ABSTRACT Infrastructure development is critical for the economic growth of any country, more so as a supplyside growth catalyst. However, comparative reports by development partners indicate that Kenya, among other sub-Sahara African countries, has insufficient infrastructure relative to the rest of the world. As the continent embarks on major infrastructure projects to bridge this insufficiency, affected businesses are bound to experience varied effects on their performance. This study focu...
The issues of economic reforms, deregulation, liberalisation or economic adjustment programme began in the early 80s, particularly in the African continent. Even though the terms are used synonymously, there are d differing emphasis and applications in government pol icies, journalistic and economic parlance. Whatever the case may be, the application of these terms began with the ac.loption, at least in the Afric::in co11ti11e11t, or the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) p...
Abstract Industrialization policy is an element of the global concept of economic development of a country. Its construction and realization entail an assumption that the state, its divisions and institutions, participate in the process of shaping the industrial development. Industrialization is widely believed to be a catalyst for rapid growth and development of any economy. In Nigeria, the drive to transform her economy from non-industrialized state to an industrialized one has been the p...
ABSTRACT The question of whether foreign aid stimulates economic development still attracts intense debate. This perennial debate has been given fresh life due to the recent election of some of Africa’s more impactful leaders like Nana Akuffo Addo of Ghana who seems bent on wearing Ghana off aid. Akuffo Addo’s “Ghana Beyond Aid” agenda is interesting because historically, while some scholars have a benign view of aid, others accuse foreign aid of being responsible for Africa’s devel...
Abstract Worldwide, transmission of emerging and reemerging malaria infections poses a significant threat to human health in the Sub-Saharan Africa, one that can quickly overwhelm public health resources. While the disease burden of malaria in the Sub-Saharan Africa appears to be on a gradual decline, it is characterized by spatial and temporal variability occasioning a sorry state for the Global South Countries. New evidence on long-term complications of malaria heightens our awareness of i...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVAL iiDEDICATION iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ivTABLE OF CONTENTS vLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS xABSTRACT xiCHAP1ER. ONE8~18~.0.00. .......~1.1.0 Introduction 11.1 Background of the study 11.1.1 Historical perspective 11.1.2 Conceptual perspective 41.1.3 Theoretical perspective 51.1.4 Contextual perspective 51.2 Problem statement 61.3 Objectives of the study 61.3.1 Purpose of the study 61.3.2 Specific objectives 61.4 Research questions 61.5 Scope of the study 71.5...
ABSTRACT A lot has been done to show the socio-economic and political issues affecting the Southern and East African societies up to the present day through various forms of media. The aim of this study is interrogate the site of social media video clips as social commentary in Southern Africa and East Africa and the main objectives is to identify the themes as well as interrogate how the themes were effectively interrogated the other objectives was to identify the techniques used to convey...
ABSTRACT The study investigates the impact of small and medium scale industries on the Nigerian economy, spanning from 1986 to 2010. The study adopted Ordinary Least Square (OLS) Linear Specification model. Using unit root test, the work shows that small scale industries significantly contributed to the economic growth in Nigeria despite poor funding by commercial banks. The work recommends among others that government should improve its monetary policies so as to reduce to an acceptable leve...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of external debt on economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1980-2012. Time series data on external debt stock and external debt service was used to capture external debt burden. The study set out to test for both a long run and causal relationship between external debt and economic growth in Nigeria. An empirical investigation was conducted using time series data on Real Gross Domestic Product, External Debt Stock, External Debt Payments and Exch...
Background to the Study In the recent time, there are growing agitations and calls on developing countries to focus their attention on economics education in order for them to turn around the economic status of their various Countries. It is against this background that the various Nigerian governments have been placing emphasis on the acquisition of economic education in the educational system. This issue led to the formulation of the new national policy on education. (NPE, 2006) which seem...
ABSTRACT Background: Lupus nephritis (LN) is a common manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and is associated with end-stage renal disease, need for renal replacement therapy and death. There is no African data comparing the efficacy or outcome of patients managed with Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) or intravenous (IV) cyclophosphamide (CYC) during induction of proliferative LN. Objectives: The study aimed to assess treatment response after induction therapy with MMF or IV CYC in p...
ABSTRACT The research focuses on the impact of non-oil exports on Nigerian economy. It employs the documentary method in retrieving secondary data for the study. The data is retrieved from the CBN statistical bulletin for the year 2016. The method of data analysis is the ordinary least square (OLS) method of multiple regressions using the Microfit software. At the end of the analysis, it is discovered that non-oil exports has a significant impact on the economic growth of Nigeria. I recommen...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................................... i APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................................. ii DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................................. iii ACKNOWLEDG...
A B S T R A C T The physiological activities of Bacillus species that ferment African locust bean (Parkia biqlobosa (Jacq.) BenthJ to produce ' iru1 were investigated. The strains studied belong to the B. subtillis group and Were designated BS1 , BS2, BS3, BLl, BL2, BL4 and BP2. These seven strains showed significant differences (at c* = 0.05) in gtowth and extracellular proteinases production. The following (defecending) Order was obtained for the growth of the organisms in liquid medium: BS...
ABSTRACT Whiles unemployment remains a challenge in Sub-Saharan African countries, trade openness has been identified in the literature as unemployment inducing. Nevertheless, the assessment of the effect of trade openness on unemployment has not received much attention in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study therefore empirically investigates the effects of trade openness on aggregate unemployment and youth unemployment in SSA. The study adopts the system GMM estimator in order that consistent and...