This study has investigated the issues pertaining to the macroeconomic convergence in West Africa... more This study has investigated the issues pertaining to the macroeconomic convergence in West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ) countries and the degree of compliance with both the primary and secondary convergence criteria laid down for WAMZ member countries. The study used panel data from 2000 to 2020. The study employed a log-t test for the convergence analysis for the primary and secondary criteria variables for WAMZ member states while comparing results from cointegration test for convergence to estimate all parameters of all equations simultaneously taking into consideration the correlations among the cross-sectional countries. The log-t test result suggests that all the primary criteria variables for convergence have converged. Result equally shows that all the secondary criteria variables have converged except for total national debt percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) which appears to be diverging among WAMZ countries. Therefore, member states of West African Monetary Zone should ensure that full convergence is attained in the nearest future in all the primary criteria variables by ensuring policy coordination and strict compliance of enabling macroeconomic policies. The study recommends the commencement of the WAMZ convergence objective of single currency after full convergence.
This study sets out to investigate the impact of human capital investment on economic performance... more This study sets out to investigate the impact of human capital investment on economic performance in Nigeria. The study employed multiple regression analysis and Wiener-Granger causality methodology using time series data from 1980 to 2012. Results show that education expenditure has statistically significant impact on economic performance in Nigeria. Also, health care expenditure has significant effect on economic performance in Nigeria. The study equally found that there is unidirectional causality from economic performance to human capital investment only at lag 8 in Nigeria. Though human capital is not the only factor that drives a nation's growth and development but it is undoubtedly critical in the development process. It can hardly be overstated that the under development and under-utilization of a country's human resources will retard her economic growth and development. This is because neglecting human capital means lowering the productive capacity of an economy. In order to strength the country's human capital base the study recommends that Nigerian Government should increase and sustain education and health care expenditures especially on programmes aimed at improving education and health status of Nigerians as it is this study's believe that education and health care expenditures are far from the optimum.
This study has investigated the issues pertaining to the macroeconomic convergence in West Africa... more This study has investigated the issues pertaining to the macroeconomic convergence in West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ) countries and the degree of compliance with both the primary and secondary convergence criteria laid down for WAMZ member countries. The study used panel data from 2000 to 2020. The study employed a log-t test for the convergence analysis for the primary and secondary criteria variables for WAMZ member states while comparing results from cointegration test for convergence to estimate all parameters of all equations simultaneously taking into consideration the correlations among the cross-sectional countries. The log-t test result suggests that all the primary criteria variables for convergence have converged. Result equally shows that all the secondary criteria variables have converged except for total national debt percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) which appears to be diverging among WAMZ countries. Therefore, member states of West African Monetary Zone sh...
Government in many developing countries use exchange rate as an instrument for stabilization purp... more Government in many developing countries use exchange rate as an instrument for stabilization purposes. This is particularly so for imported commodities and those produced within an economy whose intermediate inputs and raw materials depend heavily on import. This study formulated multi-linear regression models to empirically investigate the impact of exchange rate pass-through on monetary policy and price stability in Nigeria using quarterly data from 1986:1 through 2012:4. Results show that there is complete exchange rate pass-through response with selected monetary policy variables except for interest rate. However, incomplete exchange rate pass-through was found with price stability in Nigeria. It is therefore recommended that there is the need for monetary policy authorities in Nigeria to elect for appropriate exchange rate regime and other monetary policy instruments to be able to stabilize prices with monetary policy variables in Nigeria.
This study examines the effect of government educational spending and macroeconomic framework on ... more This study examines the effect of government educational spending and macroeconomic framework on schooling outcomes in Nigeria using the econometric methods of co-integration and error correction mechanism together with the vector auto regression methodology. The results indicate that schooling outcome co-integrated with all the identified explanatory variables. The study found that public educational spending impacts positively on schooling outcome while macroeconomic instability impacts negatively. The variance decomposition analysis shows that "own shocks" constitute the predominant source of variation in schooling outcome. The impulse response analysis shows that any unanticipated increase in the macroeconomic uncertainty rate will have a contractionary impact on literacy rate. The policy implication of this study is that government should pay attention to policies that enhance educational attainment through adequate public social investment under stable macroeconomic ...
