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Musa Abdu

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Gombe State University

Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomic Growth and ProductivityEconomic Growth and DevelopmentGlobal trade and economicsMonetary Policy and Economic Impact

Musa Abdu works in Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Economic Growth and Productivity, Economic Growth and Development, Global trade and economics, Monetary Policy and Economic Impact. Recorded institutional associations include Gombe State University.

44Publications
479Citations
11H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. Determinants of firms innovation in Nigeria

    2017 · 116 citations

  2. Impact of Government Expenditure on Economic Growth in Nigeria, 1970-2019

    2021 · 83 citations

  3. Does Human Capital Influence Labor Productivity? Evidence from Nigerian Manufacturing and Service Firms

    2022 · 31 citations

  4. Impact of investments in agricultural innovation on food security in sub-Saharan Africa

    2024 · 28 citations

  5. Human Capital and Propensity to Protect Intellectual Properties as Innovation Output: the Case of Nigerian Manufacturing and Service Firms

    2020 · 27 citations

  6. SOCIO - ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF HOUSEHOLDS FUEL CONSUMPTION IN NIGERIA

    2017 · 24 citations

  7. Can Islamic Banking and Finance Spur Financial Inclusion? evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

    2018 · 21 citations

  8. External Debt-Growth Nexus in Nigeria Revisited

    2018 · 18 citations

  9. Analysis of Tax Compliance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Firm-Level Study

    2020 · 17 citations

  10. Drivers of manufacturing firms’ productivity: a micro-perspective to industrialization in Nigeria

    2021 · 17 citations

  11. Firm-level study of the drivers of internationalization of small- and medium-scale enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa

    2022 · 17 citations

  12. Foreign Direct Investment - Growth Nexus: The Case of Nigeria

    2017 · 11 citations

  13. Can Kuznets curve hypothesis explain the mission drift of microfinance institutions? Evidence from developing countries

    2023 · 11 citations

  14. Socio-Demographic Determinants of Poverty in Nigeria and its Gender Differentials

    2018 · 8 citations

  15. Nonprofit and For‐Profit Microfinance Institutions: Governance, Outreach and Sustainability

    2025 · 8 citations

  16. Financial development and innovationled economic growth: Empirical insight from sub-Saharan Africa

    2023 · 6 citations

  17. Do Institutions Promote Firm Performance? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

    2019 · 4 citations

  18. Sources of Market Power among Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Institutions Matter in Competitive Policies?

    2019 · 3 citations

  19. Macroeconomic Stability and Inclusive Growth in Nigeria: A Cointegration Approach

    2018 · 3 citations

  20. Productivity Growth Effects of FDI Spillovers: Evidence from the Türkiye Manufacturing Industries

    2023 · 3 citations

  21. COVID-19 Pandemic and Household Entrepreneurship in Nigeria: Do Crises Create Necessity-driven and/or Innovative Entrepreneurship?

    2023 · 3 citations

  22. Sand or grease effect? The impact of Islamic banking on the social mission of microfinance institutions

    2024 · 3 citations

  23. Analysing Rural-Urban Disparity in Access to Safe Toilet in Nigeria

    2018 · 2 citations

  24. Assessing the awareness and perception of waqf among business owners in Gombe State, Nigeria

    2023 · 2 citations

  25. Assessing the Efficiency of Public Spending on Education Among ECOWAS Countries: A Stochastic Frontier Approach

    2026 · 2 citations

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