TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVAL iiDEDICATIONACKNOWLEDGEMENT WTABLE OF CONTENTS VLIST OF TABLES V1NLIST OF FIGURESABSTRACTCHAPTER ONEPROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE1.1 Background of the Study1.2 Statement of the Problem 31.3 Purpose of the StudyI .4 Research objectives 31.5 Research Questions1.6 Hypothesis of study 41.7 Scope of the study1 .7.1 Content scope .41.7.2 Geographical Scope 41.7.3 The theoretical scope 41.7. 4 Time scope1.8 Significance of the Study 51.9 Operational definitions 5CHAPTER ...
ABSTRACT A booming interest in the topic of Diaspora remittances has developed over the past few years on the part of academics, donors, international financial institutions, commercial banks, money transfer operators, microfinance institutions, and policy makers. The surge of remittances to countries of origin in the last two decades, exceeding aid and foreign direct investment (FDI) to developing countries, has reignited debate on their development potential in receiving countries. Alongs...
This paper investigates if there is a significant long – run relationship between cocoa exports and economic growth in Nigeria. The study covers the periods between 1981 to 2014. The underlying models are the export led growth, hypothesis, neo – classical growth model, presbich trade model and Keynesian model. In the formulated model, real gross domestic product was used as a proxy for economic growth. The explanatory variables used were cocoa export earnings, exchange rate and government...
The global income distribution highlights the extraordinarily high degree of inequality. The average income of the top 20% of the world’s population is about 50 times the average income of the bottom 20% (HDR 2005). Kenya’s top 10% households control 42% of the total income while the bottom 10% controls less than 1% (SID, 2004). Kenya’s long term development goal as indicated in its Vision 2030 is to transform the country into a middle income country with a sustainable economic growth ...
ABSTRACT Taxation is not only a major economic policy tool but also a means to encourage positive social behaviour and discourage negative social behaviour. Unfortunately, in Ghana, taxation is almost reduced to a tool for winning political power. Majority of the time, political discourse and economic policy discourse on taxation is at best anecdotal. The objective of this study is to investigate and provide empirical evidence on the relation between tax structure and growth in Ghana in order...
ABSTRACT Taxation is not only a major economic policy tool but also a means to encourage positive social behaviour and discourage negative social behaviour. Unfortunately, in Ghana, taxation is almost reduced to a tool for winning political power. Majority of the time, political discourse and economic policy discourse on taxation is at best anecdotal. The objective of this study is to investigate and provide empirical evidence on the relation between tax structure and growth in Ghana in order...
ABSTRACT The study of the effects of telecommunication on economic growth Mogadishu state of Somalia was carried out on Hormuud Telecom. The study had three objectives. To examine the impact of Homiuud Telecommunication Company on improving people’s standard of living in Mogadishu. To establish the contribution of Hormuud Telecommunication Company on employment creation in Mogadishu of Somalia. To assess the relationship between Telecommunication and economic growth in Somalia The study ...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at examining the role being played by the small and medium scale enterprises towards economic growth of an economy with E-nugu state as our case study. From the study, it was observed that indeed, small and medium scale enterprises contribute to the economic development of Enugu state. Lack of adequate finance was identified as one of the mayor problems hampering the development of small and medium scale enterprise in Enugu state. In order to provide a sound th...
ABSTRACT The gross Domestic product Growth is a long term rise in the capacity to supply increasingly diverse economic goods o its population. This growing capacity is said to base on advancing technology. It is only through an effective economic system that human and material resources of the nation could be mobilized between the government and the governed. The concept of economy development of Nigeria with its objectives is aimed at standard and mobilization or mobilizing the functions ...
Abstract This study examines tax revenue and economic growth in Nigeria. To achieve this objective, time series data of 15 years were collected from secondary source between 2000 and 2014. The secondary data were sourced from CBN statistical bulletin, 2007; Federal Inland Revenue Service Statistics, 2013, and Nigeria Bureau of Statistics. The data collected were analyzed using relevant statistical techniques. The results reveal that firstly, there is a significant relationship between petro...
Abstract This study sought to examine the impact of the monetary policy on Namibia’s economic growth within Common Monetary Area. The main objective was to empirically estimate the impact of changes in monetary policy on economic growth in Namibia. This was done by regressing the changes in the repo rate with Gross Domestic Product growth rates, inflation rate and real exchange rate as independent variables. The sample consisted of 64 observations spanning from 2000Q1 to 2016Q4, using s...
ABSTRACT This study on the Impact of External Debt on Growth and Development of the Nigerian Economy from 1980-2001. The study is therefore necessitated by the need to find solution to the increasing external debt stock and service payments, which have become a constraining factor to economic growth. To find out how Nigeria has effectively managed her external debt and to identify the factors responsible for the inability of the Nigerian economy to expand irrespective of the increasing exter...
The study focused on Agriculture and economic growth in Somalia (1991-2011) Its objectives were; to establish the trend of Agriculture in Somalia (1999-2011, to establish the trend of Economic growth of Somalia (1999-2011), to investigate the effect Agriculture on Economic growth in Somalia (1999-2011). The hypothesis of the study was there is no significant relationship between Agriculture and economic growth in Somalia time series analysis such as Correlation analysis, regression analysis m...
ABSTRACT The study focused on Agriculture and economic growth in Somalia (1991-2011) Its objectives were; to establish the trend of Agriculture in Somalia (1999-2011, to estabiish the trend of Economic growth of Somalia (1999-2011), to investigate the effect Agriculture on Economic growth in Somalia (1999-2011). The hypothesis of the study was there is no significant relationship between Agriculture and economic growth in Somalia time series analysis such as Correlation analysis, regression a...
ABSTRACT Education expenditure is trusted to be one of the key priorities towards economic growth and welfare improvement. The Tanzanian government believes that the improvement in economic growth and living standard of the people can be achieved through increase in public education expenditure. However, despite the efforts of improving the quality and access to education in Tanzania, there is still no clear understanding of quantitative effects of education expenditure on economic growth and...