The Federal Republic of Nigeria‚ is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory‚ Abuja. The country is located in West Africa. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. Nigeria is roughly split half and half between Muslims in the North and Christians in the South; a very small minority practice traditional religion. The people of Nigeria have an extensive history. Archaeological evidence shows that human habitation
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Economics Commentary U.S. Employers slashed jobs for the third straight month in March and unemployment rose to a nearly three-year high‚ offering the latest signs that the economy has fallen into a recession. The Labor Department’s much anticipated report‚ released Friday the 4th of April‚ showed a net loss of 80‚000 jobs last month. That marks the third straight month that jobs have fallen - the longest period of decline since early 2003. Now having acknowledged that the US is in a recession
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#4 (Unemployment) 1. The natural rate of unemployment definition: the long-run average or “steady state” rate of unemployment depends on the rates of job separation and job finding 2. Frictional unemployment due to the time it takes to match workers with jobs may be increased by unemployment insurance 3. Structural unemployment results from wage rigidity: the real wage remains above the equilibrium level caused by: minimum wage‚ unions‚ efficiency wages 4. Duration of unemployment most
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Unemployment Rate in Singapore decreased to 1.80 percent in the third quarter of 2013 from 2.10 percent in the second quarter of 2013. Unemployment Rate in Singapore is reported by the Ministry of Manpower Singapore. Unemployment Rate in Singapore averaged 2.51 Percent from 1986 until 2013‚ reaching an all time high of 6 Percent in the first quarter of 1986 and a record low of 1.40 Percent in the second quarter of 1990. In Singapore‚ the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking
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in Nigeria “Nigeria’s oil production reached 2.1 million barrels per day in 2010.” Nigeria is currently the sixth largest crude oil producer and it is the top oil producer in Africa. Similar to Bougainville Island‚ Nigeria is being exploited by many western countries and their multinational corporations because of their rich natural resource. Oil wasn’t the first thing that was exploited in Nigeria; in 1471 Portuguese traders landed near the Niger Delta‚ the southern tip of Nigeria‚ and
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The economy of Nigeria is a middle income‚ mixed economy emerging market with well-developed financial‚ legal‚ communications‚ transport‚ and entertainment sectors. It is ranked 31st in the world in terms of GDP (PPP) as of 2009‚ and its emergent‚ though currently underperforming manufacturing sector is the second-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
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is one of the devastating cases in the world‚ It has become a major problem because its spreading in 109 countries. Almost 90% of malaria death comes from Africa‚ around 66% of the people’s lives are in high risk. So in total‚ less than 15% of the global total malaria deaths occur in Asia and Eastern Europe. (author) Why is malaria dangerous? Malaria in humans is caused by many types of parasites but the most dangerous and the one that
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Number: CIIT/FA14-BSE-083/ATK “Causes of Unemployment” There are many quotes about unemployment according to Calvin Coolidge unemployment occurs ‘’When large numbers of men are unable to find work unemployment results’’. According to Frank P. Louchheim ‚ ’’An ‘acceptable’ level of unemployment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job’’. While George Walker Bush said‚ ‘’In the long run‚ the right answer to unemployment is to create more jobs’’. Keeping the above
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i) Frictional Unemployment The function of labour market is to match available jobs with available workers. If all jobs and workers were the same‚ or if the set of jobs and workers were static and unchanging‚ this matching process would be quick and easy. But the real world is more complicated. In practice‚ both jobs and workers are highly heterogeneous (non-uniform). Jobs differ in their locations‚ in the skills they require‚ in the working conditions and hours‚ and in many other ways. Workers
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The national unemployment rate fell to 4.4 percent in October the lowest level of unemployment since May 2001. This is a sign of unexpected strength in the job market. [The unemployment rate is based on a survey of households‚ rather than the survey of employers used to calculate the payroll number. Unemployment does not include full-time students‚ the retired‚ children‚ or those not actively looking for a paying job.] The unemployment level is defined as the labor force minus the number of people
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