The study examined the nexus between exchange rate volatility and financial performance of manufacturing companies in Nigeria between 2014-2023. Exchange rate volatility which is the independent variable was measured by exchange rate volatility, interest rate and inflation rate while financial performance was measured by return on asset, return on equity and net profit margin. The study adopted ex-post facto research design using five manufacturing companies as sample size. The secondary sour...
This study investigates the environmental ramification: the untangle effect of malaria on socio-economic development in Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The Life Cycle Theory serves as the theoretical framework for this study. Data for the research were primarily gathered through questionnaires administered to 367 respondents. Logistic regression models analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) v23 were employed to test the relationship between the predictor: namely Malaria (MAL), a...
Abstract: This study investigates the assessment of socioeconomic factors on Nutritional status of under-five children in economically disadvantaged families in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Quantitative research design was adopted and a sample size of 400 was arrived at from a population of 1,025,100; and these samples made up the number of questionnaires that were distributed; while the purposive/judgmental sampling technique was used for analyzing the data gathered through structured questionnair...
The study provides a focused analysis of Kenya’s determinants of debt sustainability owing to its consistent budget deficits and higher debt servicing costs. Unlike broader studies, this research focuses on Kenya's unique economic conditions and talks about the consequences of unchecked debt servicing payment failures in Kenya that could undo macroeconomic progress if unchecked. The study deploys a single equitation regression analysis followed by a series of robustness checks and a genera...
This manuscript investigates the impact of gender-focused foreign aid on income inequality in East Africa, a topic with limited existing research. This research adds value by providing practical recommendations for policymakers to enhance the effectiveness of aid programs in fostering economic equity through targeted interventions. Using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) on panel data from three East African countries for over a decade provides robust evidence that gender-sensitive aid...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to assess Conflict Management and resolution Practice: In the Case of Arada sub city Administration. To objectively answer the research questions, and meet the objectives of the study, the researcher employed mixed research approaches and descriptive survey design. The target populations for this study were employees, and managers of the sub city Administration. Totally 107 samples of respondents and participants were selected by using a simple random s...
The advancement of E-commerce brings trust concerns in society, due to the lack of physical inspection of items by customers. Online fraud is badly menacing the customers and e-commerce boom in society because E-commerce has removed the barriers of physical contact between merchants and customers in the business environment thus making the online transaction to be vulnerable. This has brought some challenges and of most importance is customers’ trust amidst fraudulent transactions. The ...
A general conception is that investment induces economic growth, but there is still debate over which type of investment contributes more to economic growth. The disaggregation of investment into public and private components allows estimation of the impact of the two types of investments on economic growth. This research, therefore, empirically estimates the relationship between each investment component against economic growth by constructing panel data for Ghana and Kenya from 1991 to 202...
The prospect of decoupling economic development from CO2 emissions in Ghana is examined in this paper, with an emphasis on the manufacturing, export, and adoption of renewable energy sectors. The paper investigates the long-term and short-term correlations among CO2 emissions, renewable energy consumption (RNE), population growth (POP), manufacturing value-added (MVA), Economic growth (GDP), and exports (EXP) using an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing method using tim...
This paper argues that, among the Tiv of central Nigeria, the woman (as wife) is the heart-beat of the house holder, the measure of all things for the husband and the epicenter of the community. Contrary to the conclusion of the African Neo-cultural positivists, the roles Tiv traditional social system assigns to kwase Tiv (Tiv Woman) do not demean her and makes her inferior. She is neither marginalized nor oppressed and exploited in social, political, economic and religious spheres. Gende...
The basic constructions of gender and race in the society portray similarities that warrant a detailed discussion. The two constructs also aect each other leading to eects on the type of work that is either gender category. A typical approach through which race and racism aect gender is seen in the determination of the ideal man or woman in the American and other societies. For instance, whiteness receives a larger priority in shaping societal views concerning the ideal woman or man....
ABSTRACT This study, titled "An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Exchange Rate Fluctuations and Economic Growth in Nigeria (1994 – 2023)," investigates how exchange rate volatility impacts Nigeria's economic performance. Despite various policy measures, Nigeria's currency remains volatile, posing challenges for economic planning and development. The study aims to analyze the effects of exchange rate fluctuations on Real GDP, examining trends, patterns, and policy effectiveness...
Decentralisation of power through affirmative action such as seat reservations, aims to recognize the rights of weaker sections and women. This is a qualitative study examined the experiences and challenges of Scheduled Tribe (ST) members in Gram Panchayat (GP) administration. Centre for Multi-disciplinary Development Research (CMDR) in Dharwad, organised a training programme and gathered information through focused group discussions (FGD) and personal interactions. The study observed that ov...
The meaning of SMEs are differently explained from one country to another. This implies that, SMEs has no single or unique definition (Ackah & Vuvor, 2011). However, the meaning/definition of SMEs are grounded on three major condition, these are; the nature (size) of business, the number of people engaged in the day to day administration of the business and the capital used in the operation of the business set up. In the context of Ghana, SME can be explain as a business setup or firm that ha...
Decentralized Planning has been described as Ghana's third policy objective to its decentralization programme (Kumbour, 2010). This is referred mostly in literature as the "bottom up" Development Planning which is described as a departure from previous Planning methods also described as the "top down" approach. The main objective of the bottom up strategy to Development Planning is to involve communities in the plan preparation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The essence of this p...