scholarly journals Insurance Sector Development and Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria

Author(s):  
Gbalam Peter Eze ◽  
Ekokeme, Tamaroukro Timipere

Aims: The study examined the impact of insurance sector development on foreign direct investment in Nigeria. Study Design: The ex-post facto research design was employed to observe the study components in retrospect. Secondary data spanning 1996 to 2017 was sourced and collated from the World Development Indicators, Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin and National Insurance Commission annual balance sheets. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Banking and Finance, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The study was carried out between November 2019 to January 2020. Methodology: The ex-post facto research design was employed to observe the study components in retrospect. Secondary data spanning 1996 to 2017 was sourced and collated from the World Development Indicators, Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin and National Insurance Commission annual balance sheets. The time series data was estimated using the least square technique. Results: The results indicates that; the total asset size of the insurance sector exerts a negative and statistically insignificant impact on foreign direct investment inflow to Nigeria, total insurance business investment exerts a positive and statistically insignificant impact on foreign direct investment inflow to Nigeria and finally, total insurance premium exerts a negative and statistically significant impact on foreign direct investment inflow to Nigeria. Conclusion: The study concludes that insurance sector development does not attract foreign investment inflow to Nigeria. The study recommends that the insurance sector should be revamped in order to absorb risk and uncertainty and be a vehicle for risk transfer and minimization. A policy of restructuring would help instil public confidence, boost insurance policy sales, increase insurance premium and invariably increase the availability of investible funds to boost economic activity. The study suggests that these would help attract foreign direct investment to meet domestic funding needs of Nigeria.

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-34
Author(s):  
Evans Kulu ◽  
Samuel Mensah ◽  
Prince Mike Sena

The role of institutions in both the inflow and the impact of foreign direct investment is of great im¬portance. The quality of institutions in a country can direct investment towards improving growth. This paper analyzes the individual and combined effect of foreign direct investment and institutions on economic growth in Ghana. The paper used the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) tech¬nique for secondary data obtained from 1995 to 2019. All data series, except for the quality institution index, were drawn from the World Bank Development Indicators. Institutional Quality Index data was obtained from the Heritage Foundation’s Economic Freedom Index website. The results of the ARDL model indicate that foreign direct investment and a quality institutional index together have a significantly positive effect on a country’s economic growth compared to their individual effects in both the short and long run. The study recommends that government policies should be aimed at attracting foreign direct investment while strengthening institutions and regulations to enhance output growth.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. p347
Author(s):  
Xu Yonghong ◽  
Setyabudi_ Indartono

In the context of economic globalization, countries around the world are closely linked through economic activities such as import, export, foreign direct investment and foreign portfolio investment. Economic globalization is conducive to participating in the international division of labor, giving play to its comparative advantages and expanding overseas markets. This research is an ex post facto study using quantitative. The data used are as many as 35 data from 1982 to 2017. This study aims to determine the effect of economic globalization on economic growth, study: Foreign Portfolio Investment, Foreign Direct Investment, import and export, both directly or indirectly. The data ware validated using the VAR model, the results of this study indicate that the effects of variables on economic growth are positive.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-92
Author(s):  
James Neminebor ◽  
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Suleiman Aruwa ◽  

The adoption of IFRS enhanced the transparency of stewardship reporting and thus improved the investment ability of countries affected. The study examined the moderating effect of institutional quality on the relationship between international financial reporting standards and foreign direct investment in Nigeria from 2012 to 2018 Institutional quality was measured by political stability and control of corruption while foreign direct investment was measured by foreign investment on equity, foreign portfolio investment on money market and foreign direct investment on trade credits. Ex-post facto research design was adopted and the Generalised Methods of Moments (GMM) was used for the analysis. The study found that with the aid of institutional quality, the IFRS has a significant effect on investment inflows in Nigeria. The study concludes that international financial reporting standards has a significant influence on foreign direct investment with strengthened institution and anticorruption efforts in Nigeria. Therefore, the study recommends that the Nigerian government should strengthen its institutional mechanisms to fully benefit from the adoption of IFRS and drive inflows of foreign direct investment.


Author(s):  
Makwe Stella Ivo ◽  
Anyanwaokoro Mike ◽  
Ijeoma Uchenna Caminus

The purpose of this study was to investigate the financial intermediation and growth linkage in the Nigerian Economy with focus on the Insurance sector covering the period 1981 to 2018. Annual time series from Central Bank Statistical Bulletin was employed following an ex-post facto research design and using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag Model (ARDL) for empirical analyses. It was found that insurance premium and insurance claims significantly affected the growth rate of the economy. It is therefore recommended that the intermediation roles of the financial system should be encouraged and due attention given to the hitherto neglected insurance sector to allow for all-inclusive growth.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
endang naryono

