In this study, the relationship between investment portfolio of banks and economic growth in Nigeria was examined. The work was designed to find out the structure and trend of bank investment portfolio in Nigeria and to establish the relationship between gross domestic product, unemployment rate, per capita income and bank investments in treasury bills, bonds and shares in Nigeria from 1985 to 2015. The desk research design was used and secondary data obtained from the Central Bank of Niger...
Abstract: The consistent shift in Uganda governance structure over the years, since independence, encouraged the leadership in power to influence political instability and promote socio-economic decay in the country. The economic and social decay was largely was associated with unstable governance and lack of proper leadership. This analysis points out the reasons for absence of commitment by leaders to democratic practices and constitutional rule which may enhance economic growth. The emerg...
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction This chapter presents the background of the study; statement of the problem; purpose of the study, specific objectives, research questions, research hypotheses, scope of the study, significance of the study, and the operational definitions of the study. Li Background of the study It is the dream of every country to have an economy that is self-sustaining; with yet in Africa poverty is the heart of its problems especially in sub-Saharan Africa. In U...
Abstract: We report on the first meeting of SMBE in Africa. SMBE Malawi was initiated to bring together African and internationalresearchers who use genetics or genomics to study natural systems impacted by human activities. The goals of thisconference were 1) to reach a world-class standard of science with a large number of contributions from Africa, 2) toinitiate exchange between African and international researchers, and 3) to identify challenges and opportunities forevolutionary genomics...
The broad objective of this study is to examine the impact of foreign direct investment and domestic investment on economic growth in Nigeria for the period of 1986 to 2013. To achieve the broad objective, the following specific objectives were raised:(i) Analyse the trend of foreign direct investment, domestic investment and economic growth in Nigeria; (ii) examine the relative impact of foreign direct investment and domestic investment on economic growth in Nigeria; and (iii) investigate th...
This study examines the relationship and effect of economic growth with poverty and income inequality in Central Sulawesi Province. The source of data used in this study is secondary data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Central Sulawesi Province. This study also uses the Granger causality test analysis method to test the relationship between the three variables and then panel data regression is carried out to see the effect of each independent variable on the dependent vari...
A cashless economy is an environment in which money is spent without being physically carrying cash from one place to another. The need to run a more efficient and productive economy by reducing the amount of cash in circulation brought about the cash-less policy. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of Central Bank of Nigeria’s cashless policy on economic growth and development of Nigeria. The research was carried out by investigating to find out whether or not cash-less poli...
THE EMERGENCE OF CHINA AS AN UPCOMING GREAT POWER IN RELATIONS TO CLASSICAL/MODERN REALIST THEORY BY AFEEZ TIJANI OSUMAH DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, INSTITUTE OF GRADUATE STUDIES AND RESEARCH, CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (CIU), THE TURKISH REPUBLIC OF NORTH CYPRUS,(TRNC), PHONE: +(90)5488240563, +(234)7065020634, E-MAIL:osumahinnocent@y...
Smallholder commercialization becomes a necessary driver for poverty alleviation and food security in agriculturally driven economies in Sub-Saharan Africa considering rising population growth with increased competition for access to resources. However, commercializing smallholder farming in agriculturally driven economies vary in scales, institutional arrangements and labour regimes as well as socio-economic, environmental and political influence with varying policy initiatives towards incor...
ABSTRACT The formation and operation of the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce is the Nigerian private sector's expression of bilateralism in the Nigerian economy. Bilateralism like multilateralism is a global phenomenon. They are manifested in different dimensions: economic cultural and political at public and private sectors' levels. In its economic dimension, bilateralism at government level involves trade and investment relations between two sovereign nations with the objective of stim...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of international commodity price shocks on economic growth in Ghana from 1990 to 2016. Time series data were collected on oil price, gold price, cocoa price, capital, labour, inflation, exchange rate and trade openness from the Central Bank of Ghana and the World Development Indicators. The study employed Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) to examine the relationship between the index of commodity price shock on economic growth ...
This study explores the frustrating journey of the African woman especially from the post-colonial era, bringing to light her survival quest in the patriarchal Africa and how the woman of colour is gradually developing a sense of awareness and endearing strength towards self-identity and empowerment. The African woman’s marginalization and subsequent empowerment in most African countries using Lagos, Nigeria as a case study. The composite factor is essential to understand the lived experi...
ABSTRACT This research examine the role of foreign policy to the national economy in Tanzania. The study focuses on attaining determination of the use of foreign policy and its impact to the national economy. The study involved the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Tanzania Economic Processing Zone and two Universities colleges. A surveying interviews and questionnaire methods were used to collect data. The data were analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative methods which w...
Abstract: We report on the first meeting of SMBE in Africa. SMBE Malawi was initiated to bring together African and international researchers who use genetics or genomics to study natural systems impacted by human activities. The goals of this conference were 1) to reach a world-class standard of science with a large number of contributions from Africa, 2) to initiate exchange between African and international researchers, and 3) to identify challenges and opportunities for evolutionary geno...
ABSTRACT This research is on the roles of bank in export promotion and economic growth. A case study of selected banks in Nigeria. It about the major economic issues viz (1) export trade in Nigeria, (2) Role of banks in the development and promotion of exportable goods and services and (3) the contribution of banks towards economic growth. The Nigeria economy is presently in a great distress and dilemma. The economy was plunged into this agonizing situation mainly due to over reliance on o...