incomes and rural poverty are often the result. Taking into consideration by the world’s standard the average person in the world lives on less than a dollar a day. In recent years‚ poverty reduction continues to be a challenge in Nigeria. 69 million people‚ or 54% of the population‚ lived below the poverty line in 2004. the Nigerian government has promoted agricultural growth through several policies noting that agriculture “outperforms all other sectors in reducing poverty” as it is the sector
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ijcrb.webs.com INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS THE CHALLENGES OF INSECURITY IN NIGERIA: A THEMATIC EXPOSITION EME‚ OKECHUKWU INNOCENT ANTHONY ONYISHI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA‚ NSUKKA Abstract VOL 3‚ NO 8 DECEMBER 2011 Matters of safety and security are topical issues in today’s Nigeria. Life has always been precarious in our country. It is subject to all manners of dangers. In the first place it is often
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that are unique to each country based on historical‚ economic and institutional imperatives. In Nigeria‚ the reforms in the banking sector preceded against the backdrop of banking crisis due to highly undercapitalization deposit taking banks; weakness in the regulatory and supervisory framework; weak management practices; and the tolerance of deficiencies in the corporate governance behaviour of banks (Uchendu‚ 2005). Banking sector reforms and recapitalization have resulted from deliberate policy
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Name: Nguyen‚ Thi Hai Yen Student ID: 2012470037 Subject: Special topic in international development: African economics and politic Topic: Uganda – The bright in poverty reduction for other Sub – Saharan African countries Uganda is a landlocked and relative small country in East Africa. After independence in 1962‚ Uganda experienced a decade of relative political and economic stability before 15 years struggling under the power of Idi Amin who lead the country to conflict and reduced country
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BANK OF INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION. The Bank of Industry was created by the Federal Executive Council in January 2002 with the sole purpose of promoting and encouraging small and medium scale industries in Nigeria by providing long term financing to the industrial sector of the Nigerian economy. It was formed by the amalgamation of three already existing development financial institutions comprising: The Nigerian Bank of Commerce and Industry (NBCI)‚ The Nigerian Industrial Development Bank (NIDB) and
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P1A Academic year 2012/2013 Semester 1‚ period 3 The effectiveness of the minimum wage policy as anti-poverty tool 1 Introduction Minimum wage policies are widespread throughout the world. More than 90% of all countries have a minimum wage policy (International Labour Office‚ 2009‚ p. 34). Although the goals of mandating and maintaining a minimum wage‚ such as the reduction of poverty and the creation of income equality‚ are widely accepted around the world‚ there is a disagreement about
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Alleviating Poverty in Nigeria By Anthony Maduagwu ( aka -Toniman ) The Nigerian government is once again embarking on another attempt to alleviate poverty. This present one looks like it is heading the same way the past ones headed and subsequently failed. Amongst the reasons why the past poverty alleviation attempts failed were - ( 1 ) the politics of personal rule - a distinctive type of political system in which the rivalries and
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Thesis Practical Challenges of Microfinance Institutions Dilin Lim Master in Advanced Finance candidate December 2009 Completed with direct supervision of: Prof. Eloy Gracia This research paper discusses the optimal combinations of stable funding and operating efficiency of Microfinance Institutions to reduce interest lending levels to the Micro Entrepreneurs. PRACTICAL CHALLENGES OF MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS HYPOTHESIS: In all models of microfinance‚ what are required are optimal combinations
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Microfinance Banking in Nigeria: Problems and Prospects • [pic]Abstract • [pic]Reference • [pic]Full-Text PDF • [pic]Full-Text HTML Acha Ikechukwu A. Department of Banking and Finance‚ University of Uyo‚ AkwaIbom State‚ Nigeria Correspondence to: Acha Ikechukwu A. ‚ Department of Banking and Finance‚ University of Uyo‚ AkwaIbom State‚ Nigeria. |Email: |[pic] | Copyright © 2012 Scientific & Academic Publishing. All Rights Reserved
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UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS THE IMPACT OF MICRO FINANCE BANKS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMES IN THE TAMALE METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY SINCE 2008. ALHASSAN SAWAL ABDUL-RAZAK (FAS/2016/08) JUNE 2012 DEDICATION I dedicate this work to my mother Iddrisu Sagyelpaga. i CERTIFICATION We certify that this work is being carried out independently by ALHASSAAN SAWAL ABDULRAZAK (FAS/2016/08) in the Department
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