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Assessing Health Financing Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage in Nigeria (2015-2022)
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies National Assembly, Abuja, 2023-08)Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is vital to achieving Sustainable Development Goals. It ensures that everyone has access to quality healthcare without financial hardship. Though the reliance on public health expenditure ... -
Non-utilization of Primary Healthcare Centres for Skilled Pregnancy Care among Women in Rural Communities in Delta State, Southern Nigeria: Perspectives from Mothers, Fathers, and Healthcare Providers
(Journal of International Women's Studies, 2021-09)The study examines the barriers to maternal care utilization in Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in eight randomly-select rural communities in Delta State, Southern Nigeria using qualitative methods. The study is a qualitative ... -
Openness, Government Expenditure and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
(JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIES (DUJEDS), 2018)This study investigated the dynamic relationship among government spending, trade openness and economic growth in some selected sub-Saharan African countries; covering a period of 1980 to 2015 with an annual data. The ... -
Health Financing Progress Matrix-NIGERIA
(2021)The paper was presented during the WHO-Advanced Course on Health Financing for UHC 2021 Geneva, Switzerland March 1st –March 23rd 2021. -
International Development Assistance and Educational Development in ECOWAS
(DUTSE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES, 2018)The World Bank puts the number of poor persons in Africa, based on the international poverty line of US$1.90 per person per day, 2013 at 389 million, a figure that is more than the number of poor persons in all other regions ... -
Financial Deepening and Economic Growth in Nigeria: An Empirical Analysis
(Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, 2018-11)The importance of financial deepening in economic growth has long been recognised in economics literature. The financial sector is seen as the central nervous system of any economy, hence its importance in the economic ... -
The Nexus of Government Spending, Price, Output, and Money in the ECOWAS Sub-Region: Evidence from Panel ARDL and Causality Approach
(Economics and Business, 2021)The question of how macroeconomic variables dynamically interact is very crucial in any broad-based economic integration aiming at expanding economic growth and living standard in any human society. This study examined the ... -
External Debt and Economic Growth in Nigeria: Is there a Debt Laffer Curve?
(Dutse Journal of Economics and Development Studies (DUJEDS), 2018)The primary objective of this paper is to test the hypothesis that a debt Laffer curve exists for the Nigerian economy. A debt Laffer curve is a smooth inverted U shaped parabolic function showing a non-linear relationship ... -
Does Financial Deepening Cause Economic Growth? Evidence from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
(University of Calabar, 2019)Deeper financial systems have long been associated with economic growth in economics literature. The financial sector is seen as the central nervous system of any economy, hence its importance in the economic development ... -
Effect of International Trade on Economic Growth in ECOWAS Sub-Region
(2020)This paper econometrically analyzes the effects of international trade on economic growth in the ECOWAS sub-region using a panel data set of fourteen ECOWAS countries covering 1995 to 2017. The Pooled Mean Group (PMG) ... -
Bank Credit, Industrial Sector and the Nigerian Economy: A VAR Approach
(Lafia Journal of Economics and Management, 2019)Industrial output and economic growth in Nigeria has been lackluster and efforts have been geared towards stimulating the industrial sector with a view to accelerating economic growth. Bank credit and government expenditure ... -
The Export-Led Growth Hypothesis and the Resource-Curse Scenario in 14 Oil-Producing SSA Countries: Evidence from Panel Decomposition Approach
(Covenant University, 2021-06)International trade theorists provide some mechanisms through which trade could be used as a driver of economic growth but nations of the world show different dispositions to these causing variations in economic growth. ... -
Modeling the Determinants of Private health Spending across Sub-Suharan African Countries: A Macro Level Study
(The International Islamic University Malaysia, 2021)Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries faced huge health financing burden as out–of–pocket health spending remains the primary source of financing healthcare in the region. The region has experienced rising healthcare costs, ... -
AfCFTA, Dumping and Enforcement of Rules of Origin: Issues for Legislative Intervention
(NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2021-04)The recent launching of AfCFTA holds promise for the economic development of Nigeria and other AU member states. Despite the projected gains from the intra-Africa free trade, dumping is a key downside of AfCFTA, especially ... -
Addressing Inadequate Orthopedic Hospitals in Nigeria: Issues for National Assembly Consideration
(NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2021-09)Given a population size of over 210 million people, and the rising trends in injuries to bones, ligaments, and tendons, sustained by road accident victims, and insurgents’ attack victims, amongst others, the need for the ... -
Enhancing Nigeria’s Economic Growth: Areas for Legislative Intervention
(NILDS-Department of Economic and Social Research, 2021-03)The recent Report by the National Bureau of Statistics indicates that Nigeria has exited a two-quarter (Q2-2020 to Q3-2020) economic recession. At the end of Q4-2020, a positive economic growth at 0.11%, holds promise for ... -
What Does Global Data Say about a Country’s HDI, Its Fertility Rate and National Minimum Wage? Insight for Nigeria
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-07)Nigeria has one of the lowest national minimum wages hence the debate to revisit the national minimum wage is a welcome development. Whereas marginal productivity play a significant role in determining wage negotiation, ... -
The Potential Implications of the Eligible Customer Scheme in the Electricity Sector
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-09)Eligible Customer Scheme in the power sector declared by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing is aimed at ensuring that big industrial consumers buy electricity directly from GENCOs. This has implications for electricity ... -
The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and the Domiciliation Debate in the National Assembly
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2018-02)In view of the threat by the Egmont Group, a 152-nation network of national financial intelligence units, to suspend Nigeria in 2018, the bill to grant financial and operational autonomy to the unit the Nigerian Financial ... -
Tackling Youth Unemployment: Need for a Coordinated Approach
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2019-04)Youth unemployment all over the world has attracted so much attention in many literature not only for the policy makers but also for the academia for young people are seen as the next generation of potentially productive ...
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