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List of Tables vi
List of Figures 'iii
Acknowledgements ix
I Introduction 1
II Objectives of the study 2
III Nigeria: General economic background 3
IV Dimensions of the external debt problem 5
How much does Nigeria owe? 5
Conceptual and practical problems 5
Size and magnitude of external debt 6
Structure, source, type and composition of external debt 7
External debt burden, debt service ratios and debt servicing capacity 10
Debt burden and export performance 13
Capital flight and the real capacity to service debt 14
Debt viability: Growth cum debt model scenario 15
V Causes of external debt accumulation 17
Domestic factors 18
VI Empirical estimates of the external and internal factors 21
VII Summary and policy implications 24
Appendices
1. Tables 26
2. Figures 49
3. Real effective exchange rate calculation 59
4. List of variables for regression analysis 60
5. Debt viability model 61
Notes 63
References 64
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Debts, External Nigeria