Ilorin Journal of Economic Policy

2014 - 2025

Current editor(s): Gafar Ijaiya, Ahmed Yakubu, Folorunsho Ajide and Godwin Oluseye Olasehinde-Williams

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Volume 12, issue 1, 2025

ESTIMATING A FISCAL REACTION FUNCTION FOR NIGERIA: IS THERE A CASE FOR FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AND CYCLICALITY? pp. 1-21

Nosakhare Liberty Arodoye

REGIONAL SPILLOVERS OF INFORMAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN THE ECOWAS: A BAYESIAN PANEL VAR APPROACH pp. 22-44

Ismail Aremu Muhammed, Gamini Premaratne, Norulazidah H. Omar and Ahmed Masood Khalid

DETERMINANTS OF DEMAND FOR SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANCE AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA pp. 45-59

I. A. Saadu and R. A. Bello

INVESTIGATING THE ASYMMETRIC EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON DOMESTIC CREDIT VOLUMES: EVIDENCE FROM NIGERIA pp. 60-78

Yusuf Toyin Yusuf, Noah Afees Oluwashina, Abdul Muftah Shitu, Muktar Sabi Adamu and Lukman Adam

CAPITAL MOBILITY AND TRADE PERFORMANCE IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICAN COUNTRIES pp. 79-89

Musbau Olaniyan Fatai, Blessing Arike Owolabi and Temitope Wasiu Adamson

Volume 11, issue 2, 2024

INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE FDI-ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT LINKAGE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: IS THERE A THRESHOLD FOR INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY? pp. 1-18

Toheeb Adekola Aminu and Moshood Kolawole Alabi

DETERMINANTS OF QUALITY OF LAND TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES pp. 19-39

Funsho Idowu Obakemi and Godwin Tunde Arosanyin

GENDER INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN AKOKO SOUTH WEST COMMUNITIES OF ONDO STATE, NIGERIA pp. 40-61

Elizabeth Akinjole, Bosede Kudaisi and Mary M. Fasoranti

ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 POLICY MEASURES ON THE LIVELIHOODS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN NORTH-EASTERN NIGERIA pp. 61-78

Muftau Olaiya Olarinde, Sulaiman Y. Balarabe Kura, Hussainatu Abdullahi, Ismaila Danjuma and Abubakar Lawan

TAXATION AND THE SURVIVAL OF SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISES IN ILORIN SOUTH, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA pp. 79-102

Yanmife Adeola Ekunnrin and Mohammed Aminu Yaru

Volume 11, issue 1, 2024

EXCHANGE RATE, EXTERNAL RESERVES AND CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE NEXUS IN OIL-DEPENDENT COUNTRIES: A TODA-YAMOMOTOBASED PANEL VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIVE (PVAR) APPROACH pp. 1-17

Tirimisiyu F. Oloko and Muritala O. Ogunsiji

EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENT AND STOCK RETURNS IN MOST CAPITALISED ECONOMIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA pp. 18-37

Ibukun Ogunsanya and Temitope Wasiu Adamson

PUBLIC FINANCE INSTRUMENTS AND OUTPUT GROWTH IN NIGERIA pp. 38-56

Nosakhare Liberty Arodoye

INSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA pp. 57-68

Peter Tobi Awe and Abdulganiyu Idris Abdulrahman

Volume 10, issue 2, 2023

DETERMINANTS OF HOUSEHOLDS’ PRIMARY COOKING FUEL IN NIGERIA: EVIDENCE FROM COUNTRY-WIDE STUDY pp. 1-17

Timothy Oladayo Popoola and Shittu Ibrahim

SOLAR POWERED TRICYCLES IN MAIDUGURI: EXPLORING SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY THROUGH CONTINGENT VALUATION METHOD pp. 16-31

Abbas Ahmadu Tsala, Shehu Usman Adam, Abdullahi Ibrahim Shittu, Habib AbubakarAdo and Abubakar Umar Ibrahim

Volume 10, issue 1, 2023

FINANCIAL MARKET ENVIRONMENT AND EFFICIENCY OF MICROFINANCE BANKS IN NIGERIAL pp. 1-14

Abidemi Adegboye

FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND POVERTY REDUCTION AMONG THE OPERATORS IN THE SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES OF LAGOS STATE pp. 15-31

Hauwah K. K. Abdulkareem*

DETERMINANTS OF FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN SIERRA LEONE: EVIDENCE FROM FINDEX SURVEYS pp. 32-45

Mamoud Abdul Jalloh*

IMMUNISATION AND INFANT MORTALITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES pp. 46-57

Timothy Oladayo Popoola*

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MAIDUGURI METROPOLIS: HOW MUCH ARE HIGH-INCOME HOUSEHOLD WILLING TO PAY FOR IMPROVED COLLECTION? pp. 57-71

Abdullahi Shitu Ibrahim, Shehu Usman Adam, Yakaka Bukar Maina, Musa Talba Jibir and Abbas Ahmadu Tsala

Volume 9, issue 2, 2022

HOUSEHOLD WELFARE AND POVERTY IMPACT OF DOMESTIC REVENUE MOBILISATION STRATEGIES IN NIGERIA: A COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM (CGE) ANALYSIS pp. 1-13

Ibrahim Bambale, Aliyu Sanusi and Adamu Usman Bello

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE AND MATERNAL MORTALITY IN SELECTED AFRICAN COUNTRIES pp. 14-27

Risikat Oladoyin S. Dauda, Olayinka Aminat Olohunlana and Oluwaseyi Omowunmi Popogbe

