This study investigates the relationship between social protection policies and agricultural output in Nigeria using data from Living Standard Measurement Study-Integrated Survey on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) conducted in August-October 2012 and February-April 2013 for post planting interview and...

This study investigates a long-run relationship between agriculture and manufacturing industry output in Nigeria using a time series data from 1982 to 2015. The study employs the Granger causality test, Vector Error Correction Model and co-integration technique to estimate the interdependence...

This paper discusses the way forward for social policy in America considering the conflicting religious and political ideologies that confront the polity. The paper applies the Secularized Evangelical Discourse to analyze the position of the religious right, new Christian right and mainstream...

There are increasing scholarly debates on the direction of policy to effectively improve the performance of banks. Some scholars argue that bank performance is enhanced by improvements in the internal organization and managerial efficiency others argue that industry wide factors are integral to...

This study estimates technical efficiency and total factor productivity change in the Nigerian banking sector for the period 2005 – 2014, which encapsulates the post consolidation era and subsequent regime of banking reforms aimed at stabilizing the sector from the effects of financial crisis....

The Niger Delta region is the oil producing area of Nigeria, which consist of highly diverse ecosystems that is supportive of numerous species of terrestrial and aquatic fauna and flora. This region is the largest wetland in Africa and it is among the ten most important wetlands and marine...

The Niger Delta region is the oil producing area of Nigeria, which consist of highly diverse ecosystems that is supportive of numerous species of terrestrial and aquatic fauna and flora. This region is the largest wetland in Africa and it is among the ten most important wetlands and marine...