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West Africa is receiving renewed attention from the international community. At the heart of climatic, migratory and security issues with international consequences, the region is the source of many resilience, humanitarian aid and security programmes as well as development projects. Focusing on...
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Households in the west African semi-arid tropics face substantial risk -- an inevitable consequence of engaging in rainfed agriculture in a drought-prone environment. It has long been hypothesized that these households keep livestock as a buffer stock to insulate their consumption from income...
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The study was carried out to analyze the profit efficiency in beef production in South West, Nigeria. These were with a …
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and last part of the volume presents case studies for Guinea-Bissau and Nigeria on the impediments to growth, with a focus …
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Mobile phone coverage has expanded considerably throughout the developing world, particularly within sub-Saharan Africa. Existing evidence suggests that increased access to information technology has improved agricultural market efficiency for consumer markets and certain commodities, but there...
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The study investigated the causes of mass failure of students in West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) from the perspective of the teachers. It also examined the trend of mass failure of students in the examination between 2003 and 2010. A descriptive research of the...
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This study analyzed Nigeria's trade complementarity and similarity with West African sub-region using trade intensity … index and revealed comparative advantage index for the period 2000-2014. Exports and imports of Nigeria and ECOWAS and their … twenty major products categories were analyzed. The result of the study shows that Nigeria and ECOWAS trade is importance …
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union, and the remaining non-CFA countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with Nigeria and Ghana … originating in Ghana and Nigeria than in the CFA-franc zone. One could interpret this as the CFA-franc conveying over a higher …. Secondly, the estimation of external financial fragility in the CFA-franc zone and Nigeria shows that the naira implies a …
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