BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Although infrastructure investment is widely seen as a critical engine of economic growth, many developing nations, including Nigeria, fall behind in terms of the quality and quantity of critical economic infrastructure. Developing countries...
Background of the study
“Rural” means open land and tiny settlements in general, although "rural areas" are typically taken for granted or left undefined in policy-oriented and scientific literature, in a process of description that is sometimes la...
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Manufacturing has long played an important part in emerging countries' economic progress. The manufacturing industry is concerned with the design, processing, and preparation of goods made from commodities and raw materials....
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Although infrastructure investment is widely seen as a critical engine of economic growth, many developing nations, including Nigeria, fall behind in terms of the quality and quantity of critical economic infrastructure. Developing countries...
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The construction sector occupies a focal position in the economy of any nation because it is an important contributor to the process of development (Aje, 2008). In the conduct of economic activities, the construction sector is al...
Background of the Study
Small-scale businesses are an important part of Uganda's economic sector, and they helped the country get through difficult periods when all of the economy's sectors were in disarray (Brown, 2000). Uganda...
A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF NIGERIA’S EXTERNAL DEBT
The management of Nigeria’s external debt has been a major macroeconomic problem especially since the early 1980s. For many years now, the country’s debt has been growing in spite of the efforts being...
Background of the study
Inflation is a term used to describe the rate at which the price of goods and services rises over time. Inflation impacts not only the cost of life – items like transportation, power, and food – but also interest rate...
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Terrorism and insurgency is globally becoming a household word as there is no nation that is completely absolved from its effect. This is the reason why Rourke (2015) observes that war, terrorism and other forms of transnational political violenc...
Abstract
This study performed an analysis on the inflow trends of Foreign Direct Investment investigated in the Nigerian construction industry with a view to studying the pattern of flow and assessing the effect of increased flow of FDI on the industry. Annualized time...
Background of the Study
Public debates recently in Nigeria have centred on the increasing rate of corruption resulting from inappropriate public finance planning and implementation mostly in some of the developing countries, Nigeria inclusive which in t...
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The phenomenon of crime has been in existence since time immemorial. From the time Adam disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden to the modern highly complex crime networks, the human society has never been devoid of criminal activities. Human nature is inf...
Background to the Study
Several local and international media have reported on the cause, impacts and the consequences of global financial meltdown. The global financial meltdown is a situation where the world’s status quo can no longer be maintained (Ajayi, 2013)...
Background to the Study
Economic experts are of the opinion that sufficient investment is necessary for development and economic growth in a country, and they provide the piece of advise that every economy has to amass a high level of cash for investors...
Background Of The Study
Since Nigeria's independence on October 1, 1960, Africa has unquestionably played a prominent role in her foreign policy. In other words, Nigeria's foreign policy is based on the fundamental ideals of promoting the peace,...
Background of the Study
Crime is a public wrong. It is an act of offense which violates the law of the state and is strongly disapproved by the society. Crime is defined as acts or omissions forbidden by law that can be punished by imprisonment or fine. Murder, robbery,...
Background of the study
Monetary policy interventions such as an increase in money supply indirectly affect aggregate demand and subsequently output and prices through their impact on investment spending. This indirect effect reveals that a change in mo...
Background of the study
Terrorism and insurgency have become household terms across the globe, since no nation is immune to their consequences. This is why, according to Rubenstein (2017), war, terrorism, and other forms of international political viole...
Background of the study
Over the past several decades, the economies of the world have become greatly connected through international trade and globalization. Foreign trade has been identified as the oldest and most important part of a country’s e...
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This study investigated the contributions of Foreign Direct Investment inflows on growth of Nigerian economy. The study tested for the level of Foreign Direct Investment inflows into the country; variables that affect the contributions of Foreign Direct Inv...
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This study is on the effect of exchange rate and inflation on foreign direct investment and its relationship with economic growth. Its main objective is to find the effect of inflation and exchange rate and the bidirectional influences between...
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The IFRS adoption is already an issue of global relevance among various countries of the world due to the quest for uniformity, reliability and comparability of financial statements of companies. This research paper investigated the effect of IFRS adoption on F...
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This study is on the impact of exchange rate and inflation on foreign direct investment in nigeria and their relationship to economic growth. Its main objective is to find the effect of inflation and exchange rate and the bidirectional influenc...
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The study examined the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Nigeria over the period 1980 to 2010. The study employed multiple regressions in analysis, using the ordinary least square (OLS) regression technique. The result at this revealed that FDI impacted positively on...
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The dissertation is on evaluating the impact of GSM operating companies on Nigerian economy. The objectives of the study were: to ascertain the impact of GSM operating companies on Nigerian economy; to determine the impact of GSM technology on the people of Nigeria; to identify...
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This study set out to empirically examine the effect of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on the economic growth in Nigeria between for 1981-2013. FDI has become a debatable and topical issue across the globe because of its key role in bridging the savings g...
