FDI Inflows, Employment Generation and Poverty Reduction in ECOWAS Sub Region: A Panel Granger Causality Approach

Oluwaseyi Adedayo Adelowokan (), Olawunmi Omitogun () and Timothy Ayomitunde Aderemi ()
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Oluwaseyi Adedayo Adelowokan: Olabisi Onabanjo University
Olawunmi Omitogun: Olabisi Onabanjo University
Timothy Ayomitunde Aderemi: Olabisi Onabanjo University

EuroEconomica, 2023, issue 1(42), 78-88

Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine interaction among FDI, employment generation and poverty reduction in ECOWAS sub region over the periods of 1990 to 2019. Even though past studies have established the linkages among FDI inflows, employment, and poverty ameiloration in various economies, yet the dynamic relationship among these variables has been ignored in developing countries, especially ECOWAS Sub-Region. To this end we estimated causal relationship, Pairwise Dumitrescu Hurlin Panel Causality Tests. The results of the causal relationship state that poverty reduction in terms of human capacity development is a critical variable stimulating employment generation and FDI inflows in ECOWAS sub region in the past three decade. Arising from the study`s findings, the following vital policy recommendations are made for policymakers in ECOWAS sub region and other developing countries in Africa and beyond in general that employment generation should be considered as an urgent policy whenever policymakers desire to raise the level of FDI inflows and poverty reduction in the sub region.

Keywords: FDI; Poverty Reduction; Employment; ECOWAS Sub Region (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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