60 per cent from 2006 until 2011‚ reaching an all time high of 23.90 per cent in December 2011. The NBS measures unemployment rate by the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. In its Economic Report on Nigeria released in May this year‚ the World Bank noted that “Nigeria’s annual growth rates that average over seven per cent in official data during the last decade place the nation among the fastest growing economies in the world noting that the growth has
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force in Hong Kong’s economic development. At December 2010‚ there were about 296 000 SMEs in Hong Kong. They constituted over 98 per cent of the territory’s business units and accounted for about 48 per cent of private sector employment. The Government attaches great importance in supporting SMEs at various stages of development. The Small and Medium Enterprises Committee (SMEC) was appointed by the Chief Executive (CE) to advise him on issues affecting the development of SMEs and suggest measures
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Abstract Over the years the management of pension scheme in Nigeria has been inundated by multiple and diverse problems arising from which retirement became dreaded by workers especially in the public service. The failures of pension schemes in the country have been attributed to poor pension fund administration‚ outright corruption; embezzlement of pension fund; inadequate build-up of funds and poor supervision. There have been several reviews of pension schemes by the federal government which
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COPYRIGHT PROTECTION IN NIGERIA You would recall that in my last article‚ I stated that there is no centralized system of registering copyright in Nigeria. I stated that a “work” which is the subject not the copyright need not be registered before it can be protected under the law. In the process of patenting an invention‚ I came across a process known as copyright notification and I think it is important that I share it with you (You are probably wondering what Patent registration has to do with
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process and undemocratic political parties‚ the stage is set for flawed elections. Thus‚ the 1999 and 2003 elections‚ like virtually all the preceding elections in Nigeria’s post-colonial history‚ were classic cases of electoral fraud. In broad terms‚ there have been two kinds of elections in Nigeria’s post-colonial history. These are the ‘transition’ and ‘consolidation’ elections[1]. The transition elections are those organized by a departing political authority‚ which include those organized by the departing
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERIODIC TABLE Although Dmitri Mendeleev is often considered the "father" of the periodic table‚ the work of many scientists contributed to its present form. In the Beginning A necessary prerequisite to the construction of the periodic table was the discovery of the individual elements. Although elements such as gold‚ silver‚ tin‚ copper‚ lead and mercury have been known since antiquity‚ the first scientific discovery of an element occurred in 1649 when
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bank fraud that are frequently carried out in the banking system‚ the underlying causes‚ level of staff involvement‚ consequences and possible means of ameliorating the problem. A sample of 100 respondents taken in Benin City‚ capital of Edo State‚ Nigeria was studied by means of field survey tool of questionnaire and the response to rating scale questions were tested for significance using the "t-test". The analysis revealed that respondents did not view unofficial borrowing and foreign exchange malpractice
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MANAGEMENT SKILLS LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN Name: TRUONG‚ My Linh Student ID: 807269 Table of Contents 1. Career Goal and career opportunities 1 2. About myself and current skills inventory 2 3. Learning goals and action plans 3 3.1. Skill area: Time management 3 3.2. Skill area: Stress management 7 3.3. Skill area: Problem solving 12 Reference list: i 1. Career Goal and career opportunities To begin with‚ this part will lay out career goals and the potential opportunities in the marketplace
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What is employee development? Employee development is a kind of connection‚ continuous effort on the part of an employee and the organization for which employee works to upgrade the employee ’s knowledge‚ skills‚ and abilities. Successful employee development need to find a balance between an individual ’s career needs‚ goals and the organization ’s need in order to get work done and achieve company goals. Employee development programs make positive contributions to organizational performance.
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Public Private Partnership (PPP or simply P3) - Nigeria’s New Paradigm for infrastructure Development By Bob M. Achanya President‚ Kogi PPP Forum Cooperative‚ North Central Nigeria. Introduction Public private partnership (PPP) has recently gained prominence as a term to describe a business relationship in which public and private resources are blended to achieve a goal or set of goals judged to be of mutual benefit both to the private entity and to the public. According to the UNECE (2008)
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