Meet SAKA JIMOH OLAKUNLE, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
International Economics
Senior Lecturer
Economics
At the Economics department office
Appointment on Visitation important
Topic: International Economics
Description:
The area of research interest focuses on both international trade and international finance. The former employs the applications of microeconomic theory while the latter employs the applications of macroeconomic theory
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ph.D (Economics) | Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria | 2015 |
Fiscal Policy and Resource allocation efficiency in the West African Monetary Zone
Every budget in a typical fiscal
system rations the use of resources through allocating to some while
denying others. While method of allocation determines efficiency of
government programmes, government itself undergoes various challenges in
striking a balance between resources and these programmes . Allocative
efficiency demonstrates government's capacity to distribute resources
based on the effectiveness of the public programmes to meet its laid
down objectives. Consequently, resources are shifted from old with priorities to new ones and from less effective types to more effective
types. Establishing the link between planning and programme evaluation
to budget system has become a major issue to the policy makers
particularly in the developing world. WAMZ's economy is beset with a
lot of problems when it comes to the issue of resource allocation amidst
fiscal policy tools. Its high level of dependence for huge part of its
revenue causes many fiscal challenges. In certain cases and as witnessed
around the recession, the price of oil dropped drastically and
therefore caused revenue reduction and thereafter most economic indices
were not performing as expected. Aims/Objectives are
(i) to examine the impact of fiscal policy on resource distribution in
the WAMZ (ii) to examine whether resources facilitate growth in the
WAMZ. The theoretical framework is based on a modified version of the
literature on public sector efficiency and the cointegration technique
shall be used to examine the long run relationship among fiscal policy ,
resource allocation and growth. It is expected that fiscal policy
ensures equity distribution of resources and foster growth in the region.
SAKA JIMOH is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics
SAKA has a Ph.D in Economics from Department of Economics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
