Cooperative Economics and Management Research Papers/Topics

Gradute seminar Assessment on Availability of food insecurity in Dore Bafana kebeles

The paper was done  for MA in community development for course for rural development project 

The Impact of Oil Sector Deregulation on the Nigerian Economic Growth

This study theoretically and empirically set out to investigate the Deregulation of the Nigerian Oil sector and its economic growth. Theoretical and conceptual propositions of the Benign Perspective of Natural resource abundance beneficial to growth revealed that the oil sector affects the country’s economic growth and various economic policies of subsidy and deregulation in this sector certainly affects the economy. Variables of the oil sector such as exchange rate, foreign direct investme...

Emergence of cooperatives and the future of the social enterprises sector in Botswana

The concept of integrating social aims with profit-making is an emerging trend in the world today, especially in the wake of the 2007-2009 financial crisis which shone the spotlight on the problems of pure profit maximisation. Social enterprise is at the very core of this new movement to integrate social aims with profits, taking root in an increasing number of circles. The Botswana situation is marked by social enterprise being almost non-existent as a concept in the general consciousness. I...

Nigeria Industrial Innovation, Strength, Weakness and Prospects

Success of any nation can be measured in Meritocracy, Pragmatism and Honesty (MPH) This three exceptional policies: Meritocracy, Pragmatism and Honesty. Indeed, lies the success of any nation in the world.  Meritocracy means a country picks its best citizens, not the relatives of the ruling class, to run a country. Pragmatism means that a country does not try to reinvent the wheel, no matter what problem Nigeria encounters, somebody, somewhere, has solved it. Let us copy the solution and ada...

Advantage of imitation and innovation for economic development and sustainability

 Annotation: There are a few who invent great ideas that renew the past and move the future. Imitation takes place in all area of life, from educational sphere to Business, IT Technology Companies, Car Manufacturing companies, Building and construction companies, furniture’s and decorating firms, Engineering, law, medicine, government institutions, press publishing companies, TV, etc. The road to development and sustainable growth lies in the power and art of imitation.  We can see these ...

STEPS FOR STRENGTHENING THE PROCESS OF NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA

This is an article analysing the steps involved in the process of strengthening national integration in Nigeria. 

IMPACT OF BANK RECAPITILIZATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA

Bank fraud, poor lending and credit management practices in the Nigerian banking sector forced the Central bank of Nigeria to revisit the capital structure of commercial banks in Nigeria. These among other things led the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to give a directive that all banks should recapitalize from ₦2 billion to ₦25 billion with effect from 1st January 2006.This development led to various financial activities in the Nigerian financial sector with most banks initially opting for...

IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING COOPERATIVE ON SALES PROMOTION (A Study of National Archives Multipurpose Cooperative Society Ltd)

ABSTRACT The impact of agricultural marketing cooperative on sales promotion cannot be overemphasized. This has prompt the researcher to carryout a research work on the subject matter, the research started by introducing the subject matter in chapter one, background of the study, objectives of the study, research question, statement of the problem the significance of the study was also highlighted in this chapter. The researcher reviewed the work of different authors in the chapter two, the c...

FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF COOPERATIVES IN KADUNA STATE

INTRODUCTION: Cooperatives are classified as one of the business organizations but operate  in a special way different from all other forms of business enterprises. The distributive nature of cooperative provided that they must be owned, used and controlled by their members.  In view of this, cooperatives are organized and managed through the  system of large or small, multipurpose or single purpose and  central or federal. All these systems put together are under direct coordination and ...

EFFECTS OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON COOPERATIVE EFFICIENCY

INTRODUCTION Working capital management in cooperative business is concerned with the management of the enterprise current account which encompasses current asset and current liabilities. The management of Working Capital in Cooperatives is one of the most special aspects of industrial overall financial management. If the cooperative enterprise cannot maintain a satisfactory level of working capital, it is likely to become bankrupt. The current asset of the cooperative enterprise should be la...

DEMOCRATIC CONTROL IN COOPERATIVE

BACKGROUND Democratic Control are democratic organization controlled by their members, who actively participate in setting their policies and making decision. Members are the source of all authority in cooperative, the basic unit in democratic control are the members. Decision in democratic control are made jointly by members irrespective of their financial consideration or position without any respect to the amount of shares or others capital interest that he may have in the society, will no...

CAUSES OF THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF THE COOPERATIVE SECTOR IN DEVELOPING THE ECONOMY (CASE STUDY OF KRPC MULTI PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY KADUNA)

ABSTRACT This study finds out the Causes of the Ineffectiveness of the Cooperative Sector in Developing the Economy. The design chosen for this study is the survey design. This is a design in which a group of people or items are studied by collecting and analyzing data from people or items considered to be representatives of the entire group. The total population used of the two societies is 290 members and the sample size is 203. Research questions what are the causes of the ineffectiveness ...

EFFECTS OF THRIFT AND CREDIT SOCIETY ON ENHANCING MEMBERS LIVING STANDARD (A Study of Hamdala Hotel Workers Thrift and Credit Cooperative Society, Kaduna)

ABSTRACT The effect of thrift and credit society on enhancing members’ living standard cannot be overemphasized. This has prompt the researcher to carryout a research work on the subject matter, the research started by introducing the subject matter in chapter one, background of the study, objectives of the study, research question, statement of the problem the significance of the study was also highlighted in this chapter. The researcher reviewed the work of different authors in the c...

AN EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE COOPERATION THRIFT AND CREDIT SOCIETIES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN AREA

ABSTRACT This study investigates and examination of the role of cooperative thrift and credit societies to the development of urban area. The study was based on the orphanage mother multipurpose cooperative society. The research reviews the literature of related study and was duly acknowledge data collected through constructed questionnaires methods, comprising members of the study area. Using simple random techniques. The perceptible equations and tabular illustration were used to present da...

THE FINANCING PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN ENUGU STATE (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN UDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA)

ABSTRACT This work is a deliberate attempt to research into the financial problems of agricultural co-operatives in Enugu State (A case study of Udi L.G.A), It centers mainly on terms in all the different towns that make up Udi Local Government Area and fact were gathered through direct interviews with the agricultural officers on the area and finally date relating to agricultural co-operatives form the local government area headquarters from the town under study were carefully and randomly ...


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