THE IMPACT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA Articles on this site are extracts from literature review of research projects‚ Get the full Project THEORETICAL LITERATURES The term “Agriculture” has been subjected to different definitions by various experts. As a result Ighodo (1984: 20) defined agriculture as the art and science of the cultivation of crops and rearing of animals for man’s use. He also emphasized that agriculture is also the production of fibres for
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Igbinedion University Okada Eighth Convocation Lecture By Sanusi Lamido Sanusi‚ CON Governor Central Bank of Nigeria GROWTH PROSPECTS FOR THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY Convocation Lecture delivered at the Igbinedion University Eighth Convocation Ceremony‚ Okada‚ Edo State‚ November 26‚ 2010 GROWTH PROSPECTS FOR THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY Sanusi Lamido Sanusi‚ CON Governor Central Bank of Nigeria 1.0 INTRODUCTION Nigeria’s economic aspirations have remained that of altering the structure of production
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The Graduate The movie the Graduate was much enjoyed. There was simultaneous intermingling of early adulthood from either end of the spectrum. We learnt about a young college graduate and a married woman about 40 years old. The two-experienced intimacy vs isolation together. Relativistic thinking was also learned from both a male and female perspective in early adult hood. The story begins with a newly graduated Benjamin who was praised by his family and friends for his accomplishments
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IN NIGERIA Since the return to electoral politics in 1999‚ and particularly after the 2003 general elections‚ Nigeria ’s political parties have been criticized by the media‚ academics‚ observers and the electorate for corrupt and unbridled use of money in politics. The anti-corruption initiatives of the administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo provided a suitable environment for some civil society groups to engage governments and other stakeholders on the issue of corruption and its effect on
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countries (mostly African) have explicitly taken into account the effects of the growing impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. These countries are currently: The Bahamas‚ Benin‚ Botswana‚ Brazil‚ Burkina Faso‚ Burma‚ Burundi‚ Cambodia‚ Cameroon‚ Central African Republic‚ Democratic Republic of the Congo‚ Republic of the Congo‚ Cote d’Ivoire‚ Ethiopia‚ Gabon‚ Ghana‚ Guyana‚ Haiti‚ Honduras‚ Kenya‚ Lesotho‚ Malawi‚ Mozambique‚ Namibia‚ Nigeria‚ Rwanda‚ South Africa‚ Swaziland‚ Tanzania‚ Thailand‚ Togo‚ Uganda
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“AFRICA WAS A CULTURAL WASTELAND‚ UNTIL THE EUROPEANS SOWED THE SEEDS OF CIVILIZATION ON HER CULTURAL BARREN SHORES” BY OKOJIE EHINOMHEN PETER APRIL 2012 INTRODUCTION That “Africa was a cultural wasteland‚ until the Europeans sowed the seeds of civilization on her cultural barren shores” amounts to no culture in this geographical entity inhabited by people until the Europeans brought them the way of life. It is tempting to want to be subjective rather than being objective in discussing this
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people are the carriers of knowledge‚ but then goes on to the more controversial assertion that since the discoveries of the past were produced by people‚ the rate of discoveries must have been influenced by human numbers In discussing the effect of human capital on economic growth‚ two approaches have been distinguished in the theoretical literature. The first strand of literature focuses on the stock of human capital as an explanation of cross-country growth differentials as suggested by
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What is unemployment? Unemployment (or joblessness) occurs when people are without jobs and they have actively sought work within the past four weeks. The unemployment rate is a measure of the prevalence of unemployment and it is calculated as a percentage by dividing the number of unemployed individuals by all individuals currently in the labor force. Types of Unemployment: * Classical Unemployment Classical or real-wage unemployment occurs when real wages for a job are set above the market-clearing
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The causes and consequences of unemployment Unemployment causes There are three main causes of unemployment‚ the first is cyclical unemployment which is unemployment arising from a lack of aggregate demand. Demand for most products are likely to be low and unemployment may be high. Since not a lot of people are buying a product‚ firms do not need as much labour and will reduce it leading to unemployment. This in turn will lower disposable income and decrease demand for certain products‚ hence
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ECON1101 Essay: Petrol subsidies in Nigeria Nigeria‚ an oil-abundant nation‚ produces two million of barrels of crude oil a day‚ though despite this‚ it relies solely on importation to sustain its refined-fuel needs. This is because its four refineries fail to function effectively and continue to operate beneath capacity. Governmental mismanagement and political corruption are some of the reasons why Nigeria’s refineries remain in this state. The Nigerian government therefore implemented subsidies
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