rates of economic growth as well as transforming their economy into an industrial economy. In the last few decades‚ the world’s most populous nation has liberalised its economy and gone from producing low-quality and simple exports to sophisticated high-technology goods while attracting nearly $500 Billion in foreign direct investment (FDI). The Chinese government also implemented many strategies to do this and it has resulted in China overtaking the United States as the world’s growth engine. The emergence
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West Africa and bordering the Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s highest
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Through Republican ideas‚ the rich will get richer‚ and the poor will only get poorer. Today‚ Republicans argue that the government is playing too big of a role in the economy. There has been much debate over the government’s role in the economy during economic downturns‚ but the economy will only prosper if the government plays a significant role trying to recover from a recession‚ or even a depression. Safety-net programs and social welfare helps families fight poverty during economic downturns
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China’s Economic Growth and Development China is presently the world’s largest economy in relation to its population of 1.3 billion. The country is currently a socialist economy ruled by a Communist Government‚ with significant structural changes impacting its economy as a result of the high rate of growth over the past decades. Its economy is in the transition phase‚ moving from being a centrally planned economy to a system based more on the market. A socialist or market economy can be defined as
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RAPID POPULATION GROWTH IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF HUMAN RESOURCE UTILIZATION IN NIGERIA. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO REDUCE THIS PROBLEM? A MANPOWER ECONOMICS ASSIGNMENT Akinrodoye Adunola INTRODUCTION Population can be defined as the number of people living in any defined area at any given time. Hence the population of Nigeria consists of all the people who live in the country at any given time (Dictionary of Economics‚ 1998; Ojo‚ 1997). Population however cannot be treated in
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just react to it. The role of the financial officer‚ thus‚ becomes crucial to meet these technological‚ economic and political‚ changes. In today ’s business world what is the role of a financial manager? We have all heard at one time or another that "a financial managers wears many hats." The role of the financial manager has expanded beyond traditional responsibilities related to company ’s finances. A financial manager though his/her understanding of the company ’s financial health‚ the current
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Literature review 1 The 2008 global financial crisis The effects on the U.S. economy have by now been widely analysed and dissected‚ so several economists have focused on the influences of other countries. Mishkin (2011) pointed out that the inner link between countries’ financial systems was tighter than previously realized. Naudé (2009) studied the correlation between the 2008 financial crisis and the developing countries and proposed that some developing countries were less affected and
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Impact of Industrial development on Nigeria stock market. The potentials of capital market in Nigeria as a catalyst to economic and industrial development cannot be over emphasized. The capital market as an internal part of a country’s financial system operates at the long end of the system to mobilize resources for long term development and growth. Basically‚ the capital market accelerates growth by providing ‚relatively long term capital - debt and equity finance – for government and corporate
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and predominantly agricultural country when it gained independence in 1947. Pakistan’s average economic growth rate since independence has been higher than the average growth rate of the world economy during the period. Average annual real GDP growth rates were 6.8% in the 1960s‚ 4.8% in the 1970s‚ and 6.5% in the 1980s. Average annual growth fell to 4.6% in the 1990s with significantly lower growth in the second half of that decade. Bank meanng The name bank derives from the Italian word banco
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INTRODUCTION The focus of this paper is to examine the role of human resource development and workers commitment in organization in particular and in Nigeria as a whole. For the purpose of this study‚ the concept of human resource development and manpower development will be used interchangeably. In any organization‚ it is the workforce who is considered important assets for the achievement of organizational goals. Every industry desires to maximize its human resources to see that the best output
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