Discount Houses Operations‚ the Money Market and the Nigerian Economy: A Preliminary Investigation C. B. Ezirim and F. E. Enefaa Abstract This paper investigates the relationships subsisting between the operations of discount houses and the performance indices of the money market and the general economy. The method used involved the estimation of regression models and subsequent analysis of results using conventional statistics. The findings indicate that positive and significant relationships
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In line with the assumption that banking sector plays an important role in financing the investment projects‚ successive governments in Nigeria have carried out reforms and institutional innovations in the banking sector. The overall intention of these reforms has been to ensure financial stability so as to influence the growth of the economy and also enhance banks to play a critical role of financial intermediation in Nigeria. However‚ despite the fact that Nigerian banks have undergone series
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Economy Transdisciplinarity Cognition www.ugb.ro/etc Vol. 15‚ Issue 1/2012 103-111 The Role of Banks in Capital Formation and Economic Growth: The Case of Nigeria Alex Ehimare OMANKHANLEN Covenant University‚ Ota‚ Ogun State‚ NIGERIA alexehimare@yahoo.com Abstract: This study investigates the role of banks in capital formation and economic growth: The case of Nigeria for the period 1980-2009. The economies of all market-oriented nations depend on the efficient operation of complex and delicately
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E-commerce and Economic Development (A Study Sponsored by the South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes) Mahesh C Purohit Vishnu Kanta Purohit Foundation for Public Economics and Policy Research 133‚ SFS‚ Ashok Vihar-IV New Delhi-110052 Phone: 27463008; 27427758 Fax: 27142802 e-mail: director@fpepr.org website : www.fpepr.org 1 E-commerce and Economic Development (A Study Sponsored by the South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes) Mahesh C Purohit Vishnu Kanta
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The economy of Nigeria is a middle income‚ mixed economy emerging market with well-developed financial‚ legal‚ communications‚ transport‚ and entertainment sectors. It is ranked 31st in the world in terms of GDP (PPP) as of 2009‚ and its emergent‚ though currently underperforming manufacturing sector is the second-largest on the continent‚ producing a large proportion of goods and services for the West African region. Previously hindered by years of mismanagement‚ economic reforms of the past
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THE PROBLEMS OF FINANCING INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN NIGERIA TABLE OF CONTENT Title page Approval page Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Table of content CHAPTER ONE 1. Introduction 1. Background of the study 2. Statement of the problem 3. Objective of the study 4. Research questions 5. Research hypothesis 6. Significance of the study 7. Delimitation‚ scope and limitation of study 8. Definition of Terms CHAPTER TWO 2. Review of related literature 1. An
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Economic development is generally understood to mean an increase in national production that result in an increase in average per capita gross national product (GNP). An increase in average per capita GNP alone however is not sufficient to denote the implied or expected meaning of economic development. Besides an increase in average per capita GNP‚ most interpretations of the concept imply a widespread distribution of income as well. Economic development as commonly defined today‚ The strategies
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IYOHA PG/EDU0003886_ [ ASSIGNMENT FOR BUS 815-ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT 2008/2009] _ENTREPRENEUR AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS_ � INTRODUCTION "No amount of pay would be enough for an employee of an organization to live a comfortable life that he would please"- this assertion is a common place phrase that new inductee of banks are tutored with on entering into the financial systems of Nigeria banks and this mantra is soon forgotten as soon as they start earning
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and the role of advertising in the national development of Nigerian or other African countries. This study‚ which explored the meaning of development‚ the debate on the role of culture and mass media on social modernization‚ African political economy as well as Nigerian history‚ politics‚ economic and communication development efforts‚ serves as an attempt to bridge that gulf. The study focused on the role of advertising in the process of social mobilization and modernization in Nigeria by examining
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FINANCING CLIMATE CHANGE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA) Written By: ABORISADE OLUWASOGO OLANREWAJU SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING BANKING AND FINANCE OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY OSOGBO‚ OKUKU SUPERVISED BY: MR OLANREWAJU FATOKI ABSTRACT Climate change adaptation is increasingly becoming an area of growing interest and involvement for many developing countries that unfortunately bear the brunt of an overheating planet caused by developed or so called advanced
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