a result of a globalized business environment‚ companies such as Shell operate in a number of international markets‚and consequently enounter various risks not normally attributed with domestic markets (Beck 1993). In developing countries such as Nigeria the regulatory frameworks may exist but are not adequatley enforced. Hence‚The intent of CSR activities performed by multinationals are not always well determined‚ And powerful multinationals such as Shell have emerged as the major players in this
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economy becomes volatile. This is where the government steps in to collect data regarding the unemployment in our country. (United States Department of Labor‚ Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ How the Government Measures Unemployment) Where do the statistics come from It’s more complicated than just looking up unemployment insurance (UI) information. That is how most people tend to think that the unemployment numbers are determined. This couldn’t be further from the truth. When the insurance benefits
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EBONG GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of the role of banks as financial intermediaries and their function as the engine of growth of the economy‚ this paper examines the extent to which the banking industry has helped to stimulate economic activities in Nigeria and what the prognosis looks like in the post-consolidation era. The paper notes that the banking industry in Nigeria witnessed a remarkable growth in terms of deposit base‚ number
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The unemployment rate is the number of people actively looking for employment divided by the labour force. The labour includes adults over the age of 16 who are employed or actively looking for work. The unemployment rate fluctuates because the previously unemployed people start looking for work‚ people who were employed lose their jobs and others stop looking for jobs. South Africa’s unemployment rate at the moment is 25.2%; the number of unemployed people is 4526 divided by the labour force of
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three types of unemployment are: frictional‚ structural‚ and cyclical (Littenberg & Tregarthen‚ 2009). Frictional unemployment exists because it takes time for job seekers to find businesses who are looking to hire and vice versa (Littenberg & Tregarthen‚ 2009). Businesses post wanted ads on job search sites and unemployed workers use the sites to find employers who are looking for their skill set. The time it takes the two to find each other is frictional unemployment (Littenberg &
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Advances in technology will result in a growth in unemployment. Technological advances allow society to produce more output from the existing mix of resources. These advances may take the form of less costly methods of producing existing output or may result in the production of new (or substantially improved) commodities (such as DVD players‚ HDTV‚ anti-lock braking systems‚ and similar innovations). Society clearly gains from the production of either more output or more highly valued output. Nevertheless
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the Depression is largely synonymous with the birth of modern macroeconomics‚ and it continues to haunt successive generations of economists. With respect to labor and labor markets‚ these facts evidently include wage rigidity‚ persistently high unemployment rates‚ and long-term joblessness. Traditionally‚ aggregate time series have provided the econometric grist for distinguishing explanations of the Great Depression. Recent research on labor markets in the 1930s‚ however‚ has shifted attention from
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Unemployment in United States Unemployment has been a problem throughout the United States since the beginning of 2009. In the most obvious sense‚ unemployment means “being without a job.” The term unemployment is one description of the economic condition of a society at any given time. Low unemployment means the majority of the labor force is involved in‚ or looking for steady work. On the other hand‚ high unemployment is an indication of an economy in recession or even worse. This implies that
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DISEASE LATENCY PHASE AIDS PHASE * CONFIRMATION AND COUNCELLING * STIGMATISATION * PREVENTION INTRODUCTION HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV is different from most other viruses because it attacks the immune system. The immune system gives our body the ability to fight other infections. HIV finds and destroys a type of white blood cell (T cells or CD4 cells) that the immune system
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Published: June 30‚ 2012 Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Nigeria: An Analysis of the Endogenous Effects Okon J. Umoh‚ 2Augustine O. Jacob and 1Chuku A. Chuku 1 Department of Economics‚ University of Uyo‚ Uyo‚ Nigeria 2 Heritage Polytechnic‚ Eket Akwa Ibom State‚ Nigeria Abstract: This research endeavour set out to empirically investigate the relationship between foreign direct investment and economic growth in Nigeria between 1970 and 2008. The paper makes the proposition that there is
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