Abstract: Nigeria is an oil-based economy with huge petroleum profits tax collections and high poverty rates. This paper evaluates the impact of petroleum profits tax on poverty reduction through public investment management in Nigeria. The paper argues that the low "bang for buck‟ trajectory between the petroleum profits tax revenue and poverty reduction agenda is because of public investment inefficiency in Nigeria. Drawing from the World Bank Survey and the Public Investment Efficiency Index by Dabla-Norris, Brumby, Kyobe, Mills & Papageorgiou (2012), the contextual analysis shows that both the overall index and the indices of the disaggregated components of public investment in Nigeria are inefficient except the index for implementation component. The study further shows that public investment decisions are influenced by political considerations rather than economic rationales. We recommend.....
Keywords: Petroleum profits tax; Public investment; Public infrastructure, Poverty reduction; Nigeria
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