ABSTRACT This research was carried out in other to find out the impact of public spending on Poverty in Nigeria. Annual data on Government Capital Expenditure, Government Recurrent Expenditure, Gross Fixed Capital Formation and Poverty were collected from the National Bureau of Statistics, Nigeria and the Central Bank of Nigeria covering the period of 1981-2015. The results indicated that Government Recurrent Expenditure did not significantly impact poverty in Nigeria while Government Capit...
ABSTRACT The rising trend in Ghana’s public debt has sparked some controversies about the relationship and the direction of causality between the public debt and two of its determinants ― inflation and the exchange rate. While some argue that public debt affects the exchange rate and inflation, others are of the view that inflation and exchange rate rather affect the public debt. This study therefore investigates the relationship and the direction of causality between the public debt, in...
ABSTRACT Ghana has been a recipient of several trade preferences fashioned to increase its export earnings and diversify its exports. Among these trade preferences are the notable EUACP and AGOA adopted by the EU and US respectively. The study draws motivation from the relative sparcity of literature that seeks to investigate the effect of these preferences on individual developing countries and the inconclusiveness of existing studies. The main objective of the study is to find out if the E...
ABSTRACT Global demand for easy mobility is increasing and the environmental impact of transport has become an important concern in transportation network planning and decision-making. As a result suitable methods are required to assess fuel consumption and emissions reduction strategies that seek to improve energy efficiency and decarbonisation. This thesis looks at the contribution of toll plazas to transport CO2 emissions as it is at these specific locations that bottlenecks and congestio...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at examining the relationship between capital intensive technology and output in Katon Manufacturers Limited, Nalukolongo kampala. The objectives of the study were to; assess the relevance of capital intensive technology on output in KML, the challenges hindering the effective use of capital intensive towards output in KML and to the possible ways of improving effective use of capital intensive technology towards output in KML. The study was carried out using bot...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION DEDICATION ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv TABLE OF CONTENTS v LIST OF ACRONYMS ix ABSTRACT x CHAPTER ONES 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.0 Background 1 1.1 Statement of the Problem 3 1 .2Objective of the study 3 1.3 Specific objectives 3 1 .4Research questions 3 1.5Hypothesis 4 1.6Scope of the study 4 1.6.1 Content Scope 4 1.6.2 Time scope 4 1.6.3 Geographical Scope 4 1.7Significance of the Study 4 CHAPTER TWO 6 LITERATURE REViEW 6 2.0 Introduction 6 2.1 Definition and nature of smal...
ABSTRACTThe study examines the causal relationship between financial development and economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1960 to 2008 using dynamic time series model. Granger causality is tested within multivariate co integration and vector error correction model (VECM) framework. Four different measures of financial development are used to capture the different channels through which finance can affect growth. The empirical findings provide evidence that there is a stable positive long...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of the misery index on economic growth of Nigeria for the time period 1980-2017. Apart from Yadollah and Rouhollah which studied the impact of economic growth and good governance on the misery index in Iran, other studies have concentrated on the relationship of the index with crime, lottery games, inequality and human capital outflows. This research work therefore departs from the views of other researcher and studied the impact of the misery index...
Research Question: To what extent does Jeevika affect the income and expenditure of farmers in Gopalganj, Bihar, India?
This study examines the work participation of the elderly population (≥ 60 years) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Palu City. The sample was 80 respondents. The data analysis used probit regression. The results showed that only 36.26 percent of all respondents are still working. The COVID-19 pandemic changes variables affecting work participation of the elderly. The results of the analysis show that only two variables have a significant influence, namely age and health status of the e...
This research aims for measure the regional competitiveness in Central Sulawesi Province. The analysis method used is algorithm models developed by Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) by using 4 scopes, those are; Macro Economy Stability; Government and Institution Planning; Financial Condition, Business and Labor; Life Quality and Infrastructural Development. The result discovers the index of regency/city in Central Sulawesi Province that is Banggai regency 3.6763, Palu city 3.4010, an...
This research aims to analyze the potential and the strategy of developing Tomini Bay to improve the economic growth of the coastal community in Central Sulawesi. The research is located in four regencies in Central Sulawesi. The method uses the descriptive analysis using SWOT analysis. The research result shows that the potential of fisheries resources in Poso Regency, Parigi Moutong Regency, Tojo Una-Una Regency, and Banggai Regency can support the development of Tomini Bay region based on ...
Researchers found that the decrease in income inequality affects poverty reduction through redistribution policies. This redistribution policy has also accelerated poverty reduction. In addition, the researcher found that the element of growth led to the achievement of poverty reduction in the long term. Researchers show that economic growth has the power to determine poverty reduction. The type of data in this study uses secondary data sourced from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), namely...
This study aims to analyze the effect of the human development index (HDI) on labor productivity. This study used panel data by district/city in Central Sulawesi Province in 2017-2020. The analytical method used is the Granger Causality Test and the panel data regression model. This study found that first labor Productivity (LP) had a positive and significant effect on the productivity index (PI). Second is the open unemployment rate (OUR) has a positive and significant effect on the h...
Abstract This research aims to know the impact of development and gender empowerment on the condition of income inequality and poverty in Indonesia. This study uses data on the gender development index (IPG), gender empowerment index (IDG), income inequality or Gini ratio/GR), and the number of poor people (POV) according to data from 34 provinces in Indonesia for the period 2015-2020. The analytical method used is the Granger causality test and panel regression model (common effect model/CEM...