ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY AND CONDUCT OF NIGERIA'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS: ANALYSIS OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (NEEDS)

📄 Project Abstract

The study examined the nexus between economic diplomacy and conduct of Nigeria's external relations with emphasis on the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS). The broad objective of this study was to examine how the use of economic diplomacy helped in the implementation of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy; and the implication for sustainable development of Nigeria. The central thesis of this study was that the use of economic diplomacy in the conduct of Nigeria's external relations is pronounced each time the political leadership is desperately pursuing received development model from advanced capitalist economies. The study was based on survey research design. Particularly, we adopted trend pattern of longitudinal research design. We adopted secondary source of data collection and hence, relied more on library materials and relevant primary documents from the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and N...