Professional Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Economics, Adigrat University

Expert Bio

Naser Yenus Nuru received his Ph.D. in Economics in 2018 from Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy, and he is now an Assistant Professor of Economics at Adigrat University in Ethiopia. He has had articles published in international peer-reviewed journals and has presented his research findings at international workshops and conferences. He secured research funding from UNU-WIDER in 2020 and made a research visit to KU-Leuven, Belgium in May 2021.

Expertise

• Economics and Globalization
• International Development

Wilson Center Project

Government Spending, Credit Market Conditions and Economic Activity in a Sub-Saharan African Economy Context

Project Summary

The importance of government spending as a fiscal instrument for providing fiscal stimulus in various episodes of stunted growth experienced around the world, particularly after significant recessions, attests to its significance to policymakers. COVID-19, for example, has recently resulted in a series of lock-down measures that have effectively halted economic activity in some sectors while significantly affecting economic activity in others. The job losses and bankruptcies that have occurred have impacted millions of people around the world. As a result, a number of countries around the world, including those in sub-Saharan Africa, enacted fiscal policies to counteract the pandemic's effects. Apart from that, during recessions, credit markets tend to stall, with credit availability reducing and credit costs rising. Therefore, the main empirical research issue for this project will be: how effective are discretionary government spending measures in stimulating the economy across credit cycles in a sub-Saharan African economy context.