The effect of ICT on financial sector development in Africa: does regulatory quality matter?

IA Raifu, IA Okunoye, A Aminu - Information Technology for …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The moderating role of regulatory quality in the relationship between ICT and financial
development in Africa is investigated in this study. We employ data from 38 African countries …

Financial development and economic growth in Ethiopia: Is there a causal link?

ST Mengesha, E Berde - Cogent Economics & Finance, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The relationship between financial development and economic growth has been widely
debated in the economics literature, but the results have been inconsistent and vary …

[HTML][HTML] Financial development and unemployment in MENA: evidence from heterogeneous panel causality and quantile via moment regression

IA Raifu, TT Kumeka, A Aminu - Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2024 - Springer
The high rate of unemployment is one of the socio-economic problems bedevilling the
MENA region. Theoretical and empirical arguments remain divided regarding financial …

Trade misinvoicing and domestic resource mobilization in Nigeria

JA Afolabi - International Journal of Development Issues, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Mobilizing domestic resources has been a daunting task for the Nigerian
government given its growing fiscal responsibilities and the limited domestic resources at its …

[PDF][PDF] EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA'S ECONOMIC SECTORS.

JA Afolabi - Economic Horizons/Ekonomski Horizonti, 2023 - horizonti.ekfak.kg.ac.rs
Technological advancement continues to revolutionize the labor market and has particularly
intensified the debate on its employment effect across developing and developed …

[HTML][HTML] On the effect of military spending on education in Africa: what role does institutional quality play?

IA Raifu, DC Uzoma-Nwosu, A Aminu - Journal of Business and Socio …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study explored how institutional quality influences the relationship between
military spending and education in Africa. Design/methodology/approach This study used …

[PDF][PDF] Military expenditure and unemployment in South Africa: evidence from linear and nonlinear ARDL with and without structural break

IA Raifu, JA Afolabi - Economic Alternative, 2022 - researchgate.net
This study examined the symmetric and asymmetric effects of military expenditure on the
unemployment rate in South Africa using quarterly data from 1994Q1 and 2019Q4. The …

Place a bar on government size to bar growth reversal: fresh evidence from BARS curve hypothesis in Sub-Saharan Africa

JA Afolabi - Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 2023 - journals.co.za
The theoretical and empirical links between optimum government size and economic growth
have been widely debated in the economic literature, with the Barro-Armey-Rahn-Scully …

Government expenditure and unemployment nexus in Nigeria: Does institutional quality matter?

IA Raifu, A Aminu, JA Afolabi… - Journal of Public …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the role of institutional quality in the government expenditure‐
unemployment nexus in Nigeria using different components of government expenditures …

FDI, institutional quality and gender employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

JA Afolabi, IA Raifu - Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
With the widening saving-investment gap and the limited domestic financial resources to
drive development imperatives in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), foreign direct investment (FDI) …