Using a linear Vector Autoregressive (VAR) approach, our results show that all the variables, except the relative income (RELY), real effective exchange rate (REER) and domestic investment (INV) for Nigeria, Ghana and Cote'd'Ivoire respectively are important in explaining the long run ...
doi:10.1080/15423166.2002.434078828741ChomBaguInformaworldJournal of Peacebuilding & Development
Current Account Sustainability in ECOWAS Abstract: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), comprising fifteen states, was established in 1975 to accelerate economic growth and development of the sub-region through facilitation of economic and monetary cooperation and integration. The paper...
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Population in the world is currently at 7.5 billion as of 2017 and growing at a rate of around 1.11% per year. Population is expected to keep growing and estimates at 8.4 billion by 2030 and 9.6 billion by mid-2050. Annual population growth rate reached its peak in the late 1960s, when...
population growth, lack of access to biomass energy substitutes and the growing rate of poverty among the population. The wood fuel energy supply and demand imbalance is exerting considerable pressure on the remaining forest and vegetation stocks, thereby accelerating the processes of land degradation ...
Nigeria – can it break its oil curse? October 29, 2024MarkLeave a comment A well produced video (see end of post) from the FT on the oil industry in Nigeria and asking if it is the classical example of a resource curse. There is a brief outline on the content below. There have be...
In Nigeria, the transmission of schistosomiasis is still active. This poses a serious health challenge as morbidity builds up in infected individuals. Mass drug administration (MDA) has helped to reduce morbidity but it is not adequate to abate transmission in many areas of the country. The ...
Perhaps the best example is that of Nigeria which was to draw down US$2.5 billion from EXIM in 2009. After the country transisitioned through elections, it was revealed by the incoming government that what was initially thought to be a US$2.5 billion concessionary loan credit package turned ...
the pandemic but included rising inequality both within and between countries, poverty and food insecurity, among others. Those necessitated that Members avoided measures that undermined or fragmented the trading system. “10.11. Any group of Members could discuss any issue informally. However, when ...