Article1: Determinates of Expected
poverty among
rural Households
in Nigeria.
Journal: African Economic research
Consortium (AERC)
Research Paper,
183, Nairobi
Year: September, 2008
Summary
Vulnerability measures are
becoming tools to evolving proactive steps to alleviate poverty. The data for
the study were obtained from the merged General Household Survey (GHS) and the
National Consumer Survey (NCS) of 1996. The cross- sectional data were
augmented with certain covariate factors. The study were analyzed using a 3
stage Feasible Generalized Least Square (FGLS). Both idiosyncratic and covariate
factors affect the expected log per capita consumption of rural Nigerians. The
overall expected poverty for the country at 0.535 is 1.02 times the observed
poverty in 1996. Higher expected poverty is synonymous with north east, no
formal education, farming, older head of household, large household size and
male headed household. The north east region has both lower mean per capita
consumption and higher variance compared with other regions of the country.
Further, consumption variance is highest for households whose heads have
secondary education while households whose heads have no formal education have
lowest mean expected consumption. Farming households have lower mean per-capita
consumption compared with their non-farming households. Male headed households
have both lower mean consumption and higher consumption variance relative to
their female counterparts. Age wise, house hold heads below age 20 have the
lowest mean consumption and the highest consumption variance. House holds with
more than 10 members have very low mean consumption and very high consumption
variance. Depending on whether there is low mean consumption or higher
consumption variance or both, policy strategies suitable for the different
groups will vary from increased mean per capita consumption to consumption
smoothening or both.
Article 2: Capital Market as a Veritable Source of
Development in Nigeria Economy.
Journal: Journal
of Accounting and Taxation, vol 4 (1).
Year: February, 2012
Summary;
The capital market is the
prime motor that drives any economy on its path to growth and development
because it is responsible for long-term-growth capital formation. The objective
identifies the importance of capital market. Data were collected from the
central bank statistical Bulletin from the periods 1992 to 2007. The ordinary
least square and Cochrane-orutt methods were used in analyzing the data. It was
discovered that the capital market has not contributed positively to the
development of the Nigerian economy. However, there is a positive correlation
between the rate of transactions in the capital market and the development of Nigeria
economy. Indeed, stringent requirement for entry into the capital market should
be relaxed and adequate publicity should be given to the activity at the
capital market.
Article 3: Impact
Assessment of the role of Nigerian Stock Exchange on the Economic development
of Nigeria.
Journal: International Journal of economic
Development,
research
and investment vol. 2 No 1
Year: April, 2011.
Summary:
The stock exchange is a
specialized market for the buying and selling of securities. These securities
include stocks and shares which represent ownership interests in business,
debentures and government bonds. The study reviewed stock exchange, its
functions, activities, roles, legislation and the advantages and disadvantages
of listing on the stock market. The trading, cleaning and settlement process of
the Nigerian stock Exchange as well as the shortcomings were X-rayed. For
Nigerian stock exchange to contribute in the development of the Nigeria economy
through the mobilization and utilization of funds for expansion of business
enterprise in the country, it has intensified efforts in creating public
awareness as regards its services to the economy, effective investor education,
fostering and stimulating speculation in
the market and reforms that compel investors to take due diligence when funds
are to be raised by government to eliminate the buying and selling culture that
exists in the market.
Article 4: An assessment of income shocks and Expected
poverty Dynamics in Nigeria.
Journal: International Conference on Applied Economics
Year - 2003
Summary
Assessment of income shocks and households vulnerability
provides as excellent way of designing appropriate marginal reforms to tackle
welfare problems among some vulnerable groups. Three stage Feasible Generalized
Least Square (FGLS), analyses expected poverty using the 2004 NLSS data, high
agricultural input price and lack of capital to expand own business were
experienced by the largest proportion of the household. High vulnerability was
displayed by rural areas, Male headed household, large family and large number
of dependant. Appropriate marginal reforms should be targeted at vulnerability
group in rural areas and specific zones of the country in order to reduce
chronic and transient poverty.
Article 5: Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria through
capitalism Economic
Framework: Problems and Challenges.
Journal: Journal of Sustainable Development in
African vol 13 no 2.
Year- 2011.
