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    The Role of Religion in Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Nigeria
    (UMYUK Journal of Economics and Development (UJED), 2018) Musa Abdullahi Sakanko; Joseph David
    The religion, due to its proximity to the poor, remains one of the major stakeholders of poverty alleviation. The paper studied the role of religion in alleviating poverty in Nigeria using a 250 crosssectional data randomly collected across the country. Employing descriptive statistics and Logistics (Logit) regression model, the result obtained revealed that Religion; Zakah; the provision and creation of jobs by religious bodies; and conflict resolution are increasing functions of poverty in Nigeria, while Tithing; charity (Waqf); Educational aid (scholarships); and the provision of social amenities by religious bodies are poverty alleviating mechanisms in the county. The authors thus recommends the actions of the clerics of individual religious groups in the county to further encourage individuals towards charity/alms giving, provision of social amenities, scholarships and the compliance with Zakah
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    PRUDENT MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA
    (DUTSE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH (DIJSER), 2019) Joseph David; Musa Abdullahi Sakanko; Ladan Amina Shuni
    This study employs the ARDL bound testing technique to empirically investigate the impact of prudent macroeconomic management on poverty reduction in Nigeria from 1980 to 2017. Empirical results indicates the existence of co-integrating (long-run) relationship between poverty and macro-economic variables (economic growth, inflation rate, exchange rate, employment rate, Balance of Payments, loan and credit, lending interest rate, agricultural sector’s growth, and democracy). In addition, the results demonstrate that in the short-run, the past value of poverty rate, economic growth, exchange rate, Balance of Payments, and lending interest rate have a significant negative impact on poverty, while employment rate impact poverty positively in the short-run. Therefore, recommended the policy makers should put in place police programmes that will increase the growth of Nigerian economy by increasing effective loan and credit, employment and jobs, Balance of Payments surplus, agricultural growth, and democracy while reducing and stabilizing the general price level, exchange rate, and lending interest rate.
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    AN EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF THE INFORMAL SECTOR ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA USING ERROR CORRECTION MODEL (ECM) 1985 - 2014
    (Lapai International Journal of Administration, 2017) Musa Abdullahi Sakanko; Musa Salihu Ewugi
    Nigeria with a population of over 160 million people has the highest numbers of workers in the informal sector in Africa. Informal sector therefore, plays a significant role in the Nigerian economy for it creates employment and reduces poverty. This study therefore, examines evolution of the impact of the informal sector on economic growth in Nigeria from 1985 to 2014, using Error Correction model (ECM) to analyze the data. The result reveals that informal sector has long-run and positive relationship with economic growth but statistically insignificant. Based on these findings, the study recommends fiscal regulation and employment policies to foster economic growth and development. And thereby, concludes that informal economy is a source of income but it is difficult to ascertain its contribution to economic growth and development of Nigeria in the short run.
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    ASSESSMENT OF SHORT RUN AND LONG RUN DETERMINANTS OF EXCHANGE RATE IN NIGERIA 1980 TO 2015
    (Sokoto Journal of the Social Sciences, 2018) Musa Abdullahi Sakanko; Mohammed Yelwa
    This study is based on the investigation of the determinants of exchange rate in Nigeria using time series data from 1980 to 2015 and employed Autoregressive Distributed Lagged Model (ARDL) and Error Correction Mechanism (ECM) to capture both the short-run and long run determinants of exchange rate in Nigeria. The results revealed that the past value of interest rate, current inflation rate and current government expenditure causes the Nigeria exchange rate to appreciate, hence, they have a negative relationship with the exchange rate while past value of exchange rate, current value of interest rate, past value of trade openness, past value of government expenditure and current value of foreign direct investment causes depreciation of the Nigeria exchange rate due to their positive relationship with the exchange rate. The author recommend that the monetary authority should employ strategies that will prevent the rise in the interest rate differentials and previous value of exchange rate as well increase the inflation rate by employing the expansionary monetary policy. In addition government should increase their consumption expenditure and reduce the openness of the Nigeria economy by employing trade barriers which will lead to appreciation of the Nigeria exchange rate. As such, the government should discourage the inflow of capital from foreign countries as they cause the Nigeria exchange rate to depreciate.