1. A CRITICAL SURVEY OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND ITS IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Poverty has been on the rise in the Nigerian economy for the past two decades, and the plague was particularly severe in the 1980s. As a result, it becomes critical to use all relevant economic factors to correlate economic growt...
2. AN ANALYSIS OF REPORT CASES OF CRIMES IN NIGERIA FROM 1995 - 2004
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Criminality is inherent in human nature and culture. As a result, no civilization can claim to be fully crime-free. However, the sorts of criminal behavior tend to follow the pattern of a society's social and economic growth. It is not surprising...
3. AN INVESTIGATION OF ELECTRONIC BANKING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS IN NIGERIA BANKS
Background to the study
Electronic banking in Nigeria has been considered by many, particularly economists, as having significant ramifications for the Nigerian economy, particularly the banking industry, over time. Nigeria's economy has benefited g...
4. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF COMMERCIAL BANKS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Nigeria as a nation is characterized by a developing economy because the various sectors responsible for economic development are not optimally utilized, as a result of which we have not been able to fully tap the natural resourc...
5. SMALL SCALE BUSINESSES AND THEIR ROLE IN THE PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT TO THE LABOR FORCE
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...
6. THE PRIVATIZATION POLICY IN NIGERIA AN EVALUATION OF ITS IMPLICATION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The Nigerian National Petroleum corporation and the petroleum ministry appear desperate to maintain their hold on the downstream sector of the oil industry by planning new refineries and voting more money to maintain the existing...
7. IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION ON NIGERIA ECONOMIC GROWTH
Abstract:- This study examined the relationship between trade liberalization and economic growth proxied by gross domestic growth rate in Nigeria. The study specifically assessed whether there is a long run and short run causal relationship running from trad...
8. THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON INDUSTRIAL GROWTH OF NIGERIA (1985-2011)
INTRODUCTION
Globalization remains one of the most controversial subjects of our time. Several authors and ideological applications. Globalization is&n...
9. TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON NIGERIA ECONOMIC GROWTH
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
Liu, Burridge and Sinclair (2002) examined the relationship between economic growth, foreign direct investment and trade in China. The study found long run relationship between the variables and a bidirectional causality between economic growth, t...
10. THE STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING AND PROMOTING CAPITAL FORMATION AMONG SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA
EXCERPT FROM THE STUDY
According to Tolentino (2016), small businesses are the backbone of national growth. A country cannot afford to disregard the value of its indigenous micro and small scale companies (MSEs) and the contributions they make to the country's econo...
11. IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEMS HINDERING HOSPITALITY DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT
The study investigated the factors hindering the growth and development in hospitality industry using five selected hotels in Enugu state. It is an empirical study whose major source of data was based on primary source obtained in a cross-secti...
12. IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT ON NIGERIAN ECONOMY
Background of the study
One of the important objectives of macroeconomic policy in has been the rapid economic growth of an economy. Economic growth is defined as “the process whereby the real per capita income of a country over a long period of time.” Econo...
13. IMPACT OF BRANDING AND PACKAGING ON SALES TURNOVER OF NESTLE FOOD NIGERIA PLC
INTRODUCTION
One element that has undergone tremendous change in the past decade is branding and packaging according to Rahim, liberalization by allowing for easy imports of printing technology. Made a vast difference to packaging and branding Simpli...
14. IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1970-2010)
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The relationship between government expenditure and economic growth has continued series of debate among scholars. Keynes (1936) argues that the solution to economic depression is to induce the firms to invest through some combin...
15. EFFECTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANIES IN NIGERIA
1.1 Background of the study
It is a common assumption that businesses with larger capital bases tend to generate higher returns and offer greater value. There is...
16. ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL FOOD INSECURITY AS A THREAT TO NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA 2016 TO 2021)
Background of the Study
For many centuries, the concept of food security was understood to mean the capability of a nation's farmers, ranchers, and fishermen to provide enough of the food they produce to meet the needs of their whole population (Alexandratos, 2017)....
17. A STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF REPORTED CRIME CASES (1995 - 2004)
Introduction
A man's life is certainly his most prized possession and the most fundamental of all fundamental human rights. Nobody has the right to hammer or even take another person's life unless it is a final resort in self-defense. Hermann, (2019), a wel...
