Economic growth, poverty and income inequality matrix in Nigeria: a further investigation

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Okafor, H. O.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2019-04-08T11:48:15Z	-
dc.date.available	2019-04-08T11:48:15Z	-
dc.date.issued	2016-03	-
dc.identifier.citation	Okafor, H. O. (2006). Economic growth, poverty and income inequality matrix in Nigeria: a further investigation. CBN Economic and Financial Review, 54(1), 25-42.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1957-2968	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://library.cbn.gov.ng:8092/jspui/handle/123456789/793	-
dc.description.abstract	This paper examined the existing relationship among economic growth, poverty and income inequality in Nigeria using the Vector Auto-regressive (VAR) model and the Engle-Granger technique to test for the causality existing among the variables, the results revealed that economic growth had no impact on poverty reduction and income distribution in Nigeria due its non-inclusive nature.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Central Bank of Nigeria	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Central Bank of Nigeria, Research Department.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Vol. 54;No.1	-
dc.subject	Economic growth	en_US
dc.subject	Income inequality	en_US
dc.subject	Variance decomposition	en_US
dc.subject	Impulse response function	en_US
dc.subject	Equity	en_US
dc.subject	Macroeconomic stability	en_US
dc.subject	Nigeria	en_US
dc.title	Economic growth, poverty and income inequality matrix in Nigeria: a further investigation	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
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