Research aims to understand gyrations cash pt .Had provided nusantara viii , liquidity to pt .Had provided nusantara viii , and to know the influence of gyrations cash on the level of liquidity to PT .Perkebunan nusantara VIII sukabumi .The methodology used is the method ex-post facto capital .This research using primary and secondary data obtained from financial reports and non financial from pt .Pekebunan nusantara viii sukabumi .To test hypotheses used linear regression and the correlation with on the spss 15.0 for windows. Based on the results of research shows that there is a positive influence between second match of cash and liquidity pt .Had provided nusantara viii sukabumi .A level of closeness ( correlation ) the second variables strong enough , are r = 0,800 with a value of a correlation coefficient r & gt; 0 it means if cash second match of getting up and liquidity will increase , and vice versa . While from the results of the equation above the results linear regression simple as follows: y = 185,137 + 0,045x means value ( a ) or constant of 185,137 who have the meaning that if cash two zero ( 0 ) or not increased so level of 185,137 liquidity .The score regression ( b ) of 0,045 the show the relation in line that every 1 increase point in cash and two rate rose to 185,137 liquidity


The study seeks to establish the relationship between foreign direct investment to Saarc region agricultural sector and economic growth with secondary data. SAARC comprises 3% of the world's area, 21% of the world's population and 3.8% (US$2.9 trillion) making up a total of 3% of the world’s area. The country has second in all over the world in terms of agriculture position. The population obliquely all of the member states is over 1.7 billion, accounting for 21% of the world’s total population. In their 42% of the agricultural operation in SAARC nations and also 51% source of livelihood of the South Asians. The study has revealed that India alone accounts for 52 per cent of the agricultural products using the SAARC region peoples. For the present study, a total of 34 groups related to the agricultural products were selected out of the total groups. The techniques employed to analyze the data include descriptive statistic, correlation and linear forecast method. The study also revealed a positive and important relationship between economic growth and foreign direct investment flow to the agricultural sector. Thus, the study recommends that policy should focus on flexible trade policies to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to SAARC nations. i.e. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka including India


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-393
Author(s):  
Ubong Edem Effiong ◽  
Nora Francis Inyang

This study was an inquiry into the nexus of the foreign-direct investment (FDI) led growth hypothesis, and how it translates into the development of the Nigerian economy as of 1970 – 2018. The study utilized secondary data from the ‘World Development Indicators’ which were analysed using the Bounds test for cointegration and the ‘autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach to divulge both the short-term cum the long-term influence of foreign direct investment net inflow on ‘economic development’ of Nigeria. The Bounds test was conducted after the unit root test revealed that the variables were stationary at mixed order of level and first difference. The outcome of the ARDL Bounds test supported confirmation of long-term association among the variables. The ARDL short-run error correction showed that 14.62% of the instability in the model was corrected yearly. In the short-term, it was discovered that FDI wielded a deleterious and substantial weight on ‘economic development of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the long-term estimates indicated that FDI influenced economic development positively, though not in a significant manner. The Granger causality test supported the fact that FDI causes ‘economic development’ in Nigeria. Given this potential of FDI exerting a positive effect on ‘economic development’, the paper recommended that bottlenecks inherent in FDI influxes in the country should be removed so as to reap the fullest benefits of such inflows in Nigeria.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-257
Author(s):  
Venkataramani K ◽  
R.Mohan Kumar ◽  
G. Brindha

This paper describes a study of the attitude of Chennai based consumers and agents towards the proposed increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The study focuses on the impact of FDI in insurance as perceived by both the customers and agents in terms of viability, service, benefits, and overall benefits vis-a-vis existing scene. A quantitative survey was conducted with a special measuring tool specifically devised for this study. The sample group consisted of Chennai based insurance customers and agents. The results indicated that the customers welcomed the increase in FDI for they perceived better and quicker service, better options, and professionalism in insurance transactions.


Author(s):  
Chukwurah, Josephine Chikwue

Aims: This study examined the place of exchange rate in determining foreign direct investment inflow into the Nigerian economy using time series data from 1980 to 2017. Study Design:  Historical research design method was adopted for the study, it uses secondary sources and a variety of primary documentary evidence. Place and Duration of Study: Department of economics, faculty of social sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, between September 2010 and May 2018. Methodology: The method adopted for this study was the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) estimation approach and error correction mechanism within the framework of dynamic OLS (DOLS) estimation. The analysis began with a verification of the unit root properties of the variables. The Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) and Philips-Perron (PP) unit root procedures were employed and both tests indicate that the variables were integrated of either order I(0) or order I(1). This warranted the use of Bounds testing approach in determining the cointegration among the variables in the various equations in the selected countries. Analysis using the Bounds testing approach to cointegration confirmed the existence of long run relation among the variables of the models. In determining the impact of exchange rate on foreign direct investment inflow in Nigeria, we estimated an ARDL model. Results: The results indicate that exchange rate affects FDI in both the long and short run. The result also reveals that the impact of exchange rate on FDI in the short run continuous up to three periods after the initial disturbance. Conclusion: This study concluded that exchange rate appreciation will lead to increases in foreign direct investment inflow. The study therefore recommended, amongst others, that government should apply exchange rate regime that is competitive at the international market so as to attract more FDI inflow to the Nigeria economy.


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