Summary:
Poverty, both in absolute and relative terms is
afflicting most Nigerian. To be sure, successive Nigerian regimes have adopted series of measures to ameliorate the
plight of the poor. The application of capitalist policies and strategies has
not been able to alleviate poverty. Indeed, poverty alleviation is impossible
with the application of orthodox capitalist principle as a result of the contradiction
which are inherent in capitalism. However, Nigerian state should adopt
socialism or regulated capitalism if it is desirous to alleviate poverty.
Article 6: Impact
of poverty Reduction programmers on multidimensional poverty in Rural Nigeria.
Journal: Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa.
Vol 13 No 6
Year- 2011.
Summary:
Poverty reduction is the goal of all rural
development programmes embarked upon by Nigerian government. This is important
because poverty is a critical problem in
Nigeria and the rural area are mostly affected. Using
2006 core welfare indicator survey (CWR) data, fuzzy set approach was used to
examine the impact of poverty alleviation programmes on multidimensional
poverty index for rural Nigeria.
Multidimensional poverty index for rural Nigeria is 0.3796. Some development
programmes had negative impact on multidimensional poverty index of rural Nigeria. Household
head in the south –south region were multi-dimensionally poor than those in
other regions. The government should intensity efforts on programmes that had
positive impact on multidimensional poverty index of rural Nigeria and that
government programmes get to the targeted people.
Article 7: Application of
Contingency Theory of
Accounting Information to
the UAE Banking Sector.
Journal: Asian
Academy of management
journal vol
12 No 3.
Year- 2007
Summary:
Contingency theory has been given relatively little consideration
in terms of the factors that influence the accounting information system. Few
organizations appear to have systematic processes in place for managing the evolution
of their measurement system, testing contingency hypotheses in budgetary research
using moderated regression analysis. However, macro organizational concept,
technology and a human information processing system is a tool for contingency
theory of accounting information to the UAE banking sector.
Article 8: Evaluation
of Internal Control Systems –A Study from Uganda.
Journal: International Research Journal of Finance and
Economics.
Year: 2009
Summary:
Internal control system is a topical issue following
global fraudulent financial reporting and accounting scandals in both developed
and developing counties. A proactive preventive approach to the problem
requires a critical evaluation of the existing internal control structure in
organizations to determine their capacity to ensure that the organizations
activities are carried out in accordance with established goals, policies and
procedures, A conceptual model is used in evaluating the internal control
system in public sector projects in Uganda financed by the African Development
Bank. Thus, some control components of effective internal control systems are
lacking in these projects and renders the central control structures ineffective.
There should be improvement in the existing internal control systems.
Article 9: Poverty Reduction and the
Attainment of the
MDGs in Nigeria;
Problems and prospects.
Journal: International
Journal of Politics and Good
Governance Vol 2
No 3.
Year: 2011.
Summary:
Sub-Saharan Africa
has become synonymous with poverty. Nigeria hosts the largest
population of poor people in the region. The inauguration of the MDGs
represents an attempt at combating poverty through global partnership for
development and constitute the key to Nigeria’s escape from poverty trap.
However, the current progress towards the attainment of the goals is
approximately at a snails pace. To achieve the aim, sound reform practices are
required.
Article 10: The Impact of the Nigerian Capital Market on
Economic Growth (1990-2010).
Journal: International Journal of Developing Societies.
Vol 1 No 1,
Year: 2012.
Summary:
The performance of stock market is an impetus for economic
growth and development. The economic growth was proxies by Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) while the capital market variables considered market
capitalization (MCAP), Total New Issues (TNI), Value of Transactions (VLT) and
Total Listed Equities and Government Stocks (LEGS). Johansen co-integration and
granger causality test showed that the Nigerian capital market and economic
growth are co-integrated. It means that a long run relationship exists between
capital market and economic growth in Nigeria. The causality test suggest
a bidirectional causation between the
GDP and the value of transactions (VLT) and a unidirectional causality from
market capitalization to the GDP and vice-versa. There is independence “no
causation” between the GDP and total new issues (TNI) as well as GDP and LEGS.
This is a clear indication of the relative positive impact the capital market
plays on the economic growth of the country; Equally, the activities of the
capital market tend to impact positively on the economy. The regulatory
authority should initiate policies that would encourage more companies to
access the market and be more proactive in their surveillance role in order to
check sharp practices which undermine market integrity and erode investor’s confidence.
