FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A CASE OF NIGERIA
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This paper examined the effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the development of
Nigerian economy. Foreign Direct Investment is assumed to benefit a developing country like
Nigeria, not only by supplementing domestic investment, but also in terms of employment
creation, transfer of technology, increased domestic competition and other positive externalities.
The paper tried to answer the question: what are the FDI determinants in Nigeria and how do
they affect the Nigerian economy? The study employed the use of Ordinary Least Square (OLS)
regression technique to test the time series data from 1970 – 2007. The Cochrane-Orcutt
iterative method was also used to correct for autocorrelation. The model used hypothesizes that
there is a functional relationship between the economy development of Nigeria using the real
gross domestic product (RGDP) and Foreign Direct Investment. The regression analysis results
evidently do not provide much support for the view of a robust link between FDI and economic
growth in Nigeria as suggested by extant previous literatures. Though the result does not imply
that FDI is unimportant, the model analysis reduces the confidence in the belief that FDI has
exerted an independent growth effect in Nigeria.
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H Social Sciences (General)