International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Sep 11, 2014
The study investigated the effect of per capita health spending on child mortality in Nigeria usi... more The study investigated the effect of per capita health spending on child mortality in Nigeria using secondary data from 1980 to 2012. The study employed multiple regression methodology. Results show that per capita health spending has no significant effect on infant mortality rate and neonatal mortality rate in Nigeria. Results also show that per capita health spending and per capita education expenditure have significant effect on under-five mortality rate in Nigeria. Finally, the study concludes that health care expenditure is far from the optimum which at present cannot sustain the teeming population health challenges and recommends that government should increase and sustain health spending especially on programmes aimed at reducing child mortality as it is this study’s believe that child mortality could significantly reduce with increased health spending in Nigeria.
This study is the empirical investigation of states social spending and social outcomes with spec... more This study is the empirical investigation of states social spending and social outcomes with specific emphasis on education in Nigeria. The study employed panel data from 36 states of the federation. The panel data spanned from 2009 through 2013. The study applied fixed effects and random effects models. Each of the education outcomes: total primary enrolment, total secondary enrolment, total tertiary enrolment and adult literacy enrolment were modeled against states spending on education and controlled for states spending on health and states per capita expenditure. Panel results show that states spending on education have a significant impact on total primary enrolment, total secondary enrolment and adult literacy enrolment in Nigeria using fixed and random effects but significant using only fixed effect on total tertiary enrolment in Nigeria. Therefore, it is recommended that there is the need for increase in state governments’ spending on education at all level.
This paper studies physical planning perspectives to poverty alleviation and rural economic devel... more This paper studies physical planning perspectives to poverty alleviation and rural economic development in Nigerian. Major issues examined are the proliferation of slums, citizen participation and globalization as they affect urban and regional planning practice and the consequences for both environmental and economic development. The study observed that environmental degradation and urban congestion can be controlled when the poverty level of the people is reduced. Rural economic development initiatives serve as opportunities for the planner to practice bottom-up planning as against the top-down planning of traditional approaches. It is also important for planners to take into consideration the economic status of those they are planning for. Globalization presents new economic opportunities and risks for cities, regions and nations, therefore the contemporary planner must ensure that new town development and urban regeneration exercises be aimed at developing globally competitive, ...
The Palgrave Handbook of Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa
The study investigated youth employment challenge and rural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa.... more The study investigated youth employment challenge and rural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study employed panel data analysis for 54 independent African countries from 2010 to 2017. The results suggest that youth employment (rural and urban) to population ratio, 15+ , has a great positive influence on rural transformation in African countries. However, results also suggest that an increase in unemployed rural population has an inverse effect on rural transformation. The result shows that youth literacy rate has an inverse relationship with youth unemployment rate. More so, the results also suggest that an increase in employment in the agricultural sector (given the employment in other sectors) would lead to a decline in youth unemployment rate in Africa. However, the evidence also shows that an increase in rural population would aggravate the youth unemployment rate in Africa. The chapter concludes that empowering the youth (through actions to facilitate youth skills development and matching rural youth to jobs; facilitate rural youth access to land; improve access to affordable finance by rural youth; promote MSME development; support social protection and safety net programs; and access to social services) is developing Africa through rural transformation. This may come quickly if youth employment becomes the litmus test of Africa’s development policies.
International Journal of Scientific Research in Education, 2014
This study sets out to investigate and elaborate the empirical issues pertaining to the structure... more This study sets out to investigate and elaborate the empirical issues pertaining to the structure and composition of domestic debt and its impact on private investment in Nigeria. The study employed multiple regression models using secondary data from 1970 to 2012. The study found that domestic debt has inverse significant impact on domestic private investment in Nigeria. Results also show that domestic debt has inverse significant impact on foreign private investment in Nigeria with exchange rate and debt servicing having positive effect on foreign private investment in Nigeria. The study concludes that domestic debt if unchecked crowds-out private investment in Nigeria.
This paper studies physical planning perspectives to poverty alleviation and rural economic devel... more This paper studies physical planning perspectives to poverty alleviation and rural economic development in Nigerian. Major issues examined are the proliferation of slums, citizen participation and globalization as they affect urban and regional planning practice and the consequences for both environmental and economic development. The study observed that environmental degradation and urban congestion can be controlled when the poverty level of the people is reduced. Rural economic development initiatives serve as opportunities for the planner to practice bottom-up planning as against the top-down planning of traditional approaches. It is also important for planners to take into consideration the economic status of those they are planning for. Globalization presents new economic opportunities and risks for cities, regions and nations, therefore the contemporary planner must ensure that new town development and urban regeneration exercises be aimed at developing globally competitive, ...
