If you’ve ever laced your fingers together‚ turned your palms away from you and bent your fingers back‚ you know what knuckle popping sounds like. Joints produce that CRACK when bubbles burst in the fluid surrounding the joint. Joints are the meeting points of two separate bones‚ held together and in place by connective tissues and ligaments. All of the joints in our bodies are surrounded by synovial fluid‚ a thick‚ clear liquid. When you stretch or bend your finger to pop the knuckle‚ you’re causing
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serious challenge to governments in Nigeria. Its effects‚ which include lack and deprivation in the basic necessities of life‚ are worrisome. Apart from inducing lack of certain capabilities‚ such as that of being able to participate with dignity in societal endeavours‚ poverty has earned recognition due to its damaging effects on the affairs of humanity at the local‚ national and international levels. Indeed‚ poverty is a snare. Among the committee of nations‚ Nigeria has been described as poor. Even
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| Inflation and its impact on the Pakistan Economy: Introduction: Inflation is the rise in the prices of goods and services in an economy over a period of time. When the general price level rises‚ each unit of the functional currency buys fewer goods and services; inflation is a decline in the real value of money and the loss of purchasing power of people. Inflation is a key indicator of a country and provides important view on the state of the economy and the policies of the government. Reasons
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Running head: THE EFFECTS OF THE JONES ACT ON THE ECONOMY OF HAWAII The Effects of the Jones Act on the Economy of Hawaii Christer Tvedt Hawai’i Pacific University February 10‚ 2010 ECON 6000 Dr. Leroy Laney The effects of the Jones Act on the economy of Hawaii The Jones Act‚ or the Merchant Marine Act of 1920‚ which is the act’s name‚ is a United States Federal statute‚ or “cabotage law”‚ that regulates trade between ports within the United States. The act was passed 90 years ago‚ in
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some for ms of feed back on the effectiveness/efficien cy of such taxes. This stud y attempts to appr aise the usefulness of the tax system in Nigeria‚ usin g Value Added Tax system as a r efer en ce point. The significance of this stud y i s that it will enable th e government officials‚ r esear cher s an d econ omic analysts to appr aise an y type of tax‚ with th e aid of the par ameters used in this stud y. The stud y used th e ability to gener ate revenue and the ability to in fluence
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regulating instruments from time to time. Nigeria is governed by a federal system hence its fiscal operations also adhere to the same principle‚ a fact which has serious implications on how the tax system is managed. The country’s tax system is lopsided‚ and dominated by oil revenue. It is also characterized by unnecessarily complex‚ distortionary and largely inequitable taxation laws that have limited application in the informal sector that dominates the economy. The primary objective of this paper is
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Overview of Pakistan’s Economy Pakistan was a very poor and predominantly agricultural country when it gained independence in 1947. Pakistan’s average economic growth rate since independence has been higher than the average growth rate of the world economy during the period. Average annual real GDP growth rates were 6.8% in the 1960s‚ 4.8% in the 1970s‚ and 6.5% in the 1980s. Average annual growth fell to 4.6% in the 1990s with significantly lower growth in the second half of that decade. Farming
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company’s capital structure more stable. Essentially‚ the process involves the exchange of one form of financing for another‚ such as removing preferred shares from the company’s capital structure and replacing them with bonds. Recapitalization in Nigeria banking sector‚ has built a solid foundation for Nigerian banks to compete favourably with their counterpart world over. Recapitalization causes unemployment due to downsizing‚ merger and acquisition‚ it causes deflation as more money is raked from
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LEADERLESS NIGERIA Chris Bjorklund 434 Threat Analysis February 3‚ 2013 After witnessing one military leader replaced by another‚ the Nigerian people have elected their presidential administration since 1999. Although it is a remarkable achievement in Africa‚ the Nigerian leadership has significant challenges through the next decade. Ever since the emergence of the Nigerian democracy‚ thousands paid the ultimate price due to the polarization along religious and cultural ancestries. Thus
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The economy of Nigeria is a middle income‚ mixed economy emerging market with well-developed financial‚ legal‚ communications‚ transport‚ and entertainment sectors. It is ranked 31st in the world in terms of GDP (PPP) as of 2009‚ and its emergent‚ though currently underperforming manufacturing sector is the second-largest on the continent‚ producing a large proportion of goods and services for the West African region. Previously hindered by years of mismanagement‚ economic reforms of the past
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