18. THE INFLUENCE OF MONETARY POLICY ON NIGERIA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH
Background to the Study
Macroeconomic policy consists of the actions aimed at inducing appropriate changes in macroeconomic aggregates such as output, employment and the price level. The major components of macroeconomic policy include fiscal, monetary, debt manag...
19. IMPACT OF TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT ON CUSTOMERS' SATISFACTION AND BANK PROFITABILITY
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
It was once thought that a country's economy is centred on its banking sector. The banking industry plays a critical role in every country's economic growth. The banking sector's primary and most essential function is financial intermedia...
20. BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES ON NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Background Of The Study
The truism that bribery and corruption are the surest way to impede the development of any society does not need argument. Although it is considered by some that bribery and corruption might spur development (Otite, 2016). In spi...
21. IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON THE GROWTH OF NIGERIA ECONOMY
Background to the Study
Trading is an essential component of all multinational businesses, whether they operate in a single country or on a worldwide scale. Goods are manufactured in one nation, distributed in another, and transported across borders to...
22. SMALL AND MEDIUM-SCALE ENTERPRISES (SMES) CREDIT FINANCING, FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
Background of the Study
The importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in achieving economic growth, particularly in developing countries like Nigeria, cannot be overstated. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continue to be the bedrock and...
23. THE ROLE OF FEMALE JOURNALISTS ON NIGERIAN BROADCAST MEDIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The media has an important part to play in the man for gender transition and in narrowing the social woman gap that exists between women and men. Communication studies, especially of the radical critical inclination, have...
24. THE EFFECT OF PRIVATE MEDIA HOUSES ON NIGERIA ECONOMY
ABSTRACT
This study examines the effect of private media houses in Nigeria economy using African Independent Television Authority as a case study. Prior to the deregulation of the sector in 1992 by the Babangida regime,broadcasting was an exclus...
25. THE EFFICACY OF MONETARY POLICY AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR CONTROLLING INFLATION ON NIGERIA ECONOMY
ABSTRACT
The Nigerian economy is aiming to have the sustainable growth path. Through the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the government can adopt the comprehensive Structural Adjustment Program (SAP). Nigeria has a structural and sectoral macroeconomi...
26. EFFECT OF INTEREST RATE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
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- Background of the Study
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The effect of Interest rate on economic growth in Nigeria has been a matter of controversy over a long period of time. Yet, what constitutes an appropriate interest rate policy still...
27. ANALYSIS OF STOCK PRICES AND EXCHANGE RATE INTERACTIONS IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The need to capture stock market and foreign exchange market nexus in Nigeria is underscored by the rapidly expanding financial markets integration due to trade and financial liberalization policies which seem to have enhanced the inflow of cap...
28. FINANCIAL SECTOR LIBERALIZATION AND CAPITAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This Research study was carried out to find the link between financial sector liberalization and capital market Development. As part of the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) of 1986, the Nigerian Government initia...
29. IMPACT OF INFLATION ON INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the impact of inflation on investment and economic growth in Nigeria. Since Nigerian financial sector liberalization is anchored on interest rate and exchange rate deregulation and the inflation targeting monetary policy...
30. PERCEPTION OF URBAN BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM IN IBADAN
Abstract
Urban areas in the developing world are under constant pressure of a growing population. Cities, metropolis and mega cities are now emerging as centers of domestic and international investments in an era of economic reforms, liberalization and globalization. This has created op...
31. THE IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION ON EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN NIGERIA
Abstract
This study focused on the impact of trade liberalisation on the Nigerian employment growth. The major objective was to find out if trade openness has had positive or negative impact on the Nigerian employment rate. Secondary...
32. THE EFFECT OF MARKETING PROMOTION ON THE EFFICIENCY OF BANKS
Background of the study
The Nigerian banking sector has changed tremendously since the introduction of the structural adjustment programme (SAP) on July 1996. Prior to this time, opening new bank were stringent. The central bank of Nigeria (CBN) fixed minimum and maximu...
33. AN EXAMINATION OF EMERGING LEGAL CHALLENGES IN NIGERIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW
ABSTRACT
This study seeks to examine the legal framework for the regulation of telecommunications in Nigeria and highlight the various emerging issues and legal challenge therefrom. With the liberalization of the telecommunications sector and the emergence of the Global System for Mobil...
34. AN EXAMINATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FOR NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The WTO and its predecessor GATT have formed rules and discipline for ensuring multilateral trade among nations. Its overriding objective is to ensure that trade flows smoothly, freely, fairly and predictably. At the heart of the system are the WTO’s Agreements which are...
