Exchange rate volatility and foreign portfolio investment in Nigeria
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The study examines the link between exchange rate volatility and foreign portfolio in Nigeria using data that covers the period 1996Q1 to 2016Q4. The theoretical framework used is the return and creditworthiness model, which is based on the push and pull factors theory. In achiev…
An Analysis of the Impact of Zoning Policies on Residential Property Values in Abuja
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Zoning policies are measures used to enforce compliance and control the development of an area.These measures have been used in different countries to achieve a well-planned and habitable residential environment.Enforcement of these measures has tended to increase or decrease pro…
The Implication of Land-Use Policies on Property Rental Value Trend in Abuja
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Land-use policies and regulations are employed all over the world to control land usage.Relative to the type of regulations, these can have several impacts on the value of properties.However, the value of properties might increase or decrease depending on the type of measures tha…
Design and Implementation of an Android Based Tourist Guide
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Purpose: With the wide range of services provided by a guide, clearly meeting the needs tourist in all aspects is a challenge. Hence, this paper presents a mobile guide for tourists which was majorly designed to provide adequate information for prospective tourist either Nigeria…
Money politics, vote buying and selling in Nigeria: An emerging threat to good governance
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Before now, Nigeria electoral processes was characterized with rigging devices such as ballot box snuffing and snatching, outright manipulation of election results as well as electoral violence which were a major bane of electoral process in Nigeria. But, in recent time, money po…
Challenges With Study Fidelity When Conducting Household Surveys: Reports From The Field
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Abstract Objectives: The aim of the study was to identify reasons for protocol deviations during conduct of large epidemiological surveys despite training of field workers, validating clinicians, and providing field supervisory support. Enquiries focused on breaches of recruitmen…
Poverty in the north-western part of Nigeria 1976-2010 myth or reality
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Every society was and is still affected by the phenomenon of poverty depending on the nature and magnitude of the scourge. Poverty was there during the time of Jesus Christ. Indeed poverty has been an issue since time immemorial, but it has become unbearable in recent decades par…
Preferences for HIV testing services among young people in Nigeria
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Abstract Background Despite high HIV incidence rates among young people in Nigeria, less than 24% of this population have ever tested for HIV. These low HIV testing rates suggest that current testing services may not align with their testing preferences. To address this gap, the…
Environmental pollution, economic growth and institutional quality: exploring the nexus in Nigeria
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Purpose Interaction between environmental pollution and economic growth determines the achievement of the green growth objective of developing economies. An economy turns around the inverted U-shaped environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) when pollution is effectively dampened by soci…
An Alternative Approach to Decomposing the Redistributive Effect of Health Financing Between and Within Groups Using the Gini Index: The Case of Out-of-Pocket Payments in Nigeria
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Equity in health financing remains significant in the universal health coverage discourse. The way a health system is financed, apart from determining whether people have access to needed health services, also has implications for income inequality in a country. Traditionally, th…
Trade Openness and Economic Growth in the Developing Countries: Evidence from Nigeria
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This study purposed to examine the extent to which trade openness has impacted the growth of the Nigerian economy covering the period from 1981 to 2018.Real Gross Domestic Product (RGDP) was used as a proxy for economic growth.Other variables of interest incorporated into the mod…
Effect of tax identification number on revenue generation in Southwest Nigeria
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This paper examined the effect of tax identification number on revenue generation in south-west, Nigeria. The ex-post facto research design was adopted and the population covered all the states in the Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria, out of which three states namely Ekiti,…
Micro-financing and rural poverty reduction: A case of Rima Microfinance Bank in Goronyo Local Government Area, Sokoto State, Nigeria
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Microfinance is proposed to be an efficient and viable means to poverty alleviation in the developing world, but there has been little empirical study on the impacts of microfinance banks. This study examines the impact of Rima Microfinance Bank on beneficiaries’ income and pover…
The Imperative of Restructuring and Conflict Management in Nigeria
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The study examines the Nigerian State and the imperative of restructuring as conflict management strategy towards peace-building. The study adopts an expository and descriptive analytical framework. It traces the persistent conflicts and agitations to the dysfunctional structure…
Types of Corruption in Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs) in Ibadan, Nigeria
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Corruption is a phenomenon that manifests in various types and forms especially among operators of Small and Micro Enterprises (SMEs). Many actions of the operators which constitute corrupt practices often tend to be overlooked in spite of their grave consequences for the success…
Characteristics of artisanal fisheries in the upper reaches of Bonny Estuary, Niger Delta, Nigeria
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Local Governments, Traditional Councils and Public Relations Practices in Ogun State, Nigeria: An Awareness Study
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Activities of local governments and traditional councils have the greatest impact on millions of ordinary Nigerians. Normally, public relations should be a tool for communicating these actions to create public awareness.
Economic crisis and the coping strategies of indigenous automobile entrepreneurs in northern Nigeria, 1983-2014
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The Nigerian economic crisis of the early 1980s and the stabilization policies that were introduced to contain it have triggered inflation in the country leading to deplorable socio-economic conditions.Automobile industry is one of many sectors of the country's economy that were…
Human capital channels and productivity growth: Evidence from Nigeria
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Numerous studies have examined the relationship between human capital and productivity.However, the implications of human capital channels -the 'basic channel' and 'advanced channel' -were discounted from most of the empirical studies in Africa.This study, therefore, uses Vector…
Financial and economic determinants of sustainable economic growth in Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa
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This study analyzes financial and economic determinants of sustainable economic performance using the quantile regression for the period from 1970 to 2016 for Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa.The main drivers of sustainable economic performance vary among the economies.It is drive…
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