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Impact of Public Expenditure on Poverty: Role of Governance

On: May 15, 2023

The paper investigated the role of governance in the impacts of government expenditure on poverty. We used a system-Generalised Methods Moments econometric technique with unbalanced panel data of 46 countries in the Sub-Saharan African region covering the period from 1996 to 2019. Good governance plays a vital role in enhancingContinue Reading

Does Okun’s Law Explain the Relationship between Economic Growth and Unemployment in Nigeria?

By: jem

On: June 13, 2021

The issue of unemployment remains the fulcrum of any economic policy because of its attendant effects such as low GDP, increase social ills, etc. Thus, this paper attempts to verify if Okun’s law holds in Nigeria by investigating the dynamic effect of unemployment on economic growth using time-series data forContinue Reading