Economics Project Topics and Materials (Page 39)

Abstract This study examined the role of financial institutions in agricultural development. A case study of Nigeria Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank, with a view to make useful suggestions and recommendations as way of enhancing the development of agricultural sector. The population for the study includes large and small scale... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of savings in Nigeria between 1985 -2013, which will enable us to proffer solution for the improvement of savings in the economy, since it is an important component of the economic development of any country. On the basis of available data, the study is of the view that savings output in Nigeria during... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The fact that developing countries are highly dependent on external sources for growth and development, trade in this view is then recognized as a vital catalyst in their development process. The study examines the impact of foreign trade on economic growth in Nigeria between 1980-2010, by looking at the review of Nigeria’s trade... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of external debt on exchange rate dynamic in Nigeria for the period 1996-2014. Time series data on external debt stock and external debt service was used to capture external debt burden. The study set out to test for both a long run and causal relationship between external debt and exchange rate dynamic... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The research purpose is to evaluate economic impact of marketing communication mix on the Nigerian telecommunication industry” a study of mtn Nigeria in imo state Economic impact of marketing communication mix on telecommunication industry cannot be over emphasized. At the heart of management lies a fundamental requirement of being able... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research was prompted by the obvious dominant role of the oil sector in the Nigerian economy. The urge to know the extent to which this sector affects the economic life of the people, led therefore to the analysis of the impact of the oil industry on the Nigeria economy. The economic impact which was categorized into positive and... Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION The amount of the producer’s wealth is a guess depending on price, method, and level of out put and peace of production. Nigeria is an oil-producing nation, and oil occupies a very important position among the nations revenue sources. Its significance in the nations economy cannot be explained solely in terms of barrels produced and... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of government expenditure on economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1985-2014.The study employed Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) to examine the effect that government expenditure has on economic growth in Nigeria and also co-integration test was used to test for long-run relationship between... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study aims at evaluating the performances of the Islamic banks and the conventional banks before, during and after the global financial crisis. Variables that were used during the cause of the research include profitability performances, liquidity performance and credit risk of the various banking institutions. The study covers a... Continue Reading

The broad objective of this study is to examine the impact of foreign direct investment and domestic investment on economic growth in Nigeria for the period of 1986 to 2013. To achieve the broad objective, the following specific objectives were raised:(i) Analyse the trend of foreign direct investment, domestic investment and economic growth in... Continue Reading

Abstract This study evaluates the transmission channels between exchange rate, unemployment, inflation and economic growth through a multivariate trend and structural analysis. The scope of the research is from 1986 to 2013 using annual time series data collected from the CBN statistical Bulletin. This study employs the Vector Auto-regressive... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study is aimed at finding out the determinants of savings in a deregulated economy. The Nigerian experience (1980-2010). The following hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. Ho: Interest rate has no significant impact on national savings in deregulated economy of Nigeria. Ho: inflation rate has no significant impact on... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study on the impact of budget deficit on economic growth in Nigeria employed time series data within the period of 34 years (1981-2015). The data was sourced from central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), National Bureau of statistics (NBS) and World Bank: World Development indicators. The series was subjected to unit root test of both ADF and... Continue Reading

This study was conducted to examine the effect of oil price fluctuations on the price of selected agricultural commodities in Nigeria using time series data sourced from Central Bank website, United States Energy Information Administration (E.I.A) website and Food and Agricultural Organization Statistics (FAOSTAT) between January 2000 and December... Continue Reading

ABSTRACTThe thrust of this study is to evaluate the impact of Microfinance banks credit on Kaduna Stateand to examine the impact of Microfinance on the beneficiaries. The data utilized cross sectionaldata obtained through questionnaires administered randomly to six (6) operators, one hundredand eighty (180) questionnaires beneficiaries of... Continue Reading

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a relatively new threat to traditional labour market as it is known today. This paper examines the effect of Artificial intelligence use by firms on the Nigerian labour Market. The study obtains data from Workers from across Nigeria as sample, the survey was carried out using Google forms which removed... Continue Reading

Abstract The lack of adequate finance has led to decline in the growth of the Small and Medium Scale Enterprise (SME) sector in Nigeria even with various instruments and policies put in place. This study employed Co-integration and Error Correlation Method (ECM) techniques to investigate the impact of commercial bank credits on SME growth in... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study assesses empirically effects of terrorism on the various sectors of the Nigeria economy with the real sector in view. In spite of government counter-terrorism expenditure and efforts, the incidence of terrorism in Nigeria appears to be rising. This paper examines the growth and fiscal consequences of terrorism in Nigeria by... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study examined the factors that affects capital market development specifically the case study of Nairobi Stock Exchange. It covered the period of 2005-2010 for companies listed on the stock market. In spite of the... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The study which was entitled “the effects of insurgency on the Socio-economic development of North Eastern Nigeria” focused on Wukari Local Government Area of Southern Taraba in Taraba State. It had as its objectives the need to identify the relationship between the standard of living and insurgency, to examine the effects of... Continue Reading

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION The impact of population growth on agriculture and natural resource management has been debated at least from the time of Reverend Thomas Malthus . Although the dismal predictions of Malthus regarding the inability of agricultural production to keep pace with population growth have not come to pass. The consequences of... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This research work is on the empirical analysis of the determinants of exchange rate in Nigeria. (1983-2007). The main objectives of carrying out this research is to find out the profile that exists between inflation, consumer price index and exchange rate determinant in Nigeria. To do this successfully, two hypothesis was formulated... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to determine the effect of stock market on capital formation in Nigeria. The variables included in the model were, Gross Fixed Capital Formation, value of share traded, interest rate, inflation rate, commercial bank investment indicator, and Stock Market Capital. Data were sourced from CBN statistical bulletin... Continue Reading

ABSTRACT The financial system in any modern economy consists basically of two markets via: 1} The money market 2} The capital market The money market provides short term finances for project execution, while the capital market perform all the long term functions of buying, selling and borrowing of long term funds. The capital market is a highly... Continue Reading