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Poverty Menace and Social Economic Nexus in Nigeria: A Bound Test Approach

Nigeria has recorded variations in major macroeconomic variables since independence. Growth episodes over the years though encouraging put has not translated to improvement in poverty incidence. The rate of poverty in the nation has out-grown population growth, hence, this study seeks to relate various sectors of the economy to the perturbing poverty level in the nation with emphasis on the social sectors in which health and education play integral roles. This study examines poverty and social economic mix in Nigeria with the objectives of ascertaining the partial impacts of productivity (as a…