HOUSEHOLDS’ INVESTMENT STRUCTURE IN SOUTHWESTERN, NIGERIA pp. 28-46

Akinwumi Sharimakin and Anthony Akinlo

EXCHANGE RATE AND INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN NIGERIA pp. 47-62

Samson Ogege

SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF DEMAND FOR LUXURY GOODS IN YABA, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA pp. 66-77

Onyebuchi Iwegbu and Kolawole Joseph Anjorin

FINANCIAL FRICTIONS AND MONETARY POLICY SHOCKS IN SIERRA LEONE: DYNAMIC STOCHASTIC GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL pp. 78-96

Leroy N. Johnson

INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: DOES SECTORAL FOREIGN AID MATTER? pp. 97-128

Temitope Wasiu Adamson, Rufus Adebayo Ajisafe and Rukayat Omobolanle Yussuff

Volume 9, issue 1, 2022

COVID-19 LOCKDOWN PALLIATIVE AND HOUSEHOLDS' WELLBEING: A MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS pp. 1-16

Funsho Idowu Obakemi, Sunkanmi Afis Fowosere and Timothy Terwase Nev

ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS AND AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT IN SUB- SAHARA AFRICA pp. 17-29

Abdulhakeem Kilishi and Chimene A. Bwigule

IMPACTS OF GOVERNANCE ON INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA pp. 30-44

Hammed Adesola Adebowale, Chwuks Ebere, Oloruntimilehin Sola Ojo and Fatai Okanla Bello

CAN A DEEP PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT BOOST GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN PARTICIPATION IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA? pp. 45-56

Evelyn Nwamaka Ogbeide-Osaretin and Timothy Igbafe Aliu

THE NIGERIAN FISCAL STANCE AND MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: A COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM (CGE) ANALYSIS pp. 57-68

Ibrahim Bambale, Aliyu Sanusi and Adamu Usman Bello

Volume 8, issue 3, 2021

TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES pp. 1-20

Oluwayemisi Kadijat Adeleke, Uche Abamba Osakede and Omowunmi Monisola Ajeigbe

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA (AfCFTA) AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA: AN EXPLORATION OF THE POSSIBILITIES pp. 21-35

T.A. Ijaiya, G.T. Ijaiya and M.A. Ijaiya

INTRA-AFRICA AGRICULTURAL TRADE AND HUNGER REDUCTION: AFRICA ECONOMIC ANALYSIS pp. 36-52

Olajumoke R. Ogunniyi, Abiodun Okunlola and Michael A. Alatise

Volume 8, issue 2, 2021

POVERTY AND INEQUALITY: THE CHALLENGES TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA pp. 1-16

Rasaki Dauda and Olusola Joel Oyeleke

MONETARY POLICY AND FINANCIAL STABILITY IN NIGERIA pp. 17-35

Rufus Ajisafe, Adekunle D. Odejide and Folorunsho Ajide

ECONOMIC CONDITION AND ROAD TRANSPORT CRASHES IN NIGERIA: EVIDENCE FROM STATE LEVEL DATA pp. 36-44

Ahmed Taruwere Yakubu and Ismail Aremu Muhammed

DYNAMIC LINKAGES BETWEEN GOVERNMENT-INTERVENTIONISTS’ POLICIES, GROWTH, INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN NIGERIA pp. 45-64

Anthony Akinlo

EFFECTS OF INCOME SHOCK ON CONSUMPTION AMONG PUBLIC WORKERS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA: EVIDENCE FROM THE 2016-2018 ECONOMIC CRISIS pp. 65-88

Bosede Kudaisi and Philip Akanni Olomola

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTEREST RATE AND EXCHANGE RATE IN NIGERIA: DOES THE BANKING SECTOR DEBT LEVEL MATTER? pp. 89-103

Abdulhamid Auyo Musa and Aliyu Sanusi

Volume 8, issue 1, 2021

REMITTANCES-FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT NEXUS: CAUSAL EVIDENCE FROM FOUR AFRICAN COUNTRIES pp. 1-17

Segun Bolarinwa and Temidayo O. Akinbobola

ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICIENCY OF SELECTED PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES IN NIGERIA pp. 18-30

Philip Olawale Odewole and Rafiu Oyesola Salawu

GROWTH-LED ENERGY HYPOTHESIS IN NIGERIA: AN ASYMMETRIC INVESTIGATION pp. 31-45

Cleopatra Ibukun, Tolulope Osinubi and Opeyemi Oladunjoye

FREQUENCY DOMAIN APPROACH TO CAUSALITY AMONG FISCAL DEFICIT, INTEREST RATES AND INFLATION IN NIGERIA pp. 46-59

Olusola Joel Oyeleke*

HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT AND UTILIZATION: THE PANACEAS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA pp. 60-77

Rasaki Dauda

Explaining Academic Performance of First-Year Undergraduate Students in Economics pp. 78-88

Abdulhakeem Kilishi

DOES BANK SIZE AFFECT EFFICIENCY? EVIDENCE FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS IN NIGERIA pp. 79-100

Titus Ojeyinka and Anthony Akinlo

DETERMINANTS OF EARNINGS AMONG COMMERCIAL TRICYCLE OPERATORS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS, NIGERIA pp. 101-112

Funsho Idowu Obakemi