Structural Adjustment Programs: The Impact on Nigerians Abstract Word Count: 8‚590 Nigeria’s economy for many decades thrived under agricultural exports until the government shifted its focus to crude oil exports. The repercussion of abandoning this sector was later felt in the early 1980s when the world crude oil prices fell and the production quota of Nigeria to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) dipped. This made the government incur debts which led to balance of payment
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market based economic system needs political institutions supportive of the free market concept. Thus Nigeria‚ like any other nation‚ has been involved in political engineering partly to achieve this goal. Like many other African economies‚ the Nigerian economy has been mixed. However‚ the level of government participation has been reducing in line with globalisation trend and market base resource rationalisation concept. In this spirit‚ the Federal Government sold its shares in many firms and
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Pakistan Economic and Social Review Volume 48‚ No. 1 (Summer 2010)‚ pp. 123-134 CORRUPTION AND ITS DEEP IMPACT ON GOOD GOVERNANCE IN PAKISTAN UMBREEN JAVAID* Abstract. Good Governance flourish in a necessarily corruption free situation. Pakistan is unfortunately way down on the ladder on this account. Corruption of all magnitudes mega‚ moderate and petty permeates all tiers of governance and all segments of the society public‚ private‚ political‚ judicial‚ commercial and even religions. Paradoxically
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Role of Civil Society in Good Governance With the change of the century‚ globalisation and development have increased at a very rapid rate. The technological and economic aspects of this development have led to a huge increase in the development of civil services and social dependence on them. The concept of civil society can be dated back to approximately 2500 years ago to Greek and Roman societies from where it spread all over Europe and then soon became a global phenomenon (Glacius‚ Lewis and
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UGANDA MANGEMENT INSTITUTE Public Policy and Governance Module: Public Budgeting and Good Governance QUESTION: Budgeting process is a waste of time and valuable resources. Evaluate this statement. A budget is a plan for financing an enterprise or government during a definite period‚ which is prepared and submitted by a responsible executive to a representative body (or other duly constituted agent) whose approval and authorization are necessary before the plan may be executed. In the
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GOOD GOVERNANCE Since the draw of civilization man has been striving hard t manage his affairs systematically. The desire to become systematic to the point and precise has led human being to develop variety of disciplines . These disciplines with the march of civilization failed to keep pace with the human driving force. Resultantly new avenues are sought for governance. In the case of Pakistan mismanagement has become a hallmark of out management. It is casting dark shadow son our ‚ institutional
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Challenges of Good Governance The nation celebrated this ’Pakistan Day’ in a significant and unconventional manner. It was a noteworthy occasion in history of Pakistan this time for the challenges facing in maintaining good governance are yet to appear in coming days for government in place. The leaders of Pakistan adopt the course and principles which had been conveyed by the founder of Pakistan to make a true enlightened moderated state which ensures basic rights of people‚ secures the prosperity
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Good Governance in Pakistan ‘Governance’ is the exercise of power or authority – political‚ economic‚ administrative or otherwise –to manage a country ’s resources and affairs. It comprises the mechanisms‚ processes and institutions through which citizens and groups articulate their interests‚ exercise their legal rights‚ meet their obligations and mediate their differences. ‘Good governance’ means competent management of a country’s resources and affairs in a manner that is open‚ transparent
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Recently the terms "governance" and "good governance" are being increasingly used in development literature. Bad governance is being increasingly regarded as one of the root causes of all evil within our societies. Simply put "governance" means: the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (or not implemented). Since governance is the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented‚ an analysis of governance focuses on the formal
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DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE: NIGERIA’S DILEMMA Ilufoye Sarafa Ogundiya Department of Political Science Usmanu Danfodiyo University‚ Sokoto‚ Nigeria E-mail: oisarafa@yahoo.com‚ elegantlv@aol.co.uk Abstract Despite its enormous resources and huge potentialities‚ Nigeria remains grossly undeveloped. Consequently‚ political instability‚ abject poverty‚ acute youth unemployment‚ heightened crime rate‚ poor health prospects and widespread malnourishment have been the main features of Nigeria’s
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