FDI and Economic Growth: Evidence from Nigeria By Adeolu B. Ayanwale Department of Agricultural Economics Obafemi Awolowo University Ole-Ife‚ Nigeria AERC Research Paper 165 African Economic Research Consortium‚ Nairobi April 2007 THIS RESEARCH STUDY was supported by a grant from the African Economic Research Consortium. The findings‚ opinions and recommendations are those of the author‚ however‚ and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Consortium‚ its individual members or the
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equipment‚ or developing even cleaner ways to make paper. Especially paper production plants like the one local to West Linn‚ being the commercial producer that they are they mostly produce things like posterboard‚ and high grade paper that keeps the economy flowing smoothly. If our plant were to discontinue operation‚ that would be quite a snag. Paper prices would go up because of the need to bring in more paper from farther away‚ having been so convenient before. Hundreds of people would be out of their
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An analysis of Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria: The Fate of Nigeria’s Agricultural Sector. 1Ogbanje‚ E C‚ 2Okwu‚ O. J and 3Saror‚ S.F. ogbanjece@yahoo.com; +2348036350197 1Department of Agricultural Management‚ University of Agriculture‚ Makurdi 2Department of Extension and Communication‚ University of Agriculture‚ Makurdi 3Institute of Food Security‚ University of Agriculture‚ Makurdi Received 11th June‚ 2010‚ Accepted 19th December‚ 2010 Abstract The study analysed the fate of the
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Slavery impacted the United States overwhelmingly politically and socially‚ from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War. The most significant effect was to riven American political culture into two progressively opposing parties until the transformations exploded into a Civil War. As a contributory cause to the Mexican American War‚ and ultimately to the Civil War‚ slavery would be impacting federal policies in Westward expansion. Much of the industrial development (structure of factories to
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The large scale impacts of Tourism include environmental‚ socio-cultural and economic impacts. Impacts can be positive‚ as well as negative‚ but should never be underestimated. The concept of sustainability is factored into these tourism impacts‚ when the size of the impacts become large enough to drastically alter economic‚ socio-cultural and environmental areas of a tourist destination. The importance of these impacts will be analysed and evaluated in this essay‚ keeping in mind that this will
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Fiscal & Monetary Policy Given the Current Macroeconomic Situation in the United States DeVry University Economics Instructor: Professor Bergan June 16‚ 2013 The macroeconomic situation in the United States can be determined by looking at what part of the business cycle the economy currently falls within. According to McConnell‚ Brue & Flynn (2012) “Business cycles are alternating rises and declines in the level of economic activity‚ sometime over several years” (p. 527). A typical business cycle
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IMPACTS OF POPULATIONS GROWTH Introduction Undoubtedly‚ the population growth is one of the most influential social issues in the recent years. As the earth’s population rises‚ the changes in different aspects‚ environmental‚ global economic and political‚ affect our individual life. Technology and advances in medicine have dramatically increased the average human’s life span. However‚ the important questions are that what impacts the growth of population has on you‚ how to get ready and adapt
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Impact on China’s economy of the economic globalization Abstract: As everyone know that no country can avoid to participate the globalization. China has always been trying to follow the trend of globalization‚ to be part of it‚ and actively join in it since its opening to the world in 1978. After 23 years in 2001‚ of hard efforts have been made by lots of people and tremendous negotiations have been undergone for such a long time‚ China finally got access to the WTO‚ which marks the most important
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The Impact of Globalization on the United States Economy in the 1990’s. Globalization‚ generally speaking‚ refers to the integration of the global economy (Hanson‚ 2001) as economic resources‚ especially the means of production and capital‚ move freely across national boundaries‚ thanks to a regime of lower tariffs‚ reduced trade restrictions‚ greater access to information‚ and the enactment of laws and formulation of policies that offer various inducements to the foreign entity to re-locate to
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The Current State of Development in Latin America Throughout this paper I will be making reference to Peter Winn ’s book Americas. Winn states on page 4 that "Latin America is equally an invention‚ devised in the nineteenth century by a French geographer to describe the nations that had once been colonized by Latin Europe---Spain‚ France‚ and Portugal." In attempting to establish the current state of development in Latin America‚ historical chronology serves as the foundation necessary for a
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