Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences: Volume 36 Issue 4

Re-examining the government expenditure–growth nexus in ECOWAS countries

Olumide Olusegun Olaoye, Monica Orisadare, Ukafor Ukafor Okorie, Ezekiel Abanikanda

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of government expenditure on economic growth in 15 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries over the…

Investigating the role of disaggregated economic freedom measures and FDI on human development in Africa

Kofi Korle, Anthony Amoah, George Hughes, Paragon Pomeyie, Godson Ahiabor

The purpose of the study is to investigate the role of disaggregated economic freedom measures in the foreign direct investment (FDI) and human development nexus.

Investigating the empirical relationship between government intervention programs and poverty alleviation: a case of Nigeria

Musa Waziri, Ahmed Zubir Bin Ibrahim, Zainal Bin Md. Zan Bin Md Zan

Although the literature has shown that government intervention programs on poverty alleviation have now become a common practice and accepted policy framework in tackling the…

Political instability and services of GCC banks: how important is the Yemen War?

Abdulazeez Y.H. Saif-Alyousfi

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of the Yemen War on banking services (deposits and loans) at the aggregate and at the level of conventional and Islamic banks in…

Human capital and economic growth in OECD countries: some new insights

Muhammad Tahir, Arshad Hayat, Kashif Rashid, Muhammad Asim Afridi, Yasir Bin Tariq

The new growth literature in general is very optimistic about the positive impact that human capital has on the economic growth of countries. Based on this argument, the current…

Bank risk, profit efficiency and profitability in a frontier market

King Carl Tornam Duho, Joseph Mensah Onumah, Raymond Agbesi Owodo, Emmanuel Tetteh Asare, Regina Mensah Onumah

The study examines the impact of risk on the profit efficiency and profitability of banks in Ghana.