Department of Economic and Social Research: Recent submissions
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The proposed 2024 Tax reform bill and the Rising Economic Pressures on the Survival of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria: A Need for Legislative intervention
(NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2024-11)The current proposed 2024 tax bill has planned on raising the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 7.5% to 10% in 2025. This increase is projected to adversely affect the growth and performance of an already weak Small and Medium ... -
The Central Bank of Nigeria Forex Sales to Bureau de Change (BDC) Operators and the Depreciation of the Naira: Areas for Legislative Interventions
(NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2024-03)In a renewed effort to address the naira's free fall, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has launched a number of noteworthy initiatives, such as investigating and clearing the backlog in foreign exchange, restricting the ... -
Derivation-Based Model for VAT Distribution: Issues for Legislative Consideration
(NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2024-11)The current administration has made efforts to improve the tax system to enhance the efficiency of tax collection and bolster economic competitiveness. In this context, it has presented four executive Bills to the National ... -
Addressing the Lackluster Performance of the Agricultural Sector in Nigeria: Areas for Legislative Interventions
(NILDS-Department of Economics and Social Research, 2024-11)The National Development Plan (2021-2025) envisioned a significant increase in Nigeria's agricultural productivity. In the same vein, due to the importance of agriculture, the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-2) seeks to ... -
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 ...