private sector in terms of credit extension‚ weak capacity of the banks to fund the real sector‚ low-level activities of banks‚ and illiquidity still lingers. This study therefore‚ examines empirically the impact of financial intermediation on the development of the Nigerian economy with the aim of determining the importance of financial intermediaries and its influence. This study found out that the financial intermediaries (banks) in Nigeria exhibit inefficiency and weak capacity in the allocation
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Analyze the effects of education on the development of countries Education has had powerful effects on the development in many aspects during the past centuries. This trend‚ has begun to manifest that education is playing a significant role in economics‚ societies and environment around the world. Education can promote economic growth and global movement. It can influence the population in fertility and mortality‚ stimulate the development of the poor segments and promote peace and stability of
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employment generation‚ rural development and creating regional balance in promotion and growth of various development activities. It is estimated that this sector has been contributing about 40% of the gross value of output produced in the manufacturing sector and the generation of employment by the small-scale sector is more than five times to that of the large-scale sector. This clearly shows the importance of small-scale industries in the economic development of the country. The small-scale
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1. Exercise 2: Poverty trends Update the Table 1 of “Halving global poverty”. Download from the World Development Indicators database the following data: * Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population) * Population‚ total For the main geographic areas of Table 1‚ and since 1990 2. Calculate the number of poor Geographic Region (developing) | 1990 | 1993 | 1996 | 1999 | 2002 | 2005 | 2008 | Europe & Central Asia | 7‚482‚812 |
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Philippines Economy To Survive Haiyan Despite a terrible human toll‚ Haiyan is unlikely to derail the nation’s impressive economic performance. By Anthony Fensom Asia’s “strong man” economy of the Philippines is considered tough enough to weather the effects of Typhoon Haiyan. Yet even after the deadliest typhoonin the nation’s recorded history‚ analysts have warned of potentially worse storms ahead. After making landfall on November 8‚ Haiyan (known as Yolanda in the Philippines) flattened dozens
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towards concepts of sustainable development and the acquisition of progressively higher standards of living .Growth without development is being criticised as being an ephemeral and increasingly deceptive indicator of the actual state of the economy .Concepts like population growth which erode economic growth and education and health which enhance human capital accumulation are gaining a lot of importance and are being touted as being as essential to the development of an economy as the growth rate
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Bangladesh- The history of development and it’s proverty When our mind thinks about poverty the first thing our mind thinks about is the third world. As a citizen of such a third world country I never realized my country is such a poor country until I came to Canada. Bangladesh is my homeland‚ one of the poorest countries in South Asia. Bangladesh has the highest incidence of poverty in South Asia. The country known as world’s largest populated country after India and China. The poverty of
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EXPLANATIONS OF THE ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF EAST ASIA NATIONS: Introduction The economic success of the East Asian countries has inspired many economists to study the background of their rapid growth. Interestingly‚ different economists interpret this success in entirely different ways. During the 1970s and an important part of the 1980s advocates of the neoclassical model argued that growth in East Asia was the result mainly of the market mechanism and the emphasis on export promotion in these
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Discuss the relationship between entrepreneurship‚ innovation and economic development. What role does sustainability play in this relationship? Refer to both theory and examples from the business world to support your discussion. In today’s economy‚ entrepreneurship is an important subject and entrepreneurial abilities have become a pivotal requirement both nationally and globally. However‚ enterprises that succeed mostly do so as they are capable of change for the better‚ through innovation
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Pressure on community infrastructures have been accentuated by the parallel modernization of urban economics and the marginalization of rural economy. These have often led to the concentration of rural migrants into urban areas without facilities for survival (Masoni‚ 1985). In response to these pressures‚ urban communities have sought relief by providing certain facilities/infrastructures for themselves through self-help programmes and Community Based Organizations. In
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