ABSTRACT Economic Diplomacy(ED) is the management of international relations aimed at promoting exports and increasing access to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Nigeria has embarked on various policy reforms including bank recapitalization policy, privatization, anti-corruption campaign, and poverty alleviation. However, various studies on Nigeria’s ED had focused more on the process of its implementation rather than its outcomes. This study, therefore, investigated the outcomes of the ...
Abstract In die ~are 1825 tot 1855 is aan die Kaap betrek1ik veel geskrywe wat van 'n letterkundige aard kan beskou word. Die , / ,Nederdultsch Zuid-Af'rikaansch Tydschrif't was die 1etterkundige orgaar raar bydrae het in a1 die Nederlandse en self's ook in . " h_ ~}. r-., Engelse tydskrifte verskyn. Die nuusblaaie was destyds merendeels tweetalig, en was die organe vir die publikasie van letterkundige sowel as 10ernalistieke bydrae. Blaaie soos De Verzamelaar van de .Lima ~n Sam Sly's Journ...
Abstract Saul Solomon we.$ born 1n. 1817 and died in 1892. He was never a member of' the Legislative Council; so that his political career can be sti1d to have begun 1n 1854. when he ·.was returned to the first House of Assembly as one of the four members rapt-eaenting Capetown. Iie held his seat w1 th a break of only one year, 1n 18691 until 1883, whetl. illness compelled h1m to ttat1re. To my mind, prior to 1854, he was put an t.aniateu:r·' politician, using the word in no dep~eeiatory se...
Abstract In this thesis I have confined myself to the social and economic position of the I ndi ans i n Uatal , the cour se of IndoEuroP. ean rel ations , the attempts to solve f r iction - and t h eir effe cts up on t he Inda-European situa tion. I have touched onl y broadly on economic policy and its effects . I shoul d like to thank Professor H.R. Burrows , M.C., M. Com. , William Hudson Professor of Economics, Nat al Universit y College, for a l l his hel p . I am indebted to him fo r mos...
ABSTRACT This thesis examined the manpower development programmes and policies in the Anambra State Civil Service between 1996 and 2006, and their impact on the performance of civil servants in the state. The specific objectives of the study were: to find out whether manpower development programmes and policies in the Anambra State Civil Service led to professionalization of civil servants in the state, investigate the effect of political instability on manpower training and development in t...
ABSTRACT Local governments in Nigeria are established to bring governance closer to the grassroots and enhance development. However inadequate finance has undermined the ability of local governments to achieve these goals. This study, therefore, investigates the link between statelocal government joint account system and financial autonomy of local government with focus on Anaocha Local government council between 1999 and 2012. The study adopted the qualitative descriptive method while data ...
ABSTRACT The study examines the efforts of the female parliamentarians in promoting issues that border on women empowerment in Nigeria. Specifically however, the study investigated the attempts by the female legislators in initiating bills that enhance women empowerment in Nigeria since 1999. Utilizing the theory of substantive representation which upholds that representation of women through initiating of policies is not a function of numerical strength but what each individual legisla...
ABSTRACT The issue of the using external financing, in particular foreign investment in achieving developmental objectives and aspirations has been at the forefront of economic diplomacy of various Nigerian governments since 1985. In particular, National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS), programme has encapsulated this view for it to achieve its objectives of poverty reduction, wealth creation and employment generation. It is believed that the achievement of these object...
ABSTRACT There is no gainsaying the fact that development is essential and inevitable in every human society. Thus every society strives towards development invariably giving rise to uneven or unequal development. In other words, it gives rise to a situation whereby some societies develop at a greater pace than others. This can be attributed to the divergent developmental challenges peculiar to that society. For the society to develop, therefore, it must surmount all these hurdles. Nigeria a...
ABSTRACT The discovery of oil reserves in the water surrounding Bakassi peninsula subjected it to claims and counter-claims for sovereignty, military occupation and recourse to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on March 1999. Then on October 2002 ICJ delivered its judgment that sovereignty over Bakassi did rest with Cameroun. The growth of the nation of sovereignty and the independent nation state require an acceptable method whereby interstate relations could be conducted in accordan...
ABSTRACT The Nigerian economy is largely dependent on crude oil and the believe that the revenue generated from the crude oil export will be reinvested to develop the other important sectors of the economy. The president Goodluck Jonathan adopted the neo-liberal economic policies to achieve his aims of revitalizing Nigerian economy. Thus, this study is structured to expose the role of the Nigerian state in enhancing capitalism. The crux of the matter is that the few ruling class in Nigeria e...
ABSTRACT The incessant development crisis that enveloped the post-colonial Nigerian state amidst externally and internally oriented policy prescriptions coupled with the abundant material and human resources within her territory, has continued to elicit contentions among scholars and policy-makers. With the transition of Nigeria from the military to democratically elected government in 1999, the then President Olusegun Obasanjo through the instrumentality of the IMF sponsored National Econom...
ABSTRACT Nation-States are embedded in a complex international system, and there is always an interaction between one state and another for the accomplishment of certain objectives which are most of the time necessitated by the domestic demands of an individual state. This implies that the relationship between one state and another in the international system, is often influenced by internal and external factors. The extent of the relationship between domestic politics and foreign policy in ...
ABSTRACT The abandonment of true federalism in Nigeria has led to the neglect and marginalization of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, where the bulk of the country’s wealth is produced through the exploration and exploitation of crude oil which is the colossus of Nigeria’s economic base. The people of this region have been agitating for fair share of the country’s wealth, the bulk of which comes from their region. This quasi model of federalism has not been able to address the socioe...
ABSTRACT This study investigated Intergovernmental financial relations and local government autonomy in Nigeria : A case study of Igbo-Etiti local government Area of Enugu State. To accomplish this task, we were able to determine if the structure of Intergovernmental financial relations in Nigeria enhanced autonomy of Igbo-Etiti local government; ascertained whether the structure of Intergovernmental financial relations undermined infrastructural development in the local government and exami...