Empirical framework on what makes up Quality Public Expenditure (QPE) has been missing. This pape... more Empirical framework on what makes up Quality Public Expenditure (QPE) has been missing. This paper attempted to bridge this gap by creating and developing an empirical-dimensional approach on QPE. This paper employed Vector Error correction model and broad based framework based on a growth-accounting approach, through causal examination between the productive and protective expenditures and the real Gross Domestic product in Nigeria for the sample period 1979-2012. Results show that productive and protective expenditures grow along with the real GDP with the protective expenditures consistently expanding over productive expenditures. Causality was found to run from Gross domestic product to both productive and protective expenditures in Nigeria. The implication is that public expenditure has not been determined based on their productiveness but passively as a fiscal policy instrument in Nigeria. It is strongly recommended that budgetary decisions should take account of the nature of...
This study sets out to investigate and elaborate the empirical issues pertaining to the structure... more This study sets out to investigate and elaborate the empirical issues pertaining to the structure and composition of domestic debt and its impact on private investment in Nigeria. The study employed multiple regression models using secondary data from 1970 to 2012. The study found that domestic debt has inverse significant impact on domestic private investment in Nigeria. Results also show that domestic debt has inverse significant impact on foreign private investment in Nigeria with exchange rate and debt servicing having positive effect on foreign private investment in Nigeria. The study concludes that domestic debt if unchecked crowds-out private investment in Nigeria.
The Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies (Published by the NIgerian Economic Society), 2018
The Nigerian industrial sector performance has remained far from impressive despite efforts to ad... more The Nigerian industrial sector performance has remained far from impressive despite efforts to advance it. Industrial clusters have, however, thrived in the face of deindustrialisation in the country. This study probes the link between cluster-based policy and industrialisation adopting Nnewi Automotive Component Industrial Cluster as the case study. A sample of 195 firms drawn from manufacturing, trade and services firms in the cluster were utilised. In addition to the descriptive analysis, micro-level cluster information identified from literature was estimated using binary and ordinal logistics regression techniques. Findings indentify significant determinants of internationalisation, collaboration and innovation in the cluster that have guaranteed its collective efficiency and sustenance. The study posits that the cluster concept is capable of transforming the fortunes of the sector if properly mainstreamed into industrial policy.
Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2014
Empirical framework on what makes up Quality Public Expenditure (QPE) has been missing. This pape... more Empirical framework on what makes up Quality Public Expenditure (QPE) has been missing. This paper attempted to bridge this gap by creating and developing an empirical-dimensional approach on QPE. This paper employed Vector Error correction model and broad based framework based on a growth-accounting approach, through causal examination between the productive and protective expenditures and the real Gross Domestic product in Nigeria for the sample period 1979-2012. Results show that productive and protective expenditures grow along with the real GDP with the protective expenditures consistently expanding over productive expenditures. Causality was found to run from Gross domestic product to both productive and protective expenditures in Nigeria. The implication is that public expenditure has not been determined based on their productiveness but passively as a fiscal policy instrument in Nigeria. It is strongly recommended that budgetary decisions should take account of the nature of expenditure with particular allocation of resources to identified productive areas. It is this framework that should drive the Federal government's Medium Term Expenditure framework.
The study investigated the effect of per capita health spending on child mortality in Nigeria usi... more The study investigated the effect of per capita health spending on child mortality in Nigeria using secondary data from 1980 to 2012. The study employed multiple regression methodology. Results show that per capita health spending has no significant effect on infant mortality rate and neonatal mortality rate in Nigeria. Results also show that per capita health spending and per capita education expenditure have significant effect on under-five mortality rate in Nigeria. Finally, the study concludes that health care expenditure is far from the optimum which at present cannot sustain the teeming population health challenges and recommends that government should increase and sustain health spending especially on programmes aimed at reducing child mortality as it is this study’s believe that child mortality could significantly reduce with increased health spending in Nigeria.
This study has investigated the issues pertaining to the macroeconomic convergence in West Africa... more This study has investigated the issues pertaining to the macroeconomic convergence in West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ) countries and the degree of compliance with both the primary and secondary convergence criteria laid down for WAMZ member countries. The study used panel data from 2000 to 2020. The study employed a log-t test for the convergence analysis for the primary and secondary criteria variables for WAMZ member states while comparing results from cointegration test for convergence to estimate all parameters of all equations simultaneously taking into consideration the correlations among the cross-sectional countries. The log-t test result suggests that all the primary criteria variables for convergence have converged. Result equally shows that all the secondary criteria variables have converged except for total national debt percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) which appears to be diverging among WAMZ countries. Therefore, member states of West African Monetary Zone should ensure that full convergence is attained in the nearest future in all the primary criteria variables by ensuring policy coordination and strict compliance of enabling macroeconomic policies. The study recommends the commencement of the WAMZ convergence objective of single currency after full convergence.
