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Wen-Hsiang Hsieh, Shou-Jui Chen
Volume: 08 Issue: 05 2022
Abstract:
The variables were found to be co-integrated at 5% level of significance. The short run error correction model was used to determine the short run relationship between poverty and the macroeconomic variables in consideration. The result obtained showed that Unemployment, Inflation, Interest rate, and Exchange rate share a positive relationship with poverty, while Government spending share a negative relationship with poverty. The study further concludes that all five macroeconomic variables considered in this study significantly affect the level of poverty in the country, and recommends that government should endeavour to embark on enabling monetary and fiscal policies that would attract foreign investment, and that the government should effect policies that will ensure price stability, and make incentives available to local producers so as to reduce the incidence of inflation in the country.
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