Abstract Liberia is a country located in West Africa, it has experienced two protracted civil wars, one from 1989 to 1996 and the second from 1999 to 2003. With the end of the first civil war, Charles Taylor emerged as the President of the country. His coming to power nevertheless came with lots of quagmire. However, after the first civil war, many peace building processes have been carried out to arrest the situation of incessant violence in the country, these processes to a relative extent...
ABSTRACT This paper explored some empirical studies in the topic area to uncover the role of entrepreneurship in the Nigeria economic development. The work uncovered that entrepreneurship plays a significance role in the Nigeria economic development, but that entrepreneurship in Nigeria is been confronted with some setbacks that are hindering it significance role in the Nigeria economic development there by recommending proper policy coordination and policy stability; reforms in the edu...
In an announcement made by the Central Bank of Nigeria governor on October 26, 2022, it was disclosed that new Naira notes would be introduced to replace the existing denominations of 200, 500, and 1,000 Naira notes. The redesign was scheduled to come into effect on Thursday, December 15, 2022 few weeks to the 2023 general elections. This research study examines the effects of the currency redesign on vote buying, quality and integrity of the electoral process in Ikere Local Government Area o...
Banks like many other economic organizations are expected to generate profitable incomes through effective and efficient utilization of portfolio of resources (inputs) to ensure continuity and meeting the investment returns expected by the shareholders. Banks core function to a large extent is financial intermediation that is taking money from the surplus units in terms of different kinds of deposit accounts to service the deficit units through loans and advances at different prices. Banks in...
DEFINITION OF FINANCE According to Hornby (2001), finance is the money needed to support an activity, project, programme etc. and or the management of money. Finance is a term for matters regarding the management, creation, and study of money and investments. Finance can be broadly divided into three categories: public finance, corporate finance, and personal finance. There are many other specific categories, such as behavioural finance, which seeks to identify the cognitive (e.g., emotional,...
Macroeconomics is the study of economics as a whole. In other words it is the study of aggregates or averages covering the entire economy. It is also known as the theory of income and employment or simply income analysis.
This article empirically examines the fiscal policy elements affecting economic growthin 27 European countries and Switzerland (Without the United Kingdom). The researchobjective is to estimate the impact of macroeconomic variables such as tax revenue,government expenditure and public debt on the economic development of 28 Europeancountries. The study employs a panel ordinary least squares (POLS) technique with afixed effect estimation method. The Hausman test was applied to support the valid...
The Eastern Cape is one of the poorest provinces in South Africa. It is devoid of minerals such as coal, gold and diamonds, which are the main drivers and major role players in the economy of South Africa. In as much as it is one of the poorest provinces in the Eastern Cape, especially in terms of mineral resources, it is also the richest province in terms of natural resources from grazing land to forests, marine life to rich farming soils, water to wilderness. Major industries include the au...
ABSTRACT Domestic savings play a critical role in augmenting capital accumulation and contributing toachieve and sustain high economic growth. The aim of this study is to examine the effect ofmacroeconomic fundamentals on domestic saving mobilisation in the SADC region. Paneldata analysis was used for 10 SADC member countries during the period of 2008-2017.Document analysis wasused to collect data from World bankdatabase. Multiple linearregression was used and regress...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate Gish Abay TVET College trainees’ innovative skills and their business startup. The trainees’ innovative skills, their state of business startup, and the association between them along with determinants of business startup were investigated. To address these specific purposes, primary data were collected from TVET trainees as target respondents. A survey research design was employed frame the data collected from a total of 207 sele...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION APPROVAL DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ABSTRACT CHAPTER ONE : INTRODUCTION 1.0 Overview 1.1 Background of the study 1.2 Problem statement 1.3 Purpose of the Study 1.4 Objectives of the study 1.4.1 General Objective 1.4.2 Specific Objective 1.5 Research Questions 1.6 Scope of the study 1.6.1 Geographical scope 1.6.2 Time of the scope 1.6.3 Content of the scope 1.7 Significances of the study 1...
During the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus, the economy of Iloilo City experienced a setback wherein the Ilonggo e-wallet users’ utilized the e-wallet as payment system since its services showed convenience in continuing their financial transactions at the comfort of their home which resulted in higher demands to its effectiveness. In conformity, this study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of e-wallet as payment system among Ilonggo E-wallet users during the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...
Abstract Whereas biological and chemical food safety contaminants have attracted considerable research attention, little is known about physical food safety contaminants. This study will therefore explore consumer knowledge and experiences of physical food contaminants in ready-to-eat-foods sold on the streets in Ghana. A self-administered questionnaire will be used to collect data from 305 consumers and analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. It is that physical contaminants were mostly present i...
ABSTRACT In the school catering setting, food handlers particularly those in boarding senior high schools are considered the most sensitive group responsible for all forms of contamination resulting in various forms of food-borne illnesses. The purpose of the study is to assess food safety in selected Senior High Schools in the Ho Municipality. Questionnaire and observation checklist were used to gather data on the food safety knowledge and practices of 97 food handlers recruited from boardi...
Abstract This paper evaluates the impact of health expenditure on health outcomes - Neo-natal Mortality, and Infant Mortality in selected Sub-Saharan African Countries after the Ebola endemic in 2014. Using 7 years of pre - and post-shock data between 2014 and 2021 and a difference-in-differences identification strategy, this paper finds negative effect of health expenditure in on infant mortality rates which is an improvement that is expected, however; health expenditure is associated with i...