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Calling Legislative attention to salient issues arising from the CBN Monetary Policy Committee meeting of 25th and 26th March, 2019
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2019-04)
Capital Allocation to the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN) in the 2019 FGN Appropriation Bill: Issues for Legislative and Executive Consideration
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2019-04)
One of the ways the Federal Government seeks to achieve a growth target of 3% in 2019 from 2.38% as at 2018Q4, is through adequate funding of agricultural research. The Agricultural Research Council of Nigerian (ARCN) plays ...
Enhancing the Competitiveness of Nigerian Exports within the AfCFTA through Improvements in Trade Logistics and Infrastructure
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2019-04)
The launch of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is aimed at boosting intra-African trade and promoting regional development. A major thrust of the agreement is the removal of tariffs from about 90% of ...
Enforcing Contracts and Business Survival in Nigeria: Calling Legislative Attention to World Bank 2018 Findings
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2019-04)
This brief examined enforcing contracts and business survival in Nigeria with a view to calling Legislative attention to World Bank 2018 easy of doing business survey findings. It noted that a business contract is only as ...
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 ...
Special Needs Education: Not a Priority in the 2019 Appropriation Bill
(Department of Economic and Social Research, 2019-04)
Persons With Disabilities (PWD) are among Nigeria’s most marginalized groups, resulting from socio-cultural norms and bias regarding disability as well as a lack of proactive government effort towards improving Special ...
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 ...
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 ...