英文文献:Trade liberalization and technology acquisition in the manufacturing sector: Evidence from Nigeria-制造业部门的贸易自由化和技术获取:来自尼日利亚的证据
英文文献作者:Ayonrinde Folasade,Olayinka Ola
英文文献摘要:
This study reports the impact of recent trade liberalization policies in Nigeria on the acquisition of technology by the Nigerian manufacturing sector. The report uses survey data from 94 manufacturing firms covering three sectors: textiles, chemicals and light engineering. The results suggest that the impact is limited. Some elements of trade liberalization such as the abolition of import licensing and lower tariffs increased the availability of competing goods and facilitated firms’ access to imports. However, the increasing competitive environment is yet to generate remarkable improvement in the technological activities of the firms. The respondents acknowledged that the rapid depreciation of the naira following the adoption of the liberalization policy has raised the cost of capital goods. Most of the firms agreed with the broad thrusts of government liberalization policies, hence it is important for the government to consolidate and maintain the credibility of these policies.
本研究报告了尼日利亚最近的贸易自由化政策对尼日利亚制造业部门获取技术的影响。该报告使用了来自94家制造业企业的调查数据,涵盖三个行业:纺织、化工和轻工。结果表明,影响是有限的。贸易自由化的一些要素,例如取消进口许可证和降低关税,增加了竞争商品的供应,并便利了公司获得进口商品。然而,日益激烈的竞争环境尚未使公司的技术活动有显著的改善。答复国承认,在采取自由化政策后奈拉的迅速贬值提高了资本货物的成本。大多数公司同意政府自由化政策的广泛推进,因此政府必须巩固和维持这些政策的信誉。