35. THE LEGAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN NIGERIA WITHIN THE CONTEXTS OF NEPAD AND AGOA
ABSTRACT
Any country’s economic score sheet is influenced by the events within and from abroad. The reality of globalization has come to mean that the former speaks louder now than in the days past when domestic measures dictated matters. The passion being expressed by the Nigeria...
36. FINANCIAL INTEGRATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the effect of financial integration on economic growth in Nigeria from 1986 to 2020. In this study, financial integration variables such as foreign direct investment inflow, foreign portfolio investment inflow, trade openness, financial deepening, foreig...
37. IMPACT OF KOGI STATE UNIVERSITY ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OF ANYIGBA TOWN, KOGI STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Liberalization of the establishment of tertiary educational institutions across Nigeria in recent times has created new growth poles as places or settlements where the institutions are located have benefitted from several associated social and economic benefits. However, the es...
38. TRADE LIBERALIZATION, INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN SELECTED SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES.
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
According to North (1991), institutions are the humanly devised constraints that structure and control political, economic and social interactions amongst various economic agents. They consist of both informal constraints (sanctions, taboos, customs, traditions a...
39. FACTORS THAT REDUCE SAVINGS IN NIGERIA (1980-2010)
ABSTRACT
This study investigates the core leading factors that reduce savings in Nigeria between 1980 -2010 using ordinary Least Square (OLS) econometric framework, which will enable us proffer solutions for the improvement of savings in the economy, which is also an important component...
40. THE IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON INDUSTRIAL GROWTH OF NIGERIA (1985-2011)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Globalization is a system that confers benefits and posses challenges and risks to countries across the globe and has gained momentum from the last quarter of the twentieth (20th) century. It is the intensification of cross border trade and increased financial an...
41. THE IMPACT OF MICROFINANCE ON ENTRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It is an undisputable fact that the contribution of microfinance to entrepreneurship activities is increasing being recognized as a primary engine of economic growth. (The Economist, May 18th 1996). By combining existing resources with innovative ideas, entrepren...
42. THE ROLE OF THE NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE ON CAPITAL FORMATION (1980-2011)
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to determine the effect of stock market on capital formation in Nigeria. The variables included in the model were, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, value of share traded, interest rate, inflation rate, commercial bank investment indicator, and Stock Mar...
43. INFLUENCE OF RADIO OWNERSHIP ON PROFESSIONAL
Background of the study
The Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria is the Pioneer Broadcast Organization in Nigeria with a rich culture of excellence. Available records reveal that Radio Broadcasting was introduced into Nigeria in 1933 by the then colonial Government. It relayed the overs...
44. Commercial Banks‟ Pricing of Loans, Assets Quality and Financial Intermediation in Nigeria
Abstract
Despite the interest rate liberalization policy that gave rise to commercial banks’ pricing of loans models which is expected to enhance quality of banks assets and improve financial intermediation, poor assets quality of banks, bank failures and poor intermediation role...
45. EXAMINATION OF FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE GROWTH OF INSURANCE BUSINESS IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Regulation of Nigeria’s insurance industry has become substantially intensified in the last two decades. This paper critically evaluates the philosophy and challenges of insurance regulation in the context of post-authoritarian gover...
46. LIMITATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSURANCE IN NIGERIA
Background of the study
Regulation of Nigeria’s insurance industry has become substantially intensified in the last two decades. This paper critically evaluates the philosophy and challenges of insurance regulation in the context of post-authoritarian governance a...
47. AN EVALUATION OF CAPITAL MARKET REFORM AND ITS IMPACT ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGERIAN STOCK EXCHANGE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Economic reforms, particularly what became known as the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), have almost always been implemented in response to national financial distress that can be traced back to macroeconomic distortions, a...
48. ECOWAS: THE IDEALS AND PRACTICE OF REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION
Background to the Study
One of the most discussed themes over the past two decades in scholarly studies, political discourse, and international media is regional integration. The extent of the emergence of regional integration remains closely linked to the rise of...
49. FOREIGN AID AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA, 1999-2016
Abstract
The study examined the link between foreign aid and poverty reduction in Nigeria, 1999-2016. Qualitative method of data collection based on documentary evidence was used. Secondary and primary sources of data were collected. The primary data wa...
