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Central Bank of Nigeria

1997

Foreign Private Investment

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Foreign Private Investment In Nigeria - 1995, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn Sep 1997

Foreign Private Investment In Nigeria - 1995, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

The net flow of foreign private investment into the Nigerian economy increased substantitally by more than twelve-folds from "M1, 907. 2 million in 1994 to N48, 677. 0 million in 1995, reflecting the stable macro-economic conditions during the period. All the components of foreign investment flows contributed to the increase with the contribution of unremitted profit accounting for the highest. Analyses of the investment flows showed that companies of Western Europe accounted for 78. 7 per cent of the total net inflow mainly through firms in the mining and quarrying sector. The survey revealed that the cumulative level of foreign …