CHAPTER 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The word offshore is used to describe business carried out between foreigners in foreign-denominated currency and operates from a tax haven (Hammett‚ 2001:203). This basically implies that an offshore bank has to be foreign or at least foreign in nature or operation. This means that‚ like the several offshore banks in Switzerland‚ they do not necessary have to be in a foreign land (or an island) but necessary has to act as if
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ECONOMIC GROWTH INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1:1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The growth pattern of the Nigerian economy has been quite sluggish over the last two decades. This fact is however connected to the highly increasing level of poverty‚ which is further exacerbated by the pandemic problem of inequality. According to the UNDP Millennium Human Development Report (2001)‚ "Nigerian economy has been suffering from severe and persistent regression since the
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THE JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING ANAN Volume 1‚ No 1‚ March 2009 Published by: Nigerian College of Accountancy‚ Jos Postgraduate Professional College and Training Arm of ANAN ...Advancing the Science of Accountancy EDITORIAL BOARD Prof. Edet Robinson Iwok‚ Ph.D‚ FCNA Prof. A. A. Okwoli‚ Ph.D‚ FCNA Prof. Abimaje Akpa‚ Ph.D‚ FCNA Prof. B. C. Osisioma‚ Ph.D‚ FCNA Prof. Edet B. Akpakpan‚ Ph.D‚ FCNA‚ Prof. A. C. Ezejulue‚ Ph.D‚ FCNA Prof. A. S. Mikailu‚ Ph.D‚ FNIA Chairman‚ Education‚ Training
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CONTRACT PORTFOLIO PART 1 Tutorial 1 – Privity 1) Examine the Privity rule and its relationship with the rules on consideration. Privity is where someone not a party to a contract can be liable under neither it nor benefit from it. There has to be a promise from the party also some consideration. It is stated in the book 19th Century according to Richards that privity’s modern authority has been through the case of Dunlop v Lambert. In Dunlop v Selfridge[1] where there was a contract between
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Sydney & Samuels International Limited FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR SYDNEY & SAMUELS 51MW HYBRID WIND FARM PROJECT‚ KWANKWASO‚ MADOBI LGA‚ KANO STATE A Gideon Goldmann Feasibility Report Gideon Goldmann Feasibility Study on Proposed WTG for Sydney & Samuels by the: Advisory Sydney & Samuels International Limited Table of Contents Section 1: Introduction and Executive Summary 1.0 Report Methodology 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Project Description 1.3 Feasibility of Proposed Project:
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE Contents 1. Scope of financial management 5. Company stakeholders 2. Forms of business organization 6. Management‐Shareholders’ Relationship 3. The objectives of the firm 7. The Audit 4. Regulatory frameworks for companies 8. Public Sector Organisation Learning Outcomes When you have read and understand this chapter
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INTRODUCTION This textbook is for advanced students willing to build up their comprehension of political‚ social and economic texts. The textbook has six chapters: 1. Rule of Law 2. Elections 3. Visits. Talks. Agreements 4. International Organizations 5. Economy Matters 6. Natural Disasters Each chapter is a coherent unit presenting and practicing vocabulary points‚ skills of summary translation‚ annotation and rendering. It also aims at helping students expand their knowledge of extralinguistic
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AFRICA PEACE AND CONFLICT JOURNAL AFRICA PROGRAMME EDUCATION FOR PEACE VOLUME 3 NUMBER 2 DECEMBER 2010 • Integrating Principles and Practices of Customary Law‚ Conflict Transformation‚ and Restorative Justice in Somaliland Barry Hart and Muhyadin Saed • Beyond the Ethno-Religious Theory of the Jos Conflict Simeon H. O. Alozieuwa • Oil‚ Politics‚ and Conflict in the Niger Delta: A Nonkilling Analysis Fidelis Allen and Ufo Okeke-Uzodike • Gaps in the Eastern Congo Peacebuilding Process:
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HISTORY OF WEST AFRICA Overview The history of West Africa is the long history of human movements‚ incursions‚ displacements‚ intermixtures of peoples‚ and of the impact of these on the beliefs‚ attitudes‚ social and political organization to the peoples West Africa. The history of West Africa can be divided into three major periods: first‚ its prehistory‚ second‚ colonial period‚ in which Great Britain and France controlled nearly the whole of the region and the post-independence era‚ in
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The Importance of Africa to the World System After 9/11 Attacks: War on Terrorism or Integration for Sustainable Development The Case of the Security of the Gulf of Guinea Region File history File links Metadata Global file usage Map of the Gulf of Guinea showing the chain of islands formed by the Cameroon line of volcanoes 10th Semester Thesis dissertation in fulfilment of the requirements for the Award of Master of Science Degree in Development and International Relations‚ Department
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