ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION IN A FEDERAL STATE: NATIONAL ANJ SUB-NATIONAL RESPONSES TO REGIONAL IMBALANCES IN NIGERIA
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ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION, FEDERAL STATE, NIGERIASynopsis
This study essentially explored the link between Nigeria's federal political system and the liberalizing economic system. The study investigated the role of the state in' economic development. Particular emr,hasis was laid on l10w the federal·character of the Nigerian state is conditioning responses of. federal and sub11uiona:I governni€Ï1ts · to 'th~ 1:froblem oi regièmal
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February 12, 2007
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