Introduction Rural Development Academy‚ Bogra is a national level Training and Research Institute of Rural Development established in 1974 under the Ministry of Local Government‚ Rural Development and Co-operatives. The major objectives of the Academy are to (i) offer training to the personnel of different nation building departments and agencies involve in rural development works; (ii) conduct research and action research or pilot experiments in different aspects of rural development; and (iii) offer
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It is traditional to divide industries into categories according to the degree of competition that exists between the firms within the industry. There are four such categories. At one extreme is perfect competition‚ where there are very many firms competing. At the other extreme is monopoly‚ where there are just one firm in the industry‚ and hence no competition from within the industry. In the middle come monopolistic competition‚ which involves quite a lot of firms competing and where there is
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Home | Instructors | Journals | Contact Us | | JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT VOLUME 5 NO 2‚ DECEMBER‚ 2007FISCAL POLICY AND NIGERIAN ECONOMIC GROWTHOmitogun Olawunmi and Ayinla‚ Tajudeen A. Department of Economics Olabisi Onabanjo University‚ Ago-Iwoye Abstract This paper has examined empirically the contribution of fiscal policy in the achievement of sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. Using the Solow growth model estimated with the use of Ordinary Least Square method
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DECADENCE IN NIGERIA It is of no doubt that moral decadence has completely replaced core moral values in present times. This ravaging phenomenon is the cause of some of the major problems Nigeria is facing as a Nation. A society where the youths do not think of how tomorrow would be better than today or how to invent new things to automate processes involved in our daily activities rather focusing on how to enrich themselves by any means and controlling enormous wealth at a tender age. Many
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was prepared for classroom use at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management by Professor David Besanko and Sonia Marciano NOTE ON THE ECONOMICS OF AIRLINE MARKETS The purpose of this note is to provide background to the study of the airline industry by briefly discussing four important economic aspects of the industry: (1) the nature and measurement of airline costs; (2) economies of scope and hub-and-spoke networks; (3) the relationship between yields and market characteristics;
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Electronic Retail Payment Systems: User Acceptability and Payment Problems in Nigeria 1.1 Introduction The world has witnessed an upsurge of electronic payment instruments meant to facilitate trade and simplify payments. (Abor‚ 2004) Before the introduction of electronic payment into the Nigerian banking system‚ all customers had to walk into the actual bank to do transaction of all kinds. Customers had to queue up and spend more hours to talk to a teller to make their transactions. (Abor‚ 2004)
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Current economic development of oil exporting countries. (by the example of Saudi Arabia) Introduction 3 OPEC and oil prices. 4 History 4 Common development problems of OPEC member countries 6 Saudi Arabia 8 History 8 Economic development 9 Main goals 9 Role of the government 10 New industry sectors 10 Private sector 11 Foreign labor 11 Social and politic structure 12 Conclusion 14 Literature 15 Introduction. The subject of this research is the economy and society of the oil-exporting
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create a system of taxation‚ a nation must make choices regarding the distribution of the tax burden-who will pay taxes and how much they will pay-and how the taxes collected will be spent. In Nigeria‚ the taxation system dates back to 1904 when the personal income tax was introduced in northern Nigeria before the unification of the country by the colonial masters. It was later implemented through the Native Revenue Ordinances to the western and eastern regions in 1917 and 1928‚ respectively. Among
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of energy and constitutes one of the critical resources for modern life‚ poverty reduction and economic growth of any nation. Yet‚ for the past three decades‚ inadequate of electricity has been a regular feature in Nigeria‚ a country with about 150 million people. The electricity industry‚ dominated by National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) and later succeeded by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) with complementation form the states-owned electricity utility‚ has been unable to provide
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Recent activities of secret fraternities in Edo and Anambra States of Nigeria have once again brought to focus the impact of the activities of the nefarious groups on the polity. Not too long ago‚ two prominent movie stars were brutally assassinated in Edo State in what was alleged as a frat-related offensive‚ which culminated in the death of about twenty individuals. Most recently inhabitants of Anambra state were terrorised by frat men‚ who held the state capital hostage in a brutal frat war between
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