The International Journal of Economics and Development Policy
The International Journal of Economics and Development Policy (IJEDP)
GOMBE STATE UNIVERSITY
P.M.B. 127, GOMBE

IJEDP Vision: To contribute to knowledge building through timely and professional publication of ideas discovered by application of scientific skills in the fields of Arts, Management and Social Sciences... IJEDP Mission: To provide a platform for the dissemination and promotion of original and scholarly papers on contemporary issues in the fields of Arts, Social and Management Sciences for the betterment of human societies.

EDITORIAL BOARD
  1. Assoc. Prof. Bello Malam Sa'idu - Editor-in-Chief
  2. Prof. J.W.D. Somasundara (Emeritus Professor) - Chairman Editorial Advisory Board
  3. Dr. Nigel YusufuBachama - Associate Editor
  4. Dr. Emmanuel Ola Adeyi - Associate Editor
  5. Dr. NasiruInuwa - Associate Editor
  6. Dr. Abubakar Muhammed Saidu - Associate Editor
  7. Mrs. Maryam Bello - Associate Editor
  8. Musa Abdu - Editorial Assistant
  9. Itari Abdul-RazaqRilwan - Editorial Assistant
  10. Aminu Bello - Editorial Assistant
  11. Haruna Usman Modibbo - Editorial Assistant
  12. AbdullahiBuba - Editorial Assistant
  13. Micheal A. Oteikwu - Editorial Assistant
  14. Adamu Idi - Editorial Assistant
  15. Sani Mohammed Bello - Editorial Assistant
  16. AdamuJibrin - Editorial Assistant
  17. Aisha A. Hassan - Editorial Assistant
  18. Farida Bello - Editorial Assistant

INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL BOARD
  1. Prof. Margaret Stevens - Department of Economics, Oxford University, UK.
  2. Prof. Alan Beggs - Department of Economics, Oxford University, UK.
  3. Prof. Vasco Carvalho - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK
  4. Dr. Debopam Bhattacharya - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK
  5. Prof. A.J. Venables - London School of Economics, UK.
  6. Dr. Maria Garcia Reyes - Department of Economics, University of York.
  7. Prof. S. Marrison - Department of Economics, North-Eastern University Boston, USA.
  8. Prof. Christopher Knittel - MIT School of Management, USA.
  9. Prof. R. Arnoth - Department of Economics, University of California, USA.
  10. Prof. Balasundram Mariam - Sam Houston State University Texas, USA.
  11. Dr. Grzegerz Michalski - Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland.
  12. Dr. Lan Sun - School of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of New England, Australia.
  13. Prof. D. A. Hensher - Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Sydney, Australia.
  14. Prof. Marina Efremova - Lobachevsky State University of Nizhani, Russia.
  15. Prof. E. Quinet - Paris School of Economics, Ecole des Pont, Paris Technology, France.
  16. Prof. Y. Kanencoto - Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo, Japan.
  17. Dr. Chamdan Punama - School of Economics, Al-anwa Mojokerto, Indonesia.
  18. Dr. Manoj P.K. - Department of Applied Economics, Cusat, Kolchi, India.
  19. Prof. Roslan Abdul Hakim - Othman Yep Abdullahi Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
  20. Prof. Mohd Zaini Abd Karim - Othman Yep Abdullahi Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
  21. Dr. Abdul Waheed - Department of Economics, University of Karachi, Pakistan
  22. Prof. Dahiru Hassan Balami - Department of Economics, University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
  23. Prof. Garba Ibrahim Sheka - Department of Economics, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria.
  24. Prof. Mustapha Mukthar - Department of Economics, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria.
  25. Prof. Shehu Aliyu Rano - Department of Economics, Bayero University Kano, Nigeria.
  26. Prof. Ademu Wada - Department of Economics, University of Jos, Nigeria.
  27. Prof. Yahaya Abdullahi Zakari - Department of Economics, Federal University Gusua, Nigeria.
  28. Prof. Antony I. Enoma - Department of Economics, Ambrose Ali University Ekpoma, Nigeria.
  29. Assoc. Prof. Sanusi Aliyu Rafindadi - Department of Economics, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria.