The main objective of the study is to empirically examine how economic growth is impacted upon through financial inclusion. Economic growth per capital income is the study’s explained variables while, rural deposits, private sector deposits, rural loans, private loans, and number of banks branches are proxies for the explanatory variable. Secondary data was sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin and World Bank financial indicator and span thirty-five years (1982 to 2017). From the augmented dickey fuller (ADF) test results, autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) regression was adopted. Findings shows that individually, rural deposits, and number of banks branches are significant in the short-run while, only the former is significant in the long-run. However, jointly, and from the Wald test result, a no significant relationship is established between the variables in the long-run. The study thus recommends a nurturing approach from primary to tertiary level of financial inclusion.
The papers attempt to validate/invalidate economic growth sustainability vis-à-vis external financing of budget in Nigeria. The external financing channels - multilateral, Paris Club, London Club, promissory notes, bilateral, Euro bond, diaspora debts, and others - were tracked in relation to economic growth sustainability. The data is accessed from Emission Database for Global Atmospheric Research [EDGAR], the World Bank Development Indicator (WDI), and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin, for forty years (1981 to 2020). The study analysis follows plotting the visual trend of the series to ascertain its movement over time. Likewise, descriptive inference – skewness (sk), Kurtosis (k) & Jacque-Bera (JB) statistics were inferred for series normality. Also, Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) unit root test, cointegration, vector autoregression (VAR), and the impulse response function (IRF) technique formed the basis of the estimation tools. Finding validates that there is no significant long-run relationship between external financing of the budget and sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. As a result, a reduction, and or a stop to further contracting external financing for budget purposes, and ensuring a funding-project-tied, is strongly recommended.
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