Article 11: OIL and Water Do Mix- The case of Saudi
Arabia
Journal: The Journal of Developing areas Vol 37 No 2.
Year: 2004.
Summary:
Attaining economic development and social wellbeing
through national development planning constitutes complementary goals. Such
supplementary link between the two goals is shown by the interaction between
the economic need to maintain healthy oil revenues and the social necessity to
use a part of the revenues to sustain subsidy of a most central life fulfilling
need the water resource in Sandi Arabia. The general equilibrium petroleum
production function is taken as a two sector model with linkages between crude
oil production as sector I and the water resource as sector 2 wherein the oil
revenue is injected into a pricing model of water resource. In spite of the oil
backed subsidy for water, the volatility of the global oil market could be
avoided by hinging the development and sustainability of water subsidy on a bench
mark.
Article 12: Indonesia’s Monetary Policy Dilemma-
Constraints of
Inflation targeting.
Journal: Journal of Developing Areas
Volume 37 No 2
Year: 2004
Summary:
Indonesia has been the worst hit
country during the 1997-1998 Asian Crisis. On the fiscal side, the government
is burdened with debt and the pressure to maintain social expenditure. On the
monetary side, there is a preoccupation with a lower inflation rate which
conflicts with the need to maintain liquid in a repressed economy. By examining
the inflation growth relationship, the study focused on whether there is any
room for inflating the economy to ease the pressure on government debt
repayment while maintaining social expenditure. The researcher finds a two way
relationship between inflation and growth but there is some evidence of long
rum neutrality of money showing that inflation is unlikely to affect economic
growth adversely in the long rum. The researcher used simple model that
explicitly takes into account inflation growth trade off and found that there
is room for a higher inflation rate than what it currently targeted. Indeed,
the study favors more expansionary macroeconomic policy mix.
Article 13: Determinants of Migration
to and from Bolivar
State,
Venezuela for 1961 and 1990; the
effect of Ciudad Guayana
on migration.
Journal: The Journal of Developing Areas. Vol 37 No 2
Year: 2004.
Summary:
The great influx of migrants to the capital cities
of many developing countries by the mid-twentieth century resulted in
concentrated population in many of these countries. The dissatisfaction with
the concentration of population in the capital region forced many developing countries
to initiate population dispersal policies to divert people to smaller cities,
rural regions, or resource frontiers. In 1959, Venezuela created an industrial
growth pole in Bolivia
state as an attempt to direct population away from Caracas. Regression paralysis was applied to
determine whether the predictor variables pertaining to sates of origin or
destination for life-time in-migrants and out migrants to and from Bolivar
differed between 1961 and 1990 as a result of this programme. Results indicated
that 1961 life time migrants responded to distance, population and industry
while 1990 migrants were being reunited from the more populous state suggesting
that the industrial growth pole had obtained a size that attracted further
growth. The predictor enables for life time out migrants as of 1961 were
income, distance and population where as 1990 life-time out migrants only
responded to income.
Article 14: Impact of Foreign Direct
Investment in
Oil Sector in Nigeria.
Journal: International Journal of Applied
Economics and
Finance
Year: 2012
Summary:
The study investigates the impacts of foreign direct
investment in oil sector in Nigeria
and its attendant effect on economic growth.
The co-integration analysis was used for the study. The results showed
that foreign direct investment at current year is regionally associated with
GDP possibly due to the fact that such investment needed to be allowed sometime
lag to translate to any significant impact. The impact of domestic capital
formation is relatively compared with the impact of foreign direct investment
in the oil sector. Security, corruption, inadequate infrastructure and
inconsistent regulations remains the key elements of Nigeria’s future challenge of
attracting more efficiency seeking foreign direct investment that can promote
her economic growth.
Article 15: The Determinants of Rural Poverty in Nigeria
Journal: International Journal of
Agricultural
Management and Development.
