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Foreign Direct Investment and Growth Nexus: Further Evidence from Africa’s Largest Economy

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  • Anthony Orji
  • Godson Umunna Nwagu
  • Jonathan E. Ogbuabor
  • Onyinye I. Anthony-Orji

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The study investigated the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in Nigeria, which is currently Africa’s largest economy, and also determined the long-run relationship between FDI and economic growth in Nigeria from 1981 to 2017. The study adopted the autoregressive distributed lag modelling approach and ordinary least square in the analysis. The empirical results revealed that FDI has a positive and significant relationship with economic growth in Nigeria within the period under review. The study concluded and recommended that Nigerian Government should formulate policies that will attract more FDI in all sectors of the economy especially in the service and manufacturing sectors, so as to improve the infrastructural facilities and production of goods in the country and also expand its labour force. Finally, there is need to improve the educational policy of the country in order to raise the stock of human capital in the country that will make useful policies for the attraction for productive FDIs in the country. JEL Classification : E22, F21, F23, F43

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  • Anthony Orji & Godson Umunna Nwagu & Jonathan E. Ogbuabor & Onyinye I. Anthony-Orji, 2021. "Foreign Direct Investment and Growth Nexus: Further Evidence from Africa’s Largest Economy," Journal of Infrastructure Development, India Development Foundation, vol. 13(1), pages 65-78, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:jouinf:v:13:y:2021:i:1:p:65-78
    DOI: 10.1177/09749306211024433
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    Keywords

    Foreign direct investment; economic growth; autoregressive distributed lag; OLS; Nigeria;
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    JEL classification:

    • E22 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
    • F21 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Investment; Long-Term Capital Movements
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies

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