1.Introduction Small Scale Enterprises (SSEs) have played and continue to play significant roles in the growth‚ development and industrialisation of many economies the world over. In Nigeria‚ the SSEs have performed below expectation due to a combination of problems. This situation has been of great concern to the government‚ citizenry‚ practitioners‚ operators and the organised private sector groups. Small businesses are generally regarded as the driving force of economic growth‚ job creation
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SMALL-SCALE MINING (Lives at risk in the Philippine Gold Mines) INTRODUCTION Gold is the number one mineral produced by the Philippines in value terms. Although total local production was low relative to world production‚ it ranked 2nd to Africa in gold production per unit land area in 1988 and ranked 29th as top gold producer in 2002(Israel and Asirot 2002). In the year 2002–2007‚ the Philippines’ gold production increased by 8.2%. This contributed an average of 2% gross domestic product (GDP)
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Saurashtra University Re – Accredited Grade ‘B’ by NAAC (CGPA 2.93) Solanki‚ Ashvinkumar H.‚ 2009‚ Working Capital Management in Selected Small Scale Industries of Gujarat State‚ thesis PhD‚ Saurashtra University http://etheses.saurashtrauniversity.edu/id/eprint/66 Copyright and moral rights for this thesis are retained by the author A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study‚ without prior permission or charge. This thesis cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively
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THE NIGERIAN HOME VIDEO INDUSTRY: A SURVEY OF THE ACTIVITIES OF VIDEO RENTALS AND THE COPYRIGHT LAW PRESENTED BY ABDULRAHMAN MALIK AT THE WEEKLY SEMINAR ORGANIZED BY THE PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS DEPARTMENT‚ KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY MALETE MARCH‚ 2013 ABSTRACT The Nigerian entertainment industry‚ particularly the movie sector has been battling with the problem of copyright infringement in the last two decades or more. In spite the legal framework put in place‚ (i.e. copyright
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manufacturing base for investments. There are key government policies which have been put in place to encourage investors and aid the growth of their businesses. Investors are allowed to contribute towards the formulation of government policies which affects their businesses. Below I will be discussing and deliberation on the key government policies that have been put in place for the benefits of investors internally and externally. Firstly is Liberal Equity Policy. Foreign investors within the manufacturing
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incumbent information technology firms‚ the new market value and technological spillovers created by these new businesses appear to be substantial. The role of new firms in the information technology industries has rekindled interest in the relationship between firm characteristics and innovation. Are small businesses more innovative in general? Are high-technology start-ups particularly important? If the answer to either of these questions is yes‚ how should policymakers seek to encourage these firms
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below the poverty line so as to focus attention on areas that are spatial poverty traps. Those unable to access even two square meals a day are considered to be the most severely deprived and hunger exists even in the supposedly better parts of India. Policy action is needed to address this. Attention is also drawn to the importance of identifying those who are vulnerable to extreme poverty due to inability to absorb the impact of shocks. Poverty is the sum total of a multiplicity of factors that include
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Assignment 3: Encouragement of Small Business Diana ALTOFT Professor Whitney Davis LEG440 11/13/2012 Government contracting can be a very lucrative endeavor for the small business owner‚ especially if you fall in one of the minority groups supported by the government’s socioeconomic programs. The encouragement of small business is an important goal of the government that is addressed by the Federal Acquisition Regulations. As stated in Feldman (2012)‚ although the government’s primary
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Explain and evaluate government policies that can be used to address the market failure associated with (i) public goods (ii) common resources‚ including a case study of each. Discuss why ‘government failure’ can occur when the government attempts to correct for these two types of market failure. Introduction This paper presents about the explanation and evaluation of government policies to specify clearly the market failure associated with public goods and common resources. It will cover up
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Chapter 2 What What is policy? commitment to a minimally interventionist and small state (monetarism) - frame and shape the possibilities in the other areas of public policy. More specifically‚ policy decisions in one area may have significant intended or unintended impacts in another. Take for example the case of Australia when‚ in the late )980s in the face of high levels of youth unemployment‚ the federal government abolished unemployment benefits for sixteen and seventeen year olds
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