The Dialectics of Nigeria's Opaque Downstream Oil Sector and the Agency of Fuel Subsidy.
This paper draws from qualitative data to examine the opacity of Nigeria's downstream oil sector within the ambit of its fuel subsidy policy. It specifically addresses whether the poor state of Nigeria's refineries is linked to the prebendal benefits associated with the administration of fuel subsid...
| Publicado en: | Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 735 - 761 |
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Universiti Putra Malaysia
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