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) provides with much needed capital investments with a view to achieving economic growth in Nigeria. Foreign direct investment is a leading role in developing countries of Africa giving rise to a widespread belief...
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The research work studies the impact of globalisation on the Nigerian economy. It uses the time series data over the period 1999-2006. The researchers therefore reviewed the existing literature on the implication of globalisation on the economic development of...
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This research examined the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the growth of Nigeria economy. According to (UNCTAD 2012) Nigeria received a net inflow of US$85.73. Unlike other studies this research extended the period of investigation...
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This study investigated the contributions of Foreign Direct Investment inflows on growth of Nigerian economy. The study tested for the level of Foreign Direct Investment inflows into the country; variable...
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The rate of unemployment has risen in the last decade in most of the sub-Saharan African countries. The situation in Nigeria is rapid population growth with low level of employment rate. This study intends to investigate the relationship between unemployment a...
Background of the study
Various classifications have been made on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). For instance, FDI has been described as investment made so as to acquire a lasting management interest (for example, 10 percent of voting stock) and at le...
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The study examined the effects of faulty design and construction on the maintenance of building. A survey of randomly selected samples of 20 builders and 15 architects were conducted. Questionnaires were used to collect data from Architects and...
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Many developing countries are competing to attract foreign direct investment with a belief that it can be a tool for poverty reduction because it serves as supplements to domestic savings and it is often accompanied with technology and managerial skills which are indispensable...
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This project is titled the effect of taxation on Nigerian Economy. The objective of the study is to determine and assess the effect of taxes towards the growth and development of the Nigerian economy. The survey research design was adopted, data were obtained from secondary sou...
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This study is on the effect of exchange rate and inflation on foreign direct investment and its relationship with economic growth. Its main objective is to find the effect of inflation and exchange rate and the bidirectional influences between FDI and economic...
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is about economic prosperity and wealth creation of developing economies, (FDI) brings with it capital, technology, it provides a platform for the creation of jobs and links to the world economy which brings development. The New Partnership for A...
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What provoked this research is the visibilly wanning national Sovereignty and Jurisdiction of developing Countries to make choice from options in economic, social and cultural policies due to globalization. The need to unravel the challenges the regulatory Legal Frame Work for...
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Nigeria is in a continuous quest to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) in order to support and sustain a decent economic growth. These foreign investors being invited are as much interested in the methods available for dispute resolution as they are in every available guar...
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Principles of taxation, especially international taxation, are one of the instruments through which Foreign Direct Investment, (FDI), is usually attracted to a country. These principles are invariably contained in bilateral or multilateral tax treaties signed between the host c...
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Companies Income Tax Act (CITA) is the main legislation that governs the taxation of corporations in Nigeria. About one trillion Naira was generated from the tax imposed by the Act in 2013. The amount was equivalent to one fifth of Nigerian federal government budget for that ye...
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Many developing countries are competing to attract foreign direct investment with a belief that it can be a tool for poverty reduction because it serves as supplements to domestic savings and it is often accompanied with technology and managerial skills which are indispensable...
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Commodity passive RFID system consisting of the reader and battery-free RFID tags proliferates the internet-of-things applications (e.g., indoor localization, gesture recognition and assets tracking) due to its low cost and small form factor. In this thesis, we propose three hu...
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Oil revenue is indeed an important component of economic growth of the recipient nations. Therefore, most of the oil-rich nations invest the revenue from the oil sector into the non-oil sectors for strategic reasons. However, over the past five decades there has been a blur in...
This paper explores the analysis of Obasanjo administration in International diplomacy. Since independence Nigeria’s foreign policy remains the same but however there was significant change to its foreign policy under the government of Presi...
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Generally, policies and strategies of Nigerian government towards foreign direct investment are shaped by two principal objectives of the desire for economic independence and the demand for economic development. Multinational corporations are expected to bring into Nigeria fore...
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Foreign Direct Investmemt has been widely described as an indispensible vihicle of economic growth, Variuos reseachers have tried to advocate foreign direct investment as a tool for employment generation, transfer of technological skills, manpower development and increased fore...
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Terrorism constitute serious threats to Nigeria‘s security, affecting not only Nigeria‘s sovereignty, law and order, but also creating deep fear and socio-economic suffering amongst citizens. Recently, Nigeria is faced with Boko Haram Terrorism, particularly in Nort...
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Economic Diplomacy(ED) is the management of international relations aimed at promoting exports and increasing access to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Nigeria has embarked on various policy reforms including bank recapitalization policy, privatization, anti-corruption campaig...
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The inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) to developing countries has continued to be on the increase over the years. This study investigates the effects of FDI on economic growth in Nigeria between 1981 and 2016. Structural macroeconometric models consisting of 4 blocks ma...