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Working Paper 284 - Growth and Fiscal Consequences of Terrorism in Nigeria

In spite of government counter-terrorism expenditure and efforts, the incidence of terrorism in Nigeria appears to be rising. This paper examines the growth and fiscal consequences of terrorism in Nigeria by estimating the terrorism--macroeconomy relation using different measures of terror incidence. The results show that terrorism has an economically and statistically significant negative impact on growth; although this impact is considerably small and short-lived, manifesting only after a lag of about three years. Specifically, the cost of terrorism to Nigeria, in terms of lost GDP per annum…

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Source	African Development Bank
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	African Development Bank Group
Date	2017-10-04
Type	economic report
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Working Paper 284 - Growth and Fiscal Consequences of Terrorism in Nigeria. African Development Bank, 2017. Vero Archive, record afdb:/en/documents/document/working-paper-284-growth-and-fiscal-consequences-of-terrorism-in-nigeria-98159.