Daasi Gibson

Akwa Ibom State University · Department of Economics

This study investigates the effect of capital flight on economic growth in Nigeria over the period of 1980-2021. Relying on the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) regression estimation framework, the result reveals an overall negative and statistically significant effect of capital flight on economic growth. The short-run ARDL estimates revealed...

This study examined the impact of Manufacturing Sector Output on economic growth in Nigeria over the period of 1986 to 2020. Relying on the Autoregressive Distributive Lag Model (ARDL) and the Error Correction Model (ECM), the study indicates a significant short run relationship between Manufacturing Sector Output and economic growth in Nigeria. Th...

This paper empirically analyzed the impact of government finance on the growth of agricultural sector in Nigeria. The relevant time series data for the study were obtained from secondary sources. The data ranged from 1981 to 2020, and the Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) test was deployed to test their stationarity. The study further uses the newly de...

People's participation in project implementation in the community is generally accepted as a means of mobilizing human and material resources-all directed to increasing productivity and thus improving the living standards of the people. The practicability of this strategy will be a wild dream if it cannot be institutionalized. Hence, a need for som...

This work examines the impact of non-oil exports on economic growth in Nigeria, during the period of 1981-2016. In carrying out this study, secondary data were collected and empirical analysis was made. To achieve these objectives ordinary least square method was used in analyzing the data. The empirical results reveal that non-oil export is statis...

This work examines the impact of trade liberalization on Manufacturing sector output in Nigeria from 1981-2016. Over the years, the liberalization policies have been introduced to promote export and productivity mainly by exploiting comparative advantages that can be gained through exposure to foreign competition, enhanced technical development and...

Community Development anywhere in the world is facilitated by the extent to which the local people can mobilize their resources to address local needs. The role of the youths to fast-track Community Development Programmes has been recognized, particularly, in local communities where they have played pivotal role in education, health, environmental...

This work examines the impact of economic diversification on the Nigerian economy. The econometric technique of ordinary least square of multiple regressions was used as the main analytical tool to test the hypothesis. Findings revealed that Nigeria economy will be on the growth path if she diversifies through trade, agricultural and industrial out...

The work examines the effect of financing agriculture on sustainable economic growth and development of Nigeria. Nigeria and other developing countries are still faced the problem of low productivity in agriculture and this affects the level of per capita income and general welfare of the people. This paper employed secondary data and some economet...

The study examined the relationship between telecommunication infrastructure development and economic growth in Nigeria for the period, 1981-2014. A double-logged regression model was used and the data were analysed using the ordinary least square (OLS) regression method. The study found that there is a positive and significant relationship between...

This study examines the level and extent to which community leaders contribute towards successful community development projects in Boki Local Government Area, Cross River State. A total of 150 community leaders selected through multi-stage sampling technique participated in the study. Frequency counts, percentage, Group Arithmetic Mean and Mean We...