This study sets out to investigate the impact of human capital investment on economic performance... more This study sets out to investigate the impact of human capital investment on economic performance in Nigeria. The study employed multiple regression analysis and Wiener-Granger causality methodology using time series data from 1980 to 2012. Results show that education expenditure has statistically significant impact on economic performance in Nigeria. Also, health care expenditure has significant effect on economic performance in Nigeria. The study equally found that there is unidirectional causality from economic performance to human capital investment only at lag 8 in Nigeria. Though human capital is not the only factor that drives a nation's growth and development but it is undoubtedly critical in the development process. It can hardly be overstated that the under development and under-utilization of a country's human resources will retard her economic growth and development. This is because neglecting human capital means lowering the productive capacity of an economy. In order to strength the country's human capital base the study recommends that Nigerian Government should increase and sustain education and health care expenditures especially on programmes aimed at improving education and health status of Nigerians as it is this study's believe that education and health care expenditures are far from the optimum.
This study has investigated the issues pertaining to the macroeconomic convergence in West Africa... more This study has investigated the issues pertaining to the macroeconomic convergence in West Africa Monetary Zone (WAMZ) countries and the degree of compliance with both the primary and secondary convergence criteria laid down for WAMZ member countries. The study used panel data from 2000 to 2020. The study employed a log-t test for the convergence analysis for the primary and secondary criteria variables for WAMZ member states while comparing results from cointegration test for convergence to estimate all parameters of all equations simultaneously taking into consideration the correlations among the cross-sectional countries. The log-t test result suggests that all the primary criteria variables for convergence have converged. Result equally shows that all the secondary criteria variables have converged except for total national debt percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) which appears to be diverging among WAMZ countries. Therefore, member states of West African Monetary Zone sh...
Government in many developing countries use exchange rate as an instrument for stabilization purp... more Government in many developing countries use exchange rate as an instrument for stabilization purposes. This is particularly so for imported commodities and those produced within an economy whose intermediate inputs and raw materials depend heavily on import. This study formulated multi-linear regression models to empirically investigate the impact of exchange rate pass-through on monetary policy and price stability in Nigeria using quarterly data from 1986:1 through 2012:4. Results show that there is complete exchange rate pass-through response with selected monetary policy variables except for interest rate. However, incomplete exchange rate pass-through was found with price stability in Nigeria. It is therefore recommended that there is the need for monetary policy authorities in Nigeria to elect for appropriate exchange rate regime and other monetary policy instruments to be able to stabilize prices with monetary policy variables in Nigeria.
This study examines the effect of government educational spending and macroeconomic framework on ... more This study examines the effect of government educational spending and macroeconomic framework on schooling outcomes in Nigeria using the econometric methods of co-integration and error correction mechanism together with the vector auto regression methodology. The results indicate that schooling outcome co-integrated with all the identified explanatory variables. The study found that public educational spending impacts positively on schooling outcome while macroeconomic instability impacts negatively. The variance decomposition analysis shows that "own shocks" constitute the predominant source of variation in schooling outcome. The impulse response analysis shows that any unanticipated increase in the macroeconomic uncertainty rate will have a contractionary impact on literacy rate. The policy implication of this study is that government should pay attention to policies that enhance educational attainment through adequate public social investment under stable macroeconomic ...
International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Sep 11, 2014
The study investigated the effect of per capita health spending on child mortality in Nigeria usi... more The study investigated the effect of per capita health spending on child mortality in Nigeria using secondary data from 1980 to 2012. The study employed multiple regression methodology. Results show that per capita health spending has no significant effect on infant mortality rate and neonatal mortality rate in Nigeria. Results also show that per capita health spending and per capita education expenditure have significant effect on under-five mortality rate in Nigeria. Finally, the study concludes that health care expenditure is far from the optimum which at present cannot sustain the teeming population health challenges and recommends that government should increase and sustain health spending especially on programmes aimed at reducing child mortality as it is this study’s believe that child mortality could significantly reduce with increased health spending in Nigeria.
