On Ekiti's smart governance for development approach
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The impact of Information Technology for Development (ICT4D) and Electronic Governance (EGOV) initiatives are contingent on alignment and integration with Good Governance and related Government Transformational programs. In line with this, the Government of Ekiti State, Nigeria (…
South Africas BRICS membership: A win-win situation?
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After significant diplomatic efforts, South Africa’s inclusion into the BRICS grouping in 2011 can be regarded as one of South Africa’s principal foreign policy achievements over the past years. It also fundamentally altered the nature of the BRICS group, giving it a more global…
Votes and Violence: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Nigeria
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Elections are now common in low-income societies. However, they are frequently flawed. We investigate a Nigerian election marred by violence. We designed and conducted a nationwide field experiment based on anti-violence campaigning. The campaign appealed to collective action thr…
Globalization and Trade Unions Challenges: Nigerian Manufacturing Sector Experience.
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Today, the globalization of the world market has brought about several competitions on local companies which invariably have an adverse effect on trade union density due to unfavourable macro-economic policies used for the promulgation of globalization. The movement from Social r…
Globalization and Trade Unions Challenges: Nigerian Manufacturing Sector Experience.
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Today, the globalization of the world market has brought about several competitions on local companies which invariably have an adverse effect on trade union density due to unfavourable macro-economic policies used for the promulgation of globalization. The movement from Social r…
Research Note: Political Economy of Labour Reforms in Nigeria : Implications os Sustainable Development
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In this note, we examine the political and economic implications of labour reforms of the social-political and economic institutions embarked upon by Nigeria at the wake of the new world economic order which compelled all nations to focus more on the developmental needs of their…
Building Feminist Movements and Organizations: Global Perspectives
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* Introduction - Building feminist movements and organizations: learning from experience / Lydia Alpizar Duran * Part I: Challenging power and revisioning leadership ** 1. Re-politicization of the women's movement and feminism in Argentina: the experience of Pan y Rosas / Andrea…
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CHALLENGES OF SERVICE DELIVERY: THE NIGERIA EXPERIENCE
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Nigeria is a Federation of thirty-six States and a Federal Capital Territory located in Abuja. It consists of 774 Local Government Councils. The Constitution recognizes Local Government as the third tier of government whose major responsibility is to ensure affective service deli…
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice and the horizontal application of human rights
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In three cases, Peter David v Ambassador Ralph Uwechue, The Registered Trustees of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) v The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Tandja v Djibo and Another, the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (ECCJ) has rule…
Public Procurement Regulations in Africa (Anne Schmidt)
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who, hiding under the canopy of human rights activism, would always fail to see justice in the justice of the Islamic legal system, the finality reached in these two cases should have by now allayed whatever apprehension or misgiving they have regarding the reintroduction and imp…
The link between international law and media: case selection in the international criminal court
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The case-selection policy of the ICC is questioned by various scholars, criticizing the application of legal criteria defined or condemning the Court’s special interest in Africa. However, no work focused on the role of media coverage over case-selection by the Court. Therefore;…
What Do We Know About Pro-Poor Growth and Regional Poverty in Nigeria?
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This study investigates the pro-poorness of income growth in Nigeria. Using nationally representative data for 1996 and 2004, overall income growth in Nigeria was found not to be pro-poor. The richer segments of the population appropriate greater share of benefits from economic g…
The Determinants of Interest Rate Spreads in Nigeria: An Empirical Investigation
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The paper examines the determinants of interest rate spreads in Nigeria using a panel of 12 commercial banks for the period 1986-2007. The results suggest that cash reserve requirements, average loans to average total deposits, remuneration to total assets and gross domestic prod…
Determination of the optimal exchange rate via control of the domestic interest rate in Nigeria
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An economic scenario has been considered where the government seeks to achieve a favourable balance-of-payments over a fixed planning horizon through exchange rate policy and control of the domestic interest rate. The dynamics of such an economy was considered in terms of a bound…
Cashless Society: An Implication To Conomic Growth & Development In Igeria
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced a new cash policy (Cashless Society), which began on 1st of January 2012 in Lagos state. The policy will be effective nationwide from June 1st 2012. The various technologies and issues involved in cashless society are discussed. This re…
“Re-visiting the Prognostications of Quest & Associates on the Advertising of the Future”
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When a particular study makes predictions into the future, it is only proper that such predictions be judged by the future itself. Almost two decades after, this paper re-visits the predictions of Quest & Associates of Atlanta, Georgia. The paper attempts an in-depth study of the…
The relevance of tourism on the economic development of Cross River State, Nigeria
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This study investigated the relevance of tourism on the economic growth of Cross River State, Nigeria. Special focus was on the difference in visitations over the years under investigation to the various tourists attractions within the state. Information for the study was basical…
Comparative Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties of Some Commercially Available Brands of Metformin Hcl Tablets in Lagos, Nigeria
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There are several generics of metformin hydrochloride tablets available within the drug delivery system globally. Availability of numerous brands of Metformin tablets in Nigerian drug market today places health practitioners in a dilemma of generic substitution. The objective of…
Nigerian foreign trade policy: Its impact on non-oil exports
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The paper sets out to examine the impact of trade policy on Nigeria non-oil exports. It specifically seeks to ascertain the effect of trade policies on non-oil exports in Nigeria as well as the performance of the non-oil export sector over the period 1970 to 2010. Nigeria’s data…
An Analytical Evaluation of the Cost of the Conflict in Nigeria’s Niger Delta
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This paper examines the nature and magnitude of the cost of the perennial oil-related conflicts in the Niger Delta. Data collected from field survey and literature were utilised. The costs of the conflicts ranged from loss of lives and property, negative impact on welfare of the…
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