» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The concept of human capital is a relatively recent idea in the realm of economic theory. While economists have long paid close attention to the concept of investments in physical capital in recent years they have placed emphasis on …Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY A stable securities exchange market plays a major role in the growth and development of any country. This raises the need to examine the Nigerian securities exchange market. The country has a growth domestic product (GDP) of about $5…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study Many people find it difficult to save because it actually involves decreasing current consumption and investment in future standard of living. It is the belief of the citizens that savings is the remaining after their current wants and ne…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY An inquiry to the fiscal operations and developments in Nigeria revealed that federal government expenditure on education is categorized under social and community services sectors. The implication of this according to Orubu, (1989) is t…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A buoyant and dynamic economy is the one built upon a sound financial system. Such finical system should be stimulated and maintained by the effective activities of an efficient capital market, which is the head of the “Stock Exchange…Continue Reading »
» THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA (1980 2016) Abstract The growth of the Nigerian economy is dependent on government capital and concurrent expenditure, and to ascertain whether there is a relationship between gross domestic product (GDP) and government expendi…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT Nigeria is a mono product economy, where the main export commodity is crude oil, changes in oil prices has implications for the Nigerian economy and, in particular, exchange rate movements. The latter is mostly important due to the double dilemma of being an oil exporting and oil i…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study empirically examines the role of health on economic growth in Sub Saharan Africa using a panel data from 1990 to 2011. The study employed a panel data analysis in which the random effects model was used to examine the relationships among variables. Each of the explanatory v…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The term ‘unemployment’ can be defined as an economic condition marked by the fact that individuals actively seeking for job remain unemployed. Unemployment is very common in under developed nations like Nigeria and it affects graduates of various institutions of learning. The stu…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT What if the transportation section, stagnant, almost every section of any given economy will not perform well as expected. Te importance of transportation in developing or advanced economics cannot be over emphasized. Transport is one of the main sector that remains as the cornerst…Continue Reading »
» TABLE OF CONTENT Title page Approval page Dedication Acknowledgment Abstract Table of content CHAPETR ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study 1.2 Statement of problem 1.3 Objective of the study 1.4 Research Hypotheses 1.5 Significance of the study 1.6 Scope and limitation of the study 1.7 D…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This work was done to analyze the impact of public spending on poverty eradication in Nigeria from (1980 2011). In this research work, multiple regression analysis was used and five variables were used in the empirical analysis. They are government expenditure on agriculture and water…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY To be able to transform into an industrialized economy an underdeveloped economy has to privately and commercially develop. The importance of establishing public enterprises or corporations began during the 19th century with th…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 THE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The consequences of population growth on the economic development of less developed countries are not the same because the condition prevailing in these countries are quite different from those of developed economy. Ther…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research work was conducted to investigate the impact of the oil industry on the economic growth performance of Nigeria. In the process of the research, the ordinary least square (OLS) regression technique was employed. Considering the impact of time on changes in economic variab…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 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). …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research work tries to investigate the impact of labour market crisis in developing economics using Nigeria as a case study .Using Nigeria as a case study. Using ordinary least square the study shows that there is a negative relationship between labour market crisis and economic gro…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study analyses the linkage between inflation rate and manufacturing sector of the Nigerian economy over the period of (1981 2011). The study used data sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The ordinary least square technique (OLS) was used to specify and examine the rel…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The industrial sector remains a strong sector of any economy, be it developed or developing. The developed countries are noted for their high industrial performance. The effect of the industrial activities on the economy of underdeveloped or developing nation is still under contention. I…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION: 1.1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY. Government expenditure has served as a common means of using fiscal policy in many countries to achieve economic growth, expansion, development and transformation of the economic base. Acco…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study is meant to investigate the impact of globalization on the Industrial Growth of Nigeria covering the range of 31years (1980 2010). It is obvious that Nigeria as a country still depends on the importation of productive inputs despite all efforts to develop her local resources. …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT A country’s labour force consists of everyone of the working age, typically above the age of seventeen and below the retirement age of sixty five. They are characterized by those who are actively employed or seeking employment. The focus of this study is to determine the impact of f…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The accumulation of external debt is a common phenomenon of the third World countries at the stage of economic growth and development where the supply of domestic savings is low, current account payment deficit is high and imp…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This work examined the contributions of the insurance industry to the gross domestic product (GDP) in Nigeria. Data for the study were basically through the secondary process, extracted from journals, newspapers, internet, magazines, textbooks, CBN statistical Bulletin and Statement of A…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Industrial financing organizations have undergone a structural transformation during the last three decades in most developing countries. In this process of transformation, indust…Continue Reading »