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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/msh.2026.iwgpm0ui

DIGITAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Oyinlola Akinyede*, KAREEM, Adeyemi Afeez

ABSTRACT From 2002 to 2024, the study examined the effects of digital financial inclusion (automated teller machine (ATM) penetration, bank account ownership, bank branch penetration, and secure internet servers) on GDP per capita, income inequality, poverty rate, and Human Development Index (HDI). The study used time-series data from the Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin and an ex post...

Jul, 2026 pp. 86-108
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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/msh.2026.tfyb3zjx

TRADE OPENNESS AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA: MYTH OR REALITY?

Solomon Reuben Irmiya*, Umeh Uche John, Plangnan Joseph Gusen

This research was inspired by the fact that despite the decades of liberalization in the Nigerian trade, the country continued to experience high poverty levels and the question was whether the trade liberalization (increased openness) had played a role in reducing poverty in Nigeria. The authors used trade openness as a proxy to determine how the level of poverty in Nigeria between 1981 and 2024 ...

Jul, 2026 pp. 36-64
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Research Article DOI: 10.67862/msh.2026.q7siw9s4

COGNITIVE CYNICISM AND AFFECTIVE COMMITMENT IN UNIVERSITIES IN KOGI STATE: MEDIATING ROLE OF WORK-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE

AMEH Abu Amodu, OLUWADE Dorcas, Victor Onuh Edogbanya*

The study empirically examined the mediating role of work-related quality of life on the relationship between cognitive cynicism and affective commitment of staff in selected universities Kogi State, Nigeria.To achieve the objectives, the population of the study was made up of all staff of the four selected universities in Kogi (Federal University Lokoja, Prince Abubakar Audu University Anyigba, C...

Jul, 2026 pp. 65-85