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Inflation and Unemployment Problems: The Challenges of Development in Nigeria

Every country in the world aim at achieving economic growth and development. This is only possible if a country has adequate resources In developing countries especially those in sub-saharan Africa,The resources to finance the optimal level of economic growth and development are in short supply.  A proper understanding of these concepts is therefore very necessary in order to get a good grasp of how inflation and unemployment has effected growth in Nigeria over the years.Nigerian economy h...

The Role of Market Planning in Achievement of Organisational Goals

Marketing as a course of study is very young compared to other established courses of study, so also is planning and control in business. A marketing plan is a comprehensive blueprint which outlines an organization's overall marketing efforts. A marketing process can be realized by the marketing mix. The last step in the process is the marketing control. The marketing plan can function from two points: strategy and tactics. In most organizations, "strategic planning" is an annual process, typ...

Exportation of Made in Nigeria Goods as a Tool for the Development of the Nigerian Economy (A Case Study of the Niger Export Promotion Council, Warri, Delta State)

An investigation into Exportation of “Made in Nigeria” goods as a tool for the development of the Nigeria Economy is a interesting topic.  The population for this study consists of all the workers of the Nigeria Export Promotion of the Nigeria Council, Warri Delta State. Information was gathered using questionnaires form thirty-one employees of which only twenty to them were returned.  The finding showed that exportation of “Made in Nigeria” have much role to play in the development...

Entrepreneurship Development: The Role of Government Support

According to Agbaeze (2012) say that every nation whether developing or industrialized, strives after development. Development is not purely an economic phenomenon, however economic progress is an essential component. Regrettably, problems of unemployment as experienced by the education youths and even the uneducated but skilled youths have become more pathetic in many developing economies, despite the neo – liberal strategies in addressing the issue of enhancing human capital. Entrepreneur...

The Effects of Poor Office Environment on Motivation of Workers

The efficiency of office employees is directly or indirectly affected by the conditions under which they are required to do their work which affect the performances of workers and the achievement of organizational objectives for this purpose, this study will focus it’s attention on the effects of poor office environment on the motivation of workers in an organization.

National Development and Insecurity in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: Regretting the Pains and Relishing the Gains

This work tends to examine the nexus between service delivery and development in Nigeria,  highlighting the public service delivery agent in Nigeria as proponents of this,  and whether it has been able to thrive towards affirming development in the Nigeria society. This study is apt,  and adopted a qualitative method to arrive at its findings and recommendations 

Tourism as a Potential Source of Foreign Exchange in Nigeria (Case Study Of Yankari Game Reserve, Bauchi State)

Tourism as a sub system of the socio economic development of Nigeria has not been given indepth analysis and attention as regards it role as a foreign revenue generator. Thus this paper embarks on a journey to do thus,  whilst using the secondary means of data collection and proffering quality recommendations. 

The Effects of Federal Tax Component on Standard of Living in Nigeria

In the early days of civilization, biblical and pre biblical days, taxes were collected to maintain the kingsqueens, provide security and fight wars. It could be a  direct surcharge on the citizens of the  kingdom or empire or tributes   paid   by   ‘conquerors’   to   show   their   unflinching   loyalty   to mastersconquerors.  These  forms  of  taxes  did not  necessarily  depend  on richness or the ability to pay concept. There was of course no record of ac...

Local Government Administration and Good Governance in Nigeria

The paper was an examination of good governance at the local government level in Nigeria. The research methodology was essentially exploratory and therefore, depended on secondary data for the examination of issues of local government administration and good governance. The interest in good governance at this level of government arose out of the continued hue and cry of poor performance of the third tier of government which has attracted many conferences, workshops and dialogues about the...

West African Emerging Economies: Comparative Insights on Ghana’s and Nigeria’s Stock Market Development

The burgeoning interest on the importance of stock market inmodern economies has reinforced the growing notion that finance is paramountto economic growth and in particular the rising debate on the fledgling state ofWest African stock markets coupled with the implications for the sub-region’semerging economies which are worrisome. Hence, the paper examines the longrun and causal relationship between stock market development and WestAfrican emerging economies in a comparative context of Ghan...

Assessment of Distributive Effects of Emigrant Remittances in Developing Countries

Abstract  Despite the rising volume of remittances flowing to developing countries, their distributional effect on  the recipient countries has been largely unexplored. We examine this topic using data from World Bank. Despitethe positive effects of emigrants remittances in terms of developing microfinance Institutions and welfare improvement of the recipient households, its negative effects  ranges from appreciation of the national currency,hampering competitiveness, monetary management ...

THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS (IFRS) ADOPTION BY LISTED COMPANIES (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA BREWERIES PLC, IBADAN).

The Benefits and Challenges of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Adoption by Listed Companies (A Case Study of Nigeria Breweries Plc, Ibadan). ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to bring out issue and concepts of international financial reporting standard (IFRS) in general, its relationship to corporate business with specific reference to Nigeria Brewery Pic, Ibadan. The Objective of the study is to present the benefit of IFRS adoption and the problem of the study is the ...

Independence of Statutory Auditors and Reliability of Financial Statements in Nigerian Listed Companies

This article provides vast knowledge on the impact of independence of statutory auditors and reliability of financial statements in Nigerian listed companies. ABSTRACT In this study, the impact of the independence of statutory auditors on the reliability of financial statements in Nigerian listed companies was critically evaluated and analyzed. The major problem identified was is the need to safeguard auditors’ independence in order to gain stakeholders’ trust and confidence to utilize th...

IMPACT OF TAXATION ON SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN EKITI STATE

ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of taxation on small and medium scale enterprises in Ekiti State..           The research reviewed at some literature that has some degree of relevance to the subject matter under study. The study shall adopt the non-probability sampling technique and data collection was carried out using the questionnaire method consisting of one hundred (100) respondents drawn from the study population. Frequency counts and percentages were used for ana...

THE IMPACT OF MICRO FINANCE BANKS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ON SMALL SCALE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of micro finance bank on the development of small scale enterprise (SMEs) in Ekiti State.           The research reviewed at some literature that has some degree of relevance to the subject matter under study. The study shall adopt the stratified random sampling technique and data collection was done through the questionnaire method consisting of one hundred and ten (110) respondents drawn from the study population. Frequency counts and p...


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