促进尼日利亚经济增长和政府创收:侨民汇款的作用

Q1 Social Sciences

Review of Black Political Economy Pub Date : 2021-06-28 DOI:10.1177/00346446211025647

Dal Didia, Suleiman Tahir

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摘要

尽管汇款是尼日利亚第二大外汇来源，2018年流入240亿美元，但其对经济增长的影响尚不清楚。因此，本研究使用向量误差修正模型检验了汇款对尼日利亚经济增长的短期和长期影响。利用世界银行1990年至2018年的数据，实证分析显示，汇款在短期内损害经济增长，而在长期内对经济增长没有影响。我们的参数估计表明，汇款增加1%将导致短期内国内生产总值增长率下降0.9%。这项研究的一个政策含义是，尼日利亚需要制定政策和干预措施，最大限度地减少熟练专业人员的移民，而不是依赖无法抵消人才流失对经济造成损失的汇款。

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Enhancing Economic Growth and Government Revenue Generation in Nigeria: The Role of Diaspora Remittances

Even though remittances constitute the second-largest source of foreign exchange for Nigeria, with a $24 billion inflow in 2018, its impact on economic growth remains unclear. This study, therefore, examined the short-run and long-run impact of remittances on the economic growth of Nigeria using the vector error correction model. Utilizing World Bank data covering 1990–2018, the empirical analysis revealed that remittances hurt economic growth in the short run while having no impact on economic growth in the long run. Our parameter estimates indicate that a 1% increase in remittances would result in a 0.9% decrease in the gross domestic product growth rate in the short run. One policy implication of this study is that Nigeria needs to devise policies and interventions that minimize the emigration of skilled professionals rather than depending on remittances that do not offset the losses to the economy due to brain drain.

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Review of Black Political Economy Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

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2.80

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期刊介绍： The Review of Black Political Economy examines issues related to the economic status of African-American and Third World peoples. It identifies and analyzes policy prescriptions designed to reduce racial economic inequality. The journal is devoted to appraising public and private policies for their ability to advance economic opportunities without regard to their theoretical or ideological origins. A publication of the National Economic Association and the Southern Center for Studies in Public Policy of Clark College.