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Foreign Direct Investment Inflows and Sustainable Development Goal One

This study examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on poverty reduction in Nigeria, with a focus on achieving Sustainable Development Goal One (SDG 1), covering the period from 1985 to 2023. The country still stands as one of the poorest in the world despite foreign financial inflows, FDI inclusive, and a large number of people who live in extreme poverty. The study examines the long-term connection between FDI and the poverty headcount ratio taking into account other external financial inflows such as remittances, foreign portfolio investment, and official development assistanc…