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Public Finance and Rural Development in Nigeria: Empirical Evidence from the Structural Equation Modeling

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  • Abdulkadir Abdulrashid Rafindadi
  • Kondo Augustine Kondo

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This study looks at the Nigerian public finance system and the quality of life in rural areas. Specifically the study aims at assessing the implementation and elements leading to the constraints to rural investment in those infrastructural facilities that help in improving or enhancing the quality of rural life in Benue state Nigeria. Data was gathered from nine local government areas in Benue state. Two-hundred and seventy questionnaires (270) were distributed (i.e. Thirty questionnaires duly distributed to each selected local government) and a total of two-hundred and forty-two were returned. A comparative methodological approach of multiple-regression analysis and the structural equation modeling (SEM) was adopted. Findings of the SEM analysis revealed that public finance in rural areas of the selected sample size in Nigeria has not been effective and efficient in all ramifications. While the result from the regression model established that, the five key indices used in the study established poor respective outcome. These were found to be due largely from the joint account system between the state/local government which poses serious challenge when it comes to the issue of financing rural infrastructural projects and other social amenities. The study recommends among others the need for a newly architected public finance system in local governments in Nigeria and this should be directed in a way and manner that will be efficient and prudent to move the developmental prospects of the local governments in the rightful direction in Nigeria.

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  • Abdulkadir Abdulrashid Rafindadi & Kondo Augustine Kondo, 2018. "Public Finance and Rural Development in Nigeria: Empirical Evidence from the Structural Equation Modeling," Asian Economic and Financial Review, Asian Economic and Social Society, vol. 8(11), pages 1313-1339.
    • Handle: RePEc:asi:aeafrj:v:8:y:2018:i:11:p:1313-1339:id:1747
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    1. Abdulkadir Abdulrashid Rafindadi & Zakariyah Aliyu Olanrewaju, 2019. "The Impact of Internal Control System on the Financial Accountability of Non-Governmental organisations in Nigeria: Evidence from the Structural Equation Modelling," International Review of Management and Marketing, Econjournals, vol. 9(3), pages 49-63.
    2. Oleg V. Zakharchenko, 2020. "Improving the socio-economic well-being of the population in rural areas in the context of improving the economic security of the state," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 8(2), pages 512-532, December.
    3. Mohd Rushdan Yasoa & Mohd Safwan Ghazali & Mohd Afifie Mohd Alwi & Azira Hanani Ab Rahman & Siti Salwani Abdullah & Ahmad Ridhuan Abdullah & Mohammad Ismail & Mohd Rafi Yaacob, 2019. "Fund Management ¨C An Exploratory Case Study of Several Mosques in Kelantan," Research in World Economy, Research in World Economy, Sciedu Press, vol. 10(2), pages 53-57, July.
    4. Abdulkadir Abdulrashid Rafindadi & Zakariyah Aliyu Olanrewaju, 2019. "Internal Control System, Sustainable Management and Service Delivery of NGO’s in Nigeria: An Empirical Analysis," International Review of Management and Marketing, Econjournals, vol. 9(2), pages 89-103.

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