an economy (Ricardo, 1817). This is especially so when the value of exported goods of such an economy exceeds the value of the […]
The Impact of fiscal deficit on the economic performance in developing countries: A case study on Nigeria ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of fiscal deficits on economic growth of the Nigerian economy. The study explore the trend of fiscal deficits over the three decades and showcase its implications on output growth and other macroeconomic […]
FOREIGN CAPITAL FLOW AND MACROECONOMIC STABILITY IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) which is an investment made to acquire lasting interest in enterprises operating outside of the economy of the investor, has long been a subject of great interest in the field of international development. In […]
The Impact of Monetary Policy And Price Stability In Nigeria ABSTRACT This study empirically investigated the relationship between monetary policy and economic growth and stability in Nigeria, covering the period, 1981-2015. The Gross Domestic Product was used as an indicator of economic growth while the Consumer Price Index, the proxy for price stability regressed […]
IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE FLUNCTUATIONS ON FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY There is scarcely any country that lives in absolute isolation in this globalised world. The economies of all the countries of the world are linked directly or indirectly through asset or/and goods markets, made possible through trade and foreign […]