Year: 2013
Summary:
Most of the population of Nigeria is rural and agriculture is
the mainstay of the impoverished people’s livelihood. The Tobit regression
model was used in the estimation. Through the multistage sampling technique
primary data were attained from 150 rural farming households using a
questionnaire. The result shows that increase in farm income, farm size and
amount of agricultural loan led to a decrease in the level of poverty by
0.9953, 0 .1220 and 0.4016 x 10-6 respectively. Membership of the co-operative
by household heads, Ownership of certain assets, Access to extension services
and modern farm input, Increase in educational attainments and male heads of
households decreased the likelihood of being poor. Except access to loan that
is elastic, the responsiveness of the probability and intensity of poverty to
dependency ratio, farming experience; farm size and income are inelastic.
Article 16: Appraisal of Capital Market efficiency on
Economic Growth
in Nigeria
Journal: International Journal of
Business and
Management Vol 4, No. 12
Year: 2012
Summary:
The study focused on the appraisal of the impact of
capital market efficiency on economic growth in Nigeria. The study uses time series
data on market capitalization, money supply, interest rate, total market
transaction and government development stock between 1961 to 2004. The model is
multiple regression and ordinary least square estimation techniques. The result
shows that the capital market in Nigeria has the potentials of growth
reducing but has not confronted meaningfully to economic growth of Nigeria. This
is caused by low market capitalization, low absorptive capitalization,
illiquidity, misappropriation of funds etc. The researcher recommends that the
capital market remains one of the mainstream in every economy that has the
power to influence economic growth, hence the organize private sector is encouraged
to invest in it.
Article 17: Rural poverty in Nigeria:
profile,
Determinants and Exit paths
Journal: African Development Review
Vol 17 No 3
Year: 2005
The study, the profile of rural poverty in Nigeria uses
the 1996 national consumer survey data set. The results show that by 1996, the
proportion of the rural populations living under the poverty line stood at 71.7
percent up from 46 prevent in 1992. The depth of poverty in rural Nigeria was 33
compared with 18.9 percent severity during the same year. A logistic regression
model was estimated based on the data with the probability of a household being
poor as the dependent variable and a set of personal explanatory variables
Article 18; Analysis of Internal control
in a computerized Accounting System. A study of first bank Plc.
Journal: Journal of Development
Economics Vol 4 No 7.
Year: 2012.
The study examines the analysis of Internal
control system in a computerized accounting system. The study deepens in
analyzing the internal control system of first bank Abakaliki as the study
area. The study applied chi- square (x2) technique to test the
hypotheses on the internal control and the adequacy of internal framework of
checks and balances of the bank. The result showed that internal control
provides adequate framework of checks and balances that ensure operational
efficiency and effectiveness in the bank. Workshops and trainings were
recommended for staff in order to meet up with the challenges of information
technology.
Article 19: Poverty Alleviation Programmes and Food
Security- A Study of Abia- State
Agricultural
Development Programme
(Abia- ADP)
Journal: African Economic Research
Consortium
(AERC), NaIrobi Vol 1 No 3
Year: 2012.
The study examined the twin issue of Poverty
Alleviation and Food security in Nigeria. It deepens further on how
Poverty Alleviation Programmes have been implemented and its effect on food
security in Abia State. The study applied the Chi-Square
(x2) technique to test hypotheses on the impact of Abia- ADP on food
security, food sufficiency level of the Abia citizens and the Implementation
policy of the programme. The result showed that at 0.05 level of significance,
Abia- ADP had assisted farmers in achieving their potentials for increased
output, productivity and income on a sustainable basis. The study recommends
that Government ensure the availability of improved and adaptable technologies
to help include all kinds of crops and increased output.
Article 20: Evaluation
of the Sources and Effectiveness of Local Government Revenue Generation in Ebonyi State---A
Study of Onicha Local Government Area.
Journal: International Journal of
Accounting and
Finance.
Year: 2009
Summary:
The study evaluate the sources and effectiveness of
the Local Government Revenue Generation in Ebonyi State.
It narrowed the study area to Onicha Local Government Area. The study applied
Pearson technique to find out the level of revenue generation in the State via
Onicha local council The result showed that the level of internal revenue
generation in Onicha Local Government Area is inadequate and needs increased
efforts. It recommends that local government should use its public relations
machinery to educate its citizens on the need for them to pay their taxes,
rates and licenses. Government should check the excessive embezzlement of
revenue collected. Revenue collectors should be bonded and fidelity guarantee
cover taken on them. The internal and external auditors should be up and doing.
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