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Free Trade and Industrialization of Sub-Saharan Africa: An Assessment of Millennium Development Goals Achievement in Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector

Authors: ADEFULU Adesoga

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Arabian Journal Of Business And Management Review

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Among other things, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) advocate trade openness, the character of which is rule-based, predictable and non-discriminatory as one of the measures to boost national and international economic well-being. The focus of this paper is to examine the extent of Nigeria's trade openness and its effect on the growth of the nation's manufacturing sub-sector as measured by the contribution of the latter to the GDP between 2000 and 2009. The scope of the focal sector excludes oil refining and cement production. Longitudinal studies were carried out using secondary data published by the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bureau of Statistics to arrive at the findings. In the study, trade opening represents variable (x) and manufacturing sector growth variable (y) over the period 2000 - 2009. The conclusion of this research is that free trade has not significantly impacted on the existence of manufacturing industries located in Nigeria.

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ADEFULU,A. . (2012). Free Trade and Industrialization of Sub-Saharan Africa: An Assessment of Millennium Development Goals Achievement in Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector, 1 (), 167-167.

ADEFULU,A. . "Free Trade and Industrialization of Sub-Saharan Africa: An Assessment of Millennium Development Goals Achievement in Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector" 1, no (), (2012): 167-167.

ADEFULU,A. and . (2012). Free Trade and Industrialization of Sub-Saharan Africa: An Assessment of Millennium Development Goals Achievement in Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector, 1 (), pp167-167.

ADEFULUA, . Free Trade and Industrialization of Sub-Saharan Africa: An Assessment of Millennium Development Goals Achievement in Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector. 2012, 1 ():167-167.

ADEFULU,Adesoga , . "Free Trade and Industrialization of Sub-Saharan Africa: An Assessment of Millennium Development Goals Achievement in Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector", 1 . (2012) : 167-167.

A.Adesoga , "Free Trade and Industrialization of Sub-Saharan Africa: An Assessment of Millennium Development Goals Achievement in Nigeria's Manufacturing Sector" vol.1, no., pp. 167-167, 2012.

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