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This study utilizes standard- and nested-EKC models to investigate the income-environment relation for Nigeria, between … and emissions in Nigeria, with a T.P around $237.23. Tests for structural breaks caused by the 1973 oil price shocks and …-environment relationship in Nigeria. Further, results from the rolling interdecadal analysis shows that the observed relationship is stable and …
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, benefits socio-economic growth in Nigeria in general and in the Niger Delta of Nigeria in particular. In 1998, the United … Nations Special Rapporteur's report on Nigeria accused Nigeria and Shell of violating human rights and failing to protect the … environment, and called for an investigation into Shell activities in Nigeria. The report condemned Shell for arming the security …
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Indeed, the recent emphasis on eco-political governance in Nigeria is unique in that it was initiated by external … Nigeria have embraced the market economy and liberalized their policies; issues related to political participation, democracy … participatory e-development and traditional development strategies should not be seen as mutually exclusive but rather complementary …
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Nigeria's Benin region was a major rubber producer in 1960. In 1921, however, the government abandoned the industry as … the development of ``communal'' plantations, but these suffered from labor scarcity, a weak state, limited information …
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The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met … with growing resistance by established local entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter … a trading Diaspora in general vis-à-vis local entrepreneurs, regardless of the background national culture in which it …
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’s organizations consider human resource management as an all inclusive practice and view it playing vital role in their development …
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The informal sector (IS) in developing countries plays significant roles viz., the provision of employment, incomes and supplying ignored markets. However, the working and employment conditions in the sector are still poor. Thus, its expansion and changing structures have drawn the attention of...
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The hypothesis that human capital increases productivity is tested using data from a sample of low value-added microenterprises. A special attribute of this paper is the join treatment of formal learning or training in education institutions, and informal training by experience of the owner in...
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An extended quality-driven efficiency-adjusted data envelopment analysis (QE-DEA) method is developed to measure the performance of service units. Performance is measured based on efficiency and users’ satisfaction. The extended QE-DEA method identifies as benchmarks only units that are...
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Abstract Purpose - Recent OECD (2010, 2011) reports argue that eco-innovation is the key to realising growth. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the drivers of eco-innovation and to compare the impact of eco-innovation and non-eco-innovation on firm performance. The paper provides insights...
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