journalijdr.com International Journal of DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ISSN: 2230-9926 International Journal of Development Research Vol. 4‚ Issue‚ 6‚ pp. 1240-1248‚ June‚ 2014 Full Length Research Article ECONOMIC AND POLICY FOUNDATIONS OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS FROM GHANA: A COINTEGRATIONANALYSIS 1*BoansiDavid‚ 2LokononBoris OdilonKounagbé‚ 2AppahJohn and 1GebremariamGebrelibanosGebremedhin 1Department 2West of Economic and Technological Change‚ Center for Development Research
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INDIA’S NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL POLICY: A CRITIQUE Ramesh Chand∗ ∗ Agriculture is described as the backbone of Indian economy‚ mainly because of three reasons. One‚ agriculture constitutes largest share of country ’s national income though the share has declined from 55 percent in early 1950s to about 25 percent by the turn of the Century. Two‚ more than half of India’s workforce is employed in its agriculture sector. Three‚ growth of other sectors and overall economy depends on performance of agriculture
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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‚ it was found that fiscal policy has not been effective in the area of promoting sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. Although
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION: 1.1 BACKGOUND TO THE STUDY Since the 1980s‚ the performances of the agricultural export have decreased dramatically. The agricultural sector‚ which was the major contributor in Nigerian foreign exchange earnings‚ experienced a declining trend after economic reforms programmes (SAP). One of the most important ingredients of reforms programmes which have generated a lot of inconclusive controversies is the movement to flexible exchange rate which first occurred
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Introduction Since independence‚ Nigerian foreign policy has been characterized by a focus on Africa and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and independence; peaceful settlement of disputes; nonalignment and non intentional interference in the internal affairs of other nations; and regional economic cooperation and development. In pursuing the goal of regional economic cooperation and development‚ Nigeria helped create the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
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MACROECONOMICS POLICY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION In normal economic condition‚ macroeconomic policy drivessustainable development of anation. The two main branches of macroeconomics policies are based on monetary and fiscal economics. Central Bank‚ the nationalapex bank controls the monetary policy while the Ministry of Financeplays major role in national fiscal policy. However‚ most economists concur that‚ synergy exists between micro-and macro-economics variables and
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THE IMPACT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ON NIGERIA ECONOMIC GROWTH PERFORMANCE (1980-2009) ABSTRACT The study set out to ascertain the extent to which Agricultural sector has contributed to the growth of Nigerian economy from 1980 to 2009. As a guide to the study‚ the following hypotheses were formulated: (1) there is no statistical significance between Nigerian agricultural output and real gross domestic product (2) there is no statistical significance relationship between exchange rate fluctuation
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through various means. Vibratory and fiscal policies are the stimulant to any nation economic development‚ especially with regards to Nigeria. However‚ in this study‚ the attention of this is mainly on the influence of deregulation on banks profitability in Nigeria. The discussion on the deregulation can be effectively carried out without understanding what monetary policy is all about. In this content‚ monetary policy could be defined as a policy which deals with discretionary control of money
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THE EFFECT OF EXTERNAL DEBT ON THE NIGERIA ECONOMY (1989 - 2009) ABSTARCT This study is meant to examine the effect of external debt on gross domestic product using econometric analysis. The research revealed that Nigeria’s external debt has contributed immensely to the gross domestic product. This has affected investment on the domestic productivity and hence invariably affected the economic growth and development. Due to the macroeconomics distortion in
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Project Title: The Development of the Irish Economy since 1960 Module: Economic and Social Policy Course: BAHBMD3 Date: 14 November 2012 Student: Kenneth Whelan Word count 2000 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Free Trade and EEC Membership 3 From Sterling to EMS 5 The Celtic Tiger 6 PART B
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