ABSTRACT Migration is an enduring theme of human history and is considered one of the defining global issues of the twenty-first century. In Ghana, as in other parts of Africa, migration is largely informal and undocumented, making accurate data on the phenomenon extremely scanty. Migrants have been involved in a lot of activities that they are not permitted to do in the host country as defined within the borders of international protocols and agreements. Despite all this, there is little kno...
1.0 Background to the Study In spite of the high level of globalization, international trade, financial liberalization as well as the increasing economic integration of the world as a whole, there is still a wide range of currencies circulating in the world’s economic monetary system. The International Monetary Fund with 188 member countries has more than 150 currencies. As Mundell (1961) writes: “If some spaceship captain came down from outer space and looked at the way international mon...
ABSTRACT This paper examined the impact of public debt on economic growth of Namibia for the period 2003 to 2016 using quarterly time series data on GDP growth as a proxy for economic growth; external debt and domestic debt. Time series properties were tested for stationarity using the Augmented Dickey-Fuller test. Johannsen Cointegration test found no long run relationship among the variables under study. The study employed Toda-Yamamoto Granger causality tests following a VAR framework and...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of insurance and economic growth, with empirical analysis for the Republic of Macedonia. We apply multiple regression and control for other relevant determinants of economic growth. The analysis used data for the period 1995 2010. In order to solve the model in the analysis will use the technique of least squares, followed by analysis of variability in order to identify the effects of each variable. Insurance development is measured by insura...
ABSTRACT The study was centred on the roles of revenue mobilization in the economic growth and development. The main objective of the study is to examine the roles of revenue mobilization in the economic growth and development in Akwa Ibom State. Primary and secondary data sources were applied and the population of this study is 57, however,the sample size used was 50. The research instrument used for thefiled survey of this research work includes: oral intervi...
ABSTRACT Terrorism has gained ground in international discourse of issues currently impeding the progress and development of states. Although not a recent phenomenon, terrorism is a growing menace which cannot be ignored. The environmental, socio-economic, psychological and physical impacts of terrorism on people and governments are highly significant and there is therefore the need to understand and address this phenomenon. This research focuses the increasing threat of terrorism to West an...
This study focuses on the implications of Credit to private Sector on the economic growth of Nigeria. Reforms have been introduced and implemented in Nigeria over the last three decades. The impact of these reforms on the economic growth have not been well felt by the citizens. The study is to determine the relationship between Credit to private Sector and economic growth of Nigeria. Regression model was used to present the estimates evaluated with T-test, F-test, DW-test and standard error...
This dissertation interrogates the effectiveness of voluntary and non-statutory (nongovernmental) media councils in promoting self-regulation of mass media in the context of Africa’s democratization. With the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in Africa in the early 1990s, external initiators and sponsors of Africa’s democratization – donor countries, multilateral aid organizations1 , as well as internal media stakeholders and activists, campaigned persistently for a free press on t...
ABSTRACT So much effort has been made towards understanding the relationship between privatization and commercialization and the economic growth of Nigeria. Privatization and commercialization of pubic enterprises in every economy is introduced for the attainment of specific objectives which includes economic growth and stability. Data was collected and analyzed using ordinary least square method (OLS). The result of the study shows that there is a positive but insignificant impact of private...
ABSTRACT This dissertation offers a comprehensive account of the origin, nature and development of theatre under the auspices of the Arts Association as a cultural activity in South West Africa as it was called until 1968. In 1947 a branch of the South African Association of Arts, a Fine Arts organisation in South Africa was established in Windhoek, South West Africa. The association organised and developed the Performing Arts in addition to the Visual Arts. The Arts Association saw theatre ...
ABSTRACT Contribution of Labour Force Economic growth rate in Uganda (1996-2011). Its objectives were; to establish the trend of Labor Force Participation Rate in Uganda (1996-2011), to establish the trend of GDP growth rate in Uganda (1996-2011), to investigate the relationship between Labor Force Participation Rate and GDP growth rate in Uganda (1996-2011). The hypothesis of the study was, Ho: there is no relationship between Labor Force Participation Rate and GDP growth rate in Uganda. Ana...
ABSTRACT Luxury goods, used in mediaeva1 long distance trade ca. AD 900-1250, found an important market among the Iron Age peoples of southern Africa. Indirect evidence of this trade can be seen in the form of archaeological collections of glass beads at sites throughout Africa and Southeast Asia. Thousands of beads have been found at Iron Age sites in the eastern Transvaal Lowveld and at inland sites along the Limpopo Valley and in Botswana. Similar looking types of beads, referred to as sma...
ABSTRACT Luxury goods, used in mediaeva1 long distance trade ca. AD 900-1250, found an important market among the Iron Age peoples of southern Africa. Indirect evidence of this trade can be seen in the form of archaeological collections of glass beads at sites throughout Africa and Southeast Asia. Thousands of beads have been found at Iron Age sites in the eastern Transvaal Lowveld and at inland sites along the Limpopo Valley and in Botswana. Similar looking types of beads, referred to as sma...
ABSTRACT This Archaeological research was undertaken at the town of Kpokeso now called Prince’s Town on the coast of Ghana, West Africa. Prince’s Town grew to fame in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as a trading post and a port of great importance in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Traders of many European nations including the Brandenburg, Holland, Denmark, France, Portugal and England once maintained permanent trading establishments on the Gold coast and traded with the African...
ABSTRACT The backbone of every economy is the informal sector however most employment opportunities in Ghana are largely hinged on the private sector . Hence, the contribution the sector makes to Ghana's economic development through job creation cannot be underestimated. The role of small and medium scale enterprises for economic growth was undertaken to find out how SME sub-sector in Zebilla has performed and its impact on the economic growth of the country. Specifically this study intended...