THE PLACE OF NDI-IGBO IN NIGERIA’S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT By Ikechukwu D. Ikerionwu Relationship Management Unit Sterling Bank Plc‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria ABSTRACT The advent of European colonialism radically altered the Igbo consciousness and compelled them to draw upon opportunities of the ‘new order’ to meet social and economic demands. The twentieth century was a period when the Nigerian people
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“Countries grow at different rates because they accumulate capital at different rates.” Is this true? Explain your answer. Eyeballing any cross sectional data on growth across countries shows that countries grow at different rates. Many theories try to explain this phenomenon with emphasis with capital accumulation being one of them. I will start by developing the standard neoclassical growth model as developed by Solow(1956)[1]. I will then proceed to discuss the extensions that have been made
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policies and strategies of Nigerian government towards foreign direct investments are shaped by two principal objectives of desire for economic independence and the demand for economic development. Multi national corporations are expected to bring into Nigeria‚ foreign capital in the form of technical skills‚ entrepreneurship‚ technology and investment fund to boost economic activities thereby‚ rising the standard of living of Nigerian. The main issues in this paper relates to understanding the effects
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Pakistan Economic Growth (2000-2010) A: Agriculture: “Agriculture growth rate over the last seven years: Table 1.1: Agriculture Growth (Percent) Year Agriculture Major Crops Minor Crops Livestock Fishery Forestry 2003‐04 2.4 1.7 3.9 2.9 2.0 ‐3.2 2004‐05 6.5 17.7 1.5 2.3
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World Health Organization (WHO)‚ 19.3 million new cancer cases are expected to be detected per year by 2025‚ up from the 14.1 million new cases reported in 2012. The rapidly increasing incidence of cancer is the most important growth driver for the Tissue diagnostics market in the forecast period from 2013 to 2018. Advanced age is considered to be an important risk factor for cancer. People over 65 years of age account for close to 60% of all new cancer cases and close to 70% of all cancer deaths
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to grow its market share. This report reviews the current marketing strategy for HTC Android phones. It analyses the marketing mix forth and reviews the areas of weaknesses and opportunities to build upon. Finally‚ the report provides some recommendations for the future strategy forth. : In key areas listed below these are to: • Expand market presence into emerging markets with good intellectual property laws‚ namely India and Brazil‚ but not China. • Promote HTC at a younger market segment than
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INDIAN CAPITAL MARKET FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS A] Who are the Qualified Institutional Buyers? Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs)‚ as defined under sub-clause (v) of clause 2.2.2B of the SEBI (DIP) Guidelines‚ can be one of the following: 1. A Public Financial Institution as defined in Section 4-A of the Companies Act. 2. A Bank 3. FII (Foreign Institutional Investors) that are registered with SEBI 4. Development Financial Institutional‚ both multilateral and bilateral 5. VCF (Venture Capital Funds)
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have occupied for a few years an important place in the great debates of economic policy‚ in France as well as in the principal industrialized countries. In other words‚ all the large industrialized countries will know a considerable ageing of the population during the next decades. In the academic circles and the business press‚ they believe that the ageing of the population will have important effects on the financial markets following the impact awaited on the rates of saving and the request of
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ECONOMY OF NIGERIA Nigeria is a middle income‚ mixed economy and emerging market‚ with expanding financial‚ service‚ communications‚ and entertainment sectors. It is ranked 30th in the world in terms of GDP (PPP) as of 2011‚ and its emergent‚ though currently underperforming manufacturing sector is the third-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 decade
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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 AERC
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