Impact of Violent Conflict on Household Income in Rivers State,Nigeria
Journal Title: Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Studies - Year 2023, Vol 6, Issue 03
Abstract
This study empirically examined violent conflict and household income in Rivers state, Nigeria with secondary data sourced from various publications of World Bank Nigeria - General Household Survey, Panel 2019-2020, Wave 3 (2020). This study employed descriptive statistics, test and Granger Causality test. The empirical result showed that: the level of household expenditures on food in River State is higher than expenditures on non-food items. The result also showed that there is a bidirectional relationship between household expenditure on food and household expenditure on non-food; and a positive correlation between intensity of armed conflict and household economic in Rivers state. This study concludes that armed conflict is detrimental to household income and welfare in Rivers state. This study recommends that Nigeria president through the security agencies should intervene in the region, and community vigilante groups should be encouraged and collaborate with the government security agencies to establish sustainable peace in the region.
Authors and Affiliations
Emmanuel Nathan, Warlice Joel Uche
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- EP ID EP726845
- DOI 10.47191/jefms/v6-i3-01
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