CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONThe impact of population growth on agriculture and natural resource management has been debated at least from the time of Reverend Thomas Malthus . Although the dismal predictions of Malthus regarding the inability of agricultural production to keep pace with population growth have not come to pass. The consequences of population growth on economic development nave attracted the attention of economists ever since Adam Smith wrote his Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith wrote,...
EFFECTS OF GENDER DISPARITY ON GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Gender inequality, gender disparity, gender segregation, gender conflict, gender liberation and gender discrimination of all sorts are critical points of references in documentary evidences in various conversations locally and worldwide. There is little denying the fact that investing in human capital is one of the most effective means of reducing poverty and encouraging sustainable development in Nigeria, ye...
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The political, social and economic development of any country depends on the amount of revenue generated for the provision of infrastructures in that given country. However, one means of generating the amount of revenue for providing the needed infrastructure is through a well structured tax system. according to Azubike (2009), tax is a major player in every society of the world. The taxation is an opportunity for government...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted in order to determine the effect of manpower training development in service organization with a case studying of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (P.H.C.N), Kaduna. The objective of the study is to highlight the disadvantage of human resource training and development in service organization and recommendation on appropriate measures that could help to improve the current human resources training programme. Data were collect for this research work for both t...
It is estimated by UNICEF that 71% OF Nigerians live below a dollar per day and 92% on 2 dollars per day. This estimate shows the high level of poverty in the country. The social responsibility of any microfinance bank is to help alleviate poverty by filling the void created by conventional banks through provision of broad range of finance (ranging from savings to micro loans) to the under-banked, people with little or no access to proper financing. The microfinance Industry in Nige...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study is to assess the recapitalization policy and the banks performance in Nigeria, also to know the history of recapitalization policy and how it has fare over the years, and the benefit of this recapitalization to Nigeria banks. Data were sourced from secondary sources, this secondary data include, online source, journals and central bank of Nigeria statistical bulletin publication. ...
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUNG OF STUDY Payment systems have passed through a lot of ages. Prior to the 700bc, shells often were used in trade and barter and also cowries were introduced in Asia Minor. In Nigeria and other African countries, differently objects were used for payments. The objects were in form of cowries, coral beads, ivory, ornaments and bangles; and were used for payments. The early European traders mostly the Portuguese and Spaniards conveniently boug...
ABSTRACT This study evaluates deregulation of the downstream oil sector and its effect on the Nigerian economy. This study arose out of the need to find solution to the sorry state of the four refineries, the inefficiency in the distribution, the poor pricing of petroleum products and the negative effects of monopolistic structure of the downstream sub-sector. The study attempt to identify the challenges associated with deregulation of the downstream sub-sector and to examine the effects of ...
The process of election administration in many developing democracies continues to generate a lot of controversies; particularly with regards to the level of independence of Election Management Bodies (EMBs), their professionalism and the acceptability of the elections they conduct. In Nigeria, the election administration process since the country gained political independence from the British has always resulted in controversy and crisis; arising mostly in part from the perceived collaborati...
ABSTRACT Exchange rate variation has been identified as one of the salient factors that affect economic performance of a nation. Exchange rate plays a crucial role in international economic transactions because no nation is in isolation due to varying factor endowments. Hence, the effect of exchange rate variation on economic growth is subject to analysis in economics. Thus, the focus of this study is to empirically verify the effect of exchange rate depreciation on Nigeria...
ABSTRACT This research work examined bank recapitalization and small and medium scales enterprise in Nigeria. There is dearth of financial institutions which cater for long and medium term credit needs of businesses operating in the economy. SMEs are no exceptions to these, and they suffer a great deal for want of capital for development and expansion of the economic survival of the country. Data collected was analysed using chi-square technique and tabulated. The Data gathered from the f...
ABSTRACT Market research is the process by which the entrepreneur explores and collects valuable information in order to assist him to find out if there is a market for his proposed product or service. The information gathered from market research helps entrepreneurs make wise and profitable business decisions, he may decide to stop the project or continue depending on the results from the research.
The most important meaning of a product is what it means to the customer. Pen, for instance, may be a product to the manufacturer, but to the customer, it means a device for writing. What the producer considers as the consumer’s benefit may be at variance’ with what the consumer actually sees or perceive. Awa (2002) defined a product as anything one receives in an exchange transaction-a complexity of tangible and intangible attributes, including functional, social and psychological utilit...
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ABSTRACT The study examines the macroeconomic determinants of agricultural sector growth in Nigeria which is based on the empirical evidence of the short-run and long-run interrelationships among capital expenditure on agriculture, inflation rate, exchange rate, interest rate and credit availability to the sector using agricultural GDP as dependent variable. Time series data from 1981 – 2015 were sourced from Central Bank Statistical Bulletin. The data were analysed based on bound test...