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    Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Nigeria: An Empirical Analysis
    (American Academic & Scolarly Research Journal, 0013-01-01) Yaqub Jameelah .Omolara, Adam Shehu Lukman, Jimoh Ayodele
    The integration of Nigeria with the global economy increased since the 1990s with greater inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI is assumed to benefit a developing economy by supplementing domestic investment, generating employment and through the transfer of technology. Studies on the impact of foreign capital on the Nigerian economy, like those of other developing countries remain inconclusive. Most of these studies ignored the possibility of bi-directional causality between foreign direct investment and economic growth. This paper therefore examines the impact of FDI on economic growth in Nigeria, using Vector Auto-regression (VAR) modelling to capture the structure of inter-relationships among relevant variables. The empirical analysis shows that FDI does not granger cause economic growth. Moreover it could not be established that FDI is a statistically important determinant of real GDP in Nigeria. Growth in real GDP is mostly explained by its own shocks. The implication of this is that the policy linkage between real GDP and FDI is weak and there is need for policy to ensure provision of adequate infrastructure in order to maximise the potential benefit of FDI in Nigeria. Keywords: Foreign Direct investment, Economic growth, Nigeria, Empirical analysis, Openness.
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    Rethinking Entrepreneurship for Sustainability: An Application of the Spirit, Body and Soul (SBS) Model to Developing Economies
    (Pioneer Publishers, 0025-04-10) Muritala Awodun, Lukman Adam
    Entrepreneurship has truly driven the developed economies to growth and development, and the case of developing economies cannot be different. Despite the huge population and natural resource dominance of these economies, development in terms of infrastructure and growth has been distorted. This paper takes a critical look at the understanding of the concept of entrepreneurship with the aim of ensuring sustainable entrepreneurship in the developing economies. To achieve this, the paper examines the SBS model of entrepreneurship relating its applicability to the developing economies for there to be any form of sustainable development. Following the lead of scholars such as Baumol (1968); Dees (2001); Coyne & Leeson (2004); Austin et.al. (2006); Baumol & Strom (2007) Desai & Acs (2007); Schumpeter (2008); Boettke & Coyne (2009); Kirzner (2009); Simons et. al. (2011); Desai (2013); Lucas & Fuller (2015); Hippel (2017), the paper adopted the approach of giving ‘life’ to entrepreneurship through the application of the spirit, body and soul (SBS) model, where entrepreneurship or being enterprising is likened to the human ‘body’, entrepreneurial to the ‘spirit’, and entrepreneurialism to the ‘soul’ with the submission that sustainable entrepreneurship must connect the trio in the entrepreneur who is the ‘person’ that creates the product and the enterprise, as the ‘business’ that work in partnership to create sustainable development. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Development, Developing Economies, SBS model
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    Corruption and state capacity in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross country analysis
    (0217) Akande, Rashidat Sumbola
    Corruption has been a major hindrance to the development of most African states. Corruption in governance can distort policymaking and therefore affect state capacity. The capacity of the state is divided into the extractive (fiscal capacity) and productive capacity (legal capacity). This study focused on the extractive capacity and did a cross-country regression analysis using panel data across the Sub-Saharan Africa region to explore the fixed and random effect specification of the variables. The result obtained indicated that corruption has a negative influence on the fiscal capacity (measured as tax revenue) of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper also showed that corruption alone might have no significant effect on tax revenue if governance is not included. This implies that good governance is a very important determinant of state capacity, and it is highly correlated with corruption. The result suggests that good governance which includes its key requirements of accountability, transparency, political stability, and rule of law, will improve the fiscal capacity of a state, as this will make corruption difficult to take root.
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    THE EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON ECONOMY GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
    (Published by European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 0321-10-30) Adeoye Afolabi
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    African Polygamy: Church Action, · Community Reaction, and · Personal Interaction
    (1994) A.M. OKORIE
    Polygamy ~as been at the heart of the whole polemics within the Church and the African community. This social problem has been from tQ.e mid-nineteenth century until today. 1 The Western entry into Africa brought various changes, especially the introduction of Christianity. The Church and the community interacted, but in the practice of polygamy the Church and the community became strange bed-fellows. As Alan Tippett describes it: uThe .current situation is urgent."2 I shall briefly explore the nature, extent and function of polygamy, the problem or concern being debated, the Church action on polygamy, the community reaction in Africa, and my personal interaction with this sensitive socio-ecclesiastical issue.
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    AFRICAN WIDOWHOOD PRACTICES: THE IGBO MOURNING EXPERIENCE
    (1995) A.M. Okorie
    The Good News of Jesus Christ has brought salvation and hope to many who suffered in their former way of life. No greater contrast can be found than in the two different approaches to death, that of the Christian faith and that of African traditions. The Gospel liberates believers from the fear of death and fear of the living-dead. Yet the deep seated world view of African traditions persist, even in Christian communities. Dr. Okorie explores the mourning experience of the lgbo of Nigeria, as experienced particularly by the widows. He briefly mentions some of the ways in which the biblical teaching should transform the traditional approach to death. Death with alf the beliefs and practices surrounding this universal experience deserves more thought in order to know how to bring complete deliverance to God's people held in bondage of fear.
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    MEALS AS TYPE-SCENES IN THE THIRD GOSPEL
    (1996) A.M.Okorie
    Luke includes a reference to food in many chapters of the Third Gospel. It is obvious that meals play an important part in the Lukan presentