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Handbook of research on in-country determinants and implications with foreign land acquisitions
In: Premier reference source
In: Advances in finance, accounting, and economic (AFAE) book series
"This book examines the economic, sociological, and environmental issues surrounding land transactions and the impact these deals may have on local households and communities"--
Large-scale agricultural land investments and local institutions in Africa: The Nigerian case
In: Land use policy: the international journal covering all aspects of land use, Band 39, S. 155-165
ISSN: 0264-8377
Large Scale Agricultural Foreign Investments and Household's Livelihood in Nigeria: Forces from Above and Voices from Below
In: ASA 2013 Annual Meeting Paper
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Technological Capability, Inclusive Growth and Structural Transformation in Africa
In: The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, Band 14, Heft 4, S. 351-369
ISSN: 2152-0852
Government Expenditure in Nigeria: An Examination of Tri-Theoretical Mantras
In: Efobi, U., and Osabuohien, S., (2012), Government Expenditure in Nigeria: An Examination of Tri-Theoretical Mantras, Journal of Economic and Social Research, Vol 14(2), 27-52
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Trade Outcomes in Africa's Regional Economic Communities and Institutional Quality: Some Policy Prescriptions
In: Osabuohien, E.S., and Efobi, U.R., (2011). Trade Outcomes in Africa's Regional Economic Communities and Institutional Quality: Some Policy Prescriptions Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti BULLETIN, LXIII (4); 19-32
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Africa's Money in Africa: Physical and Human Capital Perspectives
In: Osabuohien, E.S., and Efobi, U.R. (2014), Africa's Money in Africa: Physical and Human Capital Perspectives, In S. Sahoo and B.K. Pattanaik (eds), Global Diasporas and Development Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Policy Perspectives.
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Africa's Money in Africa
In: Osabuohien, E.S. and Efobi, U. (2013), "AFRICA'S MONEY IN AFRICA", South African Journal of Economics, Vol 81 (2), 292-306
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Trade Outcomes in Africa's Regional Economic Communities and Institutional Quality: Some Policy Prescriptions
In: Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Bulletin, Vol. LXIII, No. 4/2011, 19-32
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Re-engineering the NDDC's master plan: an analytical approach
In: Journal of sustainable development in Africa, Band 11, Heft 2, S. 142-159
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Analysis of the Cost of Governance and Options for its Reduction in Nigeria
In: Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies, Band 49, Heft 1
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Protest Matters: The Effects of Protests on Economic Redistribution
In: https://doi.org/10.7916/80zj-cy87
Can citizen-led protests lead to meaningful economic redistribution and nudge governments to increase redistributive efforts of fiscal resources? We study the effects of protests on fiscal redistribution using evidence from Nigeria. We digitized twenty-six years of public finance data from 1988 to 2016 to examine the effects of protests on intergovernmental transfers. We find that protests increase transfers to protesting regions, but only in areas that are politically aligned with disbursing governments. Protesters also face increased police violence. Non-protest conflicts do not affect transfers and protests do not affect non-transfer revenue. The results show that protests can influence fiscal redistribution.
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Domestic energy consumption in Ghana: Deprivation versus likelihood of access
Purpose - This paper analyses the extent to which households are deprived (or otherwise) of clean energy sources in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach - It engages the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data (GDHS VI). Three different energy deprivation indicators were estimated: cooking fuel deprivation, lighting deprivation and indoor air pollution. The empirical evidence is based on logit regressions that explain whether households are deprived or not. Findings - The results show that energy deprivation or access is contingent on the area of residence. Energy access and deprivation in Ghana show some regional disparities, even though across every region, the majority of households use three fuel types: Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), charcoal and wood cut. Increases in wealth and education lead to reduction in the likelihood of being energy deprived. Thus, efforts should be geared towards policies that will ensure households having access to clean fuels to reduce the attendant deprivations and corresponding effects of using dangerous or dirty fuels. Originality/value - This study complements the extant literature by analysing the extent to which households are deprived (or otherwise) of clean energy sources in Ghana.
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Agricultural sector performance, institutional framework and food security in Nigeria
This study examines how the performance of the agricultural sector can be enhanced in the longrun through institutional framework thereby ensuring food security in Nigeria. It employs the ARDL (Autoregressive Distributed Lag) with data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World Development Indicators (WDI), and World Governance Indicators (WDI). Food security is used as the dependent variable proxied by the number of the people undernourished under the stability dimension; agricultural sector performance and institutional framework as the independent variables, while population is a control variable. Two agricultural variables (agriculture production and agriculture credit) are employed with six variables of institutional framework. The findings show that in the long-run, agriculture production and agriculture credit (agriculture variables) will increase food security by reducing the number of people undernourished by 2% and 18%, respectively. In terms of institutional framework; political stability and absence of violence and rule of law increase food security by reducing undernourishment by approximately 69% and 29%, respectively; control of corruption and voice and accountability tends to reduce food security by increasing the number of the people undernourished by 74%, 51% and 63% respectively. Therefore, the study concludes by recommending, among others, that the Nigerian institutional framework should be improved (especially the control of corruption) in addressing the challenges in the implementation of food security programmes and ensuring timely distribution of food resources.
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