COUNTRY AND STUDY IT COUNTRY STUDIED: NIGERIA INTRODUCTION Nigeria‚ officially 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 and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. There are over 500 ethnic groups in Nigeria of which
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Working Papers Number 11/31 Youth unemployment in Spain: causes and solutions Economic Analysis Madrid‚ 27 September 2011 11/31 Working Papers Madrid‚ 27 September 2011 Youth unemployment in Spain: causes and solutions* Juan Ramón García. September 2011 Abstract Youth unemployment in Spain is a persistent phenomenon that has worsened during the current crisis. And at the levels now being registered (46.1% in 2Q11)‚ the measures to fight it can be delayed no longer. The evidence presented in
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Global Youth Culture Culture obviously varies all around the world from country to country‚ but the basics are always the same. What makes up culture? Does culture change based on the age of the people or the different generations? Culture consists of language‚ entertainment through mediums such as music‚ movies‚ literature‚ etc.‚ fashion‚ art‚ food‚ and more. Culture most definitely changes depending on where you are in the world. For example‚ it can be as simple as spoken word. The language
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Everyone knows that it is impossible to live a normal life without a job and money. And no doubts that young people are not an exception to the rule‚ and they also cannot do without means of subsistence. But as for the youth‚ so they certainly can live within only their parents’ means‚ they can cadge them pin money to the end of time. I have heard much that such a system does not work in the USA and Europe‚ as parents there do not want their precious offspring to be dependants and parasites all their
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activity will shoulder all expenses appurtenant to the training. Participants‚ however are entitled to collect travelling expenses‚ subject to the availability of funds and auditing rules and regulations. Thank you very much and trusting that this invitation be acted upon with favour. Very truly yours‚ ABRAHAM A. PASCUA‚ Ph.D.‚ CESO III Provincial Director and concurrent Assistant Regional Director cc: MA. CRISCIA D. ALONTE Regional Coordinator Listahang Tubig Project
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Invitation to Sociology Peter L. Berger (1963‚ pp. 23–24) [2] noted in his classic book Invitation to Sociology‚ “The first wisdom of sociology is this—things are not what they seem.” Social reality‚ he said‚ has “many layers of meaning‚” and a goal of sociology is to help us discover these multiple meanings. He continued‚ “People who like to avoid shocking discoveries…should stay away from sociology.” As Berger was emphasizing‚ sociology helps us see through conventional understandings of how
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We know that youth unemployment has hit a "record high" in our country and that the problem is now a "national crisis". According to the official statistics youth unemployment in Russia is about 27%‚ it is much higher than the average rate in the world‚ which is about 12%. Such a high rate of youth unemployment in our country has a whole number of negative repercussions. And only a few of them are hard drinking and drug addiction in rural areas of Russia‚ not dropping brain drain‚ and increasing
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Unemployment in Nigeria Its heart aching to see a good number of Nigerian graduates unemployed. It’s one of the most critical problems the country is facing as a result of long years of corruption‚ bad government/leaders‚ military rule‚ civil war and mismanagement of wealth and resources. Unemployment is a state when one is unable to gain any meaningful means of living and unfortunately‚ this state has been nationalized in Nigeria. Unemployment in Nigeria has hindered the economic growth of the
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http://www.ajsih.org ©2012 American Journal of Social Issues & Humanities Rising Youth Unemployment and Violent Crime in Nigeria Okechukwu Odinaka Ajaegbu Department of Sociology University of Ibadan Ibadan‚ Nigeria Phone: +2348064113068 Email: ajaegbuodina@yahoo.com Abstract Violent crimes such as murder‚ armed robbery‚ kidnapping and terrorism are the most inhumane crimes that continue to plague Nigeria. Lately‚ kidnappings for ransom and terrorism have taken the centre stage leading
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THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMY The global financial crisis began in the United States of America and the United Kingdom when the global credit market came to a standstill in July 2007 (Avgouleas‚ 2008). The crisis‚ brewing for a while‚ really started to show its effects in the middle of 2008. Around the world stock markets have fallen‚ large financial institutions have collapsed or been bought out‚ and governments in even the wealthiest nations have had to come up with
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