THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY BY SHIRO ABASS A. Department of Finance University of Lagos BSTRACT Generally‚ 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
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ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA NSUKKA IMPACT OF MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES ON STOCK PRICES IN NIGERIA: AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS UCHE‚ GEORGE EWA 2011 IMPACT OF MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES ON STOCK PRICES IN NIGERIA: AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS UCHE‚ GEORGE EWA 2007/147949 Being a research project submitted to the Department of Economics‚ in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics. AUGUST‚ 2011 i APPROVAL PAGE This
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The Impact of Globalization on US Economy Globalization is a good thing. However‚ its implications on economies are not entirely rosy. There are people who have been negatively affected by globalization. Globalization has resulted to more jobs‚ and generated more wealth something that cannot be said of everyone. People in developed nations have been hurt by it. Americans are one such lot. Factories have closed and moved to locations such as China‚ Vietnam and Mexico. The factories that have remained
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WTO GENESIS The General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT) came into existence in 1947 It sought substantial reduction in tariff and other barriers to trade and to eliminate discriminatory treatment in international commerce. India became a signatory to GATT in 1947 along with twenty two other countries Reasons for GATT to be carved into WTO GATT faced many problems‚ with the world trade becoming more and more complex‚ GATT was unable to deal with it. Eg. In the agriculture
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Introduction Indian economy had experienced major policy changes in early 1990s. The new economic reform‚ popularly known as‚ Liberalization‚ Privatization and Globalization (LPG model) aimed at making the Indian economy as fastest growing economy and globally competitive. The series of reforms undertaken with respect to industrial sector‚ trade as well as financial sector aimed at making the economy more efficient. With the onset of reforms to liberalize the Indian economy in July of 1991‚ a new
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IMPACT OF THE INFORMAL ECONOMY ON DEVELOPMENT. What is Informal economy? Simply put the informal economy refers to those economic activities that are neither taxed nor monitored by a government and are therefore not included in that government ’s Gross National Product (GNP) However in literature this phenomenon is discussed using different concepts such as informal‚ unofficial‚ irregular‚ parallel second underground‚ underground‚ grey markets‚ subterranean‚ hidden‚ invisible‚ unrecorded
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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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NOTICE FOR SUMMER PROJECTS Dear Students‚ Before you leave for Summer Training‚ you must collect the following documents: From Placement Office: 1. Letter of introduction addressed to the organization From PGP Office: 2. Summer Project Information Sheet 3. Summer Project Evaluation Form 4. Envelope (Confidential) You are required to submit duly filled Summer Project Information Sheet (Document 2) to PGP Office latest by March 27‚ 2014 (Thursday‚ 1730 hours). If you do not have details
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Throughout the years that the United States has been a nation the economy has fluctuated. During the 1980s specifically‚ the eight-year span from 1981 to 1989‚ Ronald Reagan was elected into office and became the 40th president of the United States. “When Ronald Reagan took over the leadership of the United States in 1981‚ he inherited an economy that was in terrible shape‚ the worst American economy‚ in fact‚ since the Great Depression of the 1930s” (Shmoop Editorial Team 1). This was a significant
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The impact of ICT on intermodal and intermodal transportation in Nigeria Overview of transportation in Nigeria Transportation is the basis for economic‚ social and political development in most societies as it exhibits a close relationship to the style and quality of living of the society. Transportation plays an important role in the day-to -day activities of the society. Some of the roles it plays in our societies are the subject of this paper. This paper therefore attempts to illustrate the
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