This study is the empirical investigation of states social spending and social outcomes with spec... more This study is the empirical investigation of states social spending and social outcomes with specific emphasis on education in Nigeria. The study employed panel data from 36 states of the federation. The panel data spanned from 2009 through 2013. The study applied fixed effects and random effects models. Each of the education outcomes: total primary enrolment, total secondary enrolment, total tertiary enrolment and adult literacy enrolment were modeled against states spending on education and controlled for states spending on health and states per capita expenditure. Panel results show that states spending on education have a significant impact on total primary enrolment, total secondary enrolment and adult literacy enrolment in Nigeria using fixed and random effects but significant using only fixed effect on total tertiary enrolment in Nigeria. Therefore, it is recommended that there is the need for increase in state governments’ spending on education at all level.
This paper studies physical planning perspectives to poverty alleviation and rural economic devel... more This paper studies physical planning perspectives to poverty alleviation and rural economic development in Nigerian. Major issues examined are the proliferation of slums, citizen participation and globalization as they affect urban and regional planning practice and the consequences for both environmental and economic development. The study observed that environmental degradation and urban congestion can be controlled when the poverty level of the people is reduced. Rural economic development initiatives serve as opportunities for the planner to practice bottom-up planning as against the top-down planning of traditional approaches. It is also important for planners to take into consideration the economic status of those they are planning for. Globalization presents new economic opportunities and risks for cities, regions and nations, therefore the contemporary planner must ensure that new town development and urban regeneration exercises be aimed at developing globally competitive, ...
The Palgrave Handbook of Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa
The study investigated youth employment challenge and rural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa.... more The study investigated youth employment challenge and rural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study employed panel data analysis for 54 independent African countries from 2010 to 2017. The results suggest that youth employment (rural and urban) to population ratio, 15+ , has a great positive influence on rural transformation in African countries. However, results also suggest that an increase in unemployed rural population has an inverse effect on rural transformation. The result shows that youth literacy rate has an inverse relationship with youth unemployment rate. More so, the results also suggest that an increase in employment in the agricultural sector (given the employment in other sectors) would lead to a decline in youth unemployment rate in Africa. However, the evidence also shows that an increase in rural population would aggravate the youth unemployment rate in Africa. The chapter concludes that empowering the youth (through actions to facilitate youth skills development and matching rural youth to jobs; facilitate rural youth access to land; improve access to affordable finance by rural youth; promote MSME development; support social protection and safety net programs; and access to social services) is developing Africa through rural transformation. This may come quickly if youth employment becomes the litmus test of Africa’s development policies.
International Journal of Scientific Research in Education, 2014
This study sets out to investigate and elaborate the empirical issues pertaining to the structure... more This study sets out to investigate and elaborate the empirical issues pertaining to the structure and composition of domestic debt and its impact on private investment in Nigeria. The study employed multiple regression models using secondary data from 1970 to 2012. The study found that domestic debt has inverse significant impact on domestic private investment in Nigeria. Results also show that domestic debt has inverse significant impact on foreign private investment in Nigeria with exchange rate and debt servicing having positive effect on foreign private investment in Nigeria. The study concludes that domestic debt if unchecked crowds-out private investment in Nigeria.
This paper studies physical planning perspectives to poverty alleviation and rural economic devel... more This paper studies physical planning perspectives to poverty alleviation and rural economic development in Nigerian. Major issues examined are the proliferation of slums, citizen participation and globalization as they affect urban and regional planning practice and the consequences for both environmental and economic development. The study observed that environmental degradation and urban congestion can be controlled when the poverty level of the people is reduced. Rural economic development initiatives serve as opportunities for the planner to practice bottom-up planning as against the top-down planning of traditional approaches. It is also important for planners to take into consideration the economic status of those they are planning for. Globalization presents new economic opportunities and risks for cities, regions and nations, therefore the contemporary planner must ensure that new town development and urban regeneration exercises be aimed at developing globally competitive, ...
Empirical framework on what makes up Quality Public Expenditure (QPE) has been missing. This pape... more Empirical framework on what makes up Quality Public Expenditure (QPE) has been missing. This paper attempted to bridge this gap by creating and developing an empirical-dimensional approach on QPE. This paper employed Vector Error correction model and broad based framework based on a growth-accounting approach, through causal examination between the productive and protective expenditures and the real Gross Domestic product in Nigeria for the sample period 1979-2012. Results show that productive and protective expenditures grow along with the real GDP with the protective expenditures consistently expanding over productive expenditures. Causality was found to run from Gross domestic product to both productive and protective expenditures in Nigeria. The implication is that public expenditure has not been determined based on their productiveness but passively as a fiscal policy instrument in Nigeria. It is strongly recommended that budgetary decisions should take account of the nature of...
