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Effective Governance and Economic Development Issues in Nigeria’s Fiscal Federalism
Get PDFThe study examined Effective Governance and Economic Development issues in Nigeria’s Fiscal Federalism. This is on the premise that the issue of fiscal federalism has been contentious since pre-colonial period to the present day in all its ramifications; from jurisdiction and derivation, to the allocation to federating units. Unfortunately, these have been without recourse to the issues of effective governance and economic development of the country that should be at the core of the matter. The study adopted an ex-post facto research design and obtained data from secondary sources namely Central Bank of Nigeria, National Bureau of Statistics and World Bank publications. It employed the Econometric Structural Vector Autoregressive estimation technique for analysis. Findings of the study revealed that revenue allocation and expenditure by the federating units led to economic growth, but this did not transmit to economic development, the alleviation of poverty and the control of unemployment due to ineffective governance. So, the study makes the following recommendations; Poor leadership in the country can be strengthened by proper enforcement of rules by institutions and agencies of state in the country. Revenue and expenditure allocation to the tiers of government should be transparently accounted for. Also, efforts at increasing social investments should be enhanced and financial inclusion should be prioritized
ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND THE GROWTH OF TRADE TAX REVENUE IN NIGERIA (1970-2015)
Get PDFThis thesis examined the effect of economic integration on the growth of trade tax revenue in Nigeria from 1970 to 2015.The specific objectives examined the trend of trade tax revenue in Nigeria before and after joining WTO and estimated the buoyancy of trade tax revenue to total tax revenue in Nigeria. It was undertaken given that in the quest for development in the midst of unsustainable fiscal deficit, Nigeria is pursuing economic integration which also has revenue consequences thereby exacerbating the fiscal deficit if not controlled. The study sourced secondary data mainly from Central Bank of Nigeria Statistical Bulletin over the period of the study applying an ex-post facto research design. An econometric model was specified and Ordinary Least Squares estimation technique was used to estimate the parameters of the model. Empirical findings indicated that economic integration inversely (-0.29) affected trade tax revenue in Nigeria, and this effect was statistically significant. Also, the buoyancy of tax result showed that trade tax revenue is inelastic (0.77) to total tax revenue, which is also income inelastic (0.95) to Gross Domestic Product these are evidences of leakages due to corruption. Based on these findings, the study recommends the full understanding of foreign trade agreements using experts with the requisite knowledge to ensure conducive environment is created for its full implementation with the needed political will. There is also an urgent need to implement macroeconomic policies like stable interest and exchange rate that will create conducive environment to improve the productive capacity of the domestic economy to develop, reinvigorate and widen domestic tax revenue bases, while anticorruption agencies like the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC), and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) should be motivated by building their capacity and independence, including improved welfare conditions to carry out their duties effectively, so that tax laws can be enforced and offenders are arrested and prosecuted as deterrent to others
RAPID POPULATION GROWTH AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN NIGERIA
Get PDFThe study examined rapid population growth and economic development issues in Nigeria. This is on the premise that Nigeria has a rapidly growing population forecasted to be about 400 million in 2050, with a very high proportion of youths. The country has struggled against demographic tide since independence, and there are widening gaps in poverty, unemployment, and inequality which are factors elevating the country’s under-development. The study adopted an ex-post facto research design and, obtained secondary data from the publications of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the National Bureau of Statistics, and the World Bank. Descriptive and Analytical statistics tools wereused to analyze the data. The findings of the study revealed thatpopulation, remittances, gross domestic product, and unemployment negatively and significantly affect the Human Development Index in Nigeria, while foreign direct investment and effective governance exerteda positive and significant effect. So, the study makes the following recommendations; Nigeria must control its rapidly growing population by formulating and implementing population and economic policies that are supportive of all-inclusive economic growth. The high rate of youth employment should be checked by developing skills set through quality education, improved health care, and vocational training for the youths
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
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