Introduction/Overview This paper is a review of innovation in the ICT entrepreneurship/mobile internet/mobile related applications space. The paper aims to identify best practice in stimulating innovation in developing countries. Definitions of Innovation We use the standard definitions provided by the UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS 2011) of both product innovation and process innovation: Product innovation: “the introduction of a good or service that is new or significantly improved w...
ABSTRACT Traditional approaches for understanding environmental governance — such as environmental policy analysis or natural resources management — do not adequately address the gamut of human–natural system interactions within the context of the complex biogeophysical cycles and processes of the planet. This is perhaps more so in the African regional context where the complex relationships between modern and traditional governance systems and global change dynamics are arguably more p...
Abstract The use of arbitration in commercial transactions is a vital and important aspect of every commercial agreement. This is due to the advantages of arbitration over the regular court adjudicatory process. The problem is no matter how good and impeccable the arbitral process is the law still requires that arbitral award be recognized for enforcement by the court. This paper assessed the procedure for the enforcement of arbitral domestic awards in Nigerian High Courts, examined the diff...
ABSTRACT Domestic welfare responsibilities in male-headed households are in some cases shifted to women. The need to make crucial economic decisions due to adverse adjustments in the formal sector of the economy is a plausible factor. This has been found to decrease women's economic earnings. The bid to cope with household management and survival has forced women into the informal sector of the economy. This has reshaped women's work and it has also accentuated gender inequalities. The aim o...
Abstract The employment generation capacity of the formal sector comprising the public and organized private sectors in Nigeria is shrinking. The informal sector therefore offers a ray of hope for employment and earnings for urban unskilled and semi skilled labour. The promotion of informal sector activities by the government requires an insight into their mode of operation for better policy targeting. This paper therefore examines the operational characteristics, financing, training, employ...
ABSTRACT The debate about reinventing foreign aid has gone beyond affirming that foreign aid works or does not work. The history of aid has been a mixed one: some have worked in certain contexts, and some have not worked. This essay explores what type of aid has worked and what has not. Under what conditions can aid work effectively, and what type of aid, and how can we make aid effective and what type of actors can make aid effective ? Aid has worked when it is targeted, specific, ...
This paper analyzes Tesla Motors as of Spring 2020. Discussions range from innovations across the board, and look into the success of the company in their quest to transition the world to sustainable energy. There is a heavy focus on Economics since this was a paper for my Economics class.
The Geographical location of Afghanistan and its role in the development of the region was approved by Afghanistan ministry of foreign affairs Diploamcy institute this paper provided important information about the geographical location of Afghanistan and its role in the development of the region. by Habibullah Azizi Expert in Aid Management directorate at the Ministry of finance
Coronavirus was first discovered in December 2019 in Wuhan China as a Pneumonia of unknown cause. The virus spread very fast, with a number of cases and deaths in quite a short time. In January 30th 2020, the World Health Organization deemed it fit to declare the virus as a public health emergency hazard. It was named COVID-19 in February 2020. Coronavirus COVID-19 are a large family of viruses that can cause illness ranging from cold, sore throat, fever, headache etc. The viruses are zoonot...
The goal of this research is to examine the impact of oil price on inflation rates in South Africa and Nigeria- thereby comparing inflation nexus between oil rich and non-oil rich African nations. To accomplish this task the authors have utilized yearly oil price and inflation data from the period of 1987 – 2016 (source: World Bank), thus providing 30 data observations. An ARDL modeling approach has been deemed most appropriate in this analysis due to limited sample data. Our result reveale...
In India, there is too much pressure emanating from the labour legislations which has led to the complicated Labour regulation system. The India Legislations are viewed as a major factor that negatively affects the economic growth of India. This paper thoroughly examined the interlinkages between labour legislation and economic development for India and also the Indian States. For taking into cognizance of the regulations governing the employment and labour markets in India as well as the eff...
Developing countries face massive poverty, slow GDP growth, high mortality rates, and low levels of education. In the year 1999, 1.2 billion people lived on less than $1 (in PPP US$) a day, and another 2.8 billion people lived on less than $2 a day (World Bank, 2003). The majority of the people in the least developed countries cannot read or write. Over 854 million adults in this world are illiterate, and 543 million of them are women (Human Development Report, 2000). Similarly, many people i...
The history of deficit financing dated back to 1978 when the nation absorbed a $1billion Jumbo loan presumably needed for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development of the wartorn Nigerian economy. However, this was an aftermath of the Nigerian civil war that lasted till 1970. This action subsequently followed by massive borrowing by both federal and state governments and their institutions to revitalize the already doldrums economy. Nations, the world over had engaged in various strateg...
In Nigeria, budget deficit has been blamed for causing much economic crises, high inflation, poor investment performance and growth (Appah and Chigbu, 2013). One of the most important objectives of fiscal policy is to reduce national debt and to check the interest payment on such debt from rising so as to prevent high deficit in the future. However, Nigerian government budget deficit witnessed an increase in the past decades. For instance, from 1981, deficits increased from N3.9billion to N8....
TABLE ON CONTENT SECTION ONE Introduction SECTION TWO Literature Review: SECTION THREE Situational Analysis SECTION FOUR Summary and Conclusion