This study sets out to investigate and elaborate the empirical issues pertaining to the structure... more This study sets out to investigate and elaborate the empirical issues pertaining to the structure and composition of domestic debt and its impact on private investment in Nigeria. The study employed multiple regression models using secondary data from 1970 to 2012. The study found that domestic debt has inverse significant impact on domestic private investment in Nigeria. Results also show that domestic debt has inverse significant impact on foreign private investment in Nigeria with exchange rate and debt servicing having positive effect on foreign private investment in Nigeria. The study concludes that domestic debt if unchecked crowds-out private investment in Nigeria.
The Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies (Published by the NIgerian Economic Society), 2018
The Nigerian industrial sector performance has remained far from impressive despite efforts to ad... more The Nigerian industrial sector performance has remained far from impressive despite efforts to advance it. Industrial clusters have, however, thrived in the face of deindustrialisation in the country. This study probes the link between cluster-based policy and industrialisation adopting Nnewi Automotive Component Industrial Cluster as the case study. A sample of 195 firms drawn from manufacturing, trade and services firms in the cluster were utilised. In addition to the descriptive analysis, micro-level cluster information identified from literature was estimated using binary and ordinal logistics regression techniques. Findings indentify significant determinants of internationalisation, collaboration and innovation in the cluster that have guaranteed its collective efficiency and sustenance. The study posits that the cluster concept is capable of transforming the fortunes of the sector if properly mainstreamed into industrial policy.
Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2014
Empirical framework on what makes up Quality Public Expenditure (QPE) has been missing. This pape... more Empirical framework on what makes up Quality Public Expenditure (QPE) has been missing. This paper attempted to bridge this gap by creating and developing an empirical-dimensional approach on QPE. This paper employed Vector Error correction model and broad based framework based on a growth-accounting approach, through causal examination between the productive and protective expenditures and the real Gross Domestic product in Nigeria for the sample period 1979-2012. Results show that productive and protective expenditures grow along with the real GDP with the protective expenditures consistently expanding over productive expenditures. Causality was found to run from Gross domestic product to both productive and protective expenditures in Nigeria. The implication is that public expenditure has not been determined based on their productiveness but passively as a fiscal policy instrument in Nigeria. It is strongly recommended that budgetary decisions should take account of the nature of expenditure with particular allocation of resources to identified productive areas. It is this framework that should drive the Federal government's Medium Term Expenditure framework.
The study investigated the effect of per capita health spending on child mortality in Nigeria usi... more The study investigated the effect of per capita health spending on child mortality in Nigeria using secondary data from 1980 to 2012. The study employed multiple regression methodology. Results show that per capita health spending has no significant effect on infant mortality rate and neonatal mortality rate in Nigeria. Results also show that per capita health spending and per capita education expenditure have significant effect on under-five mortality rate in Nigeria. Finally, the study concludes that health care expenditure is far from the optimum which at present cannot sustain the teeming population health challenges and recommends that government should increase and sustain health spending especially on programmes aimed at reducing child mortality as it is this study’s believe that child mortality could significantly reduce with increased health spending in Nigeria.
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2012. The study employed multiple regression methodology. Results show that per capita health spending has no significant
effect on infant mortality rate and neonatal mortality rate in Nigeria. Results also show that per capita health spending and per
capita education expenditure have significant effect on under-five mortality rate in Nigeria. Finally, the study concludes that
health care expenditure is far from the optimum which at present cannot sustain the teeming population health challenges and
recommends that government should increase and sustain health spending especially on programmes aimed at reducing child
mortality as it is this study’s believe that child mortality could significantly reduce with increased health spending in Nigeria.
2012. The study employed multiple regression methodology. Results show that per capita health spending has no significant
effect on infant mortality rate and neonatal mortality rate in Nigeria. Results also show that per capita health spending and per
capita education expenditure have significant effect on under-five mortality rate in Nigeria. Finally, the study concludes that
health care expenditure is far from the optimum which at present cannot sustain the teeming population health challenges and
recommends that government should increase and sustain health spending especially on programmes aimed at reducing child
mortality as it is this study’s believe that child mortality could significantly reduce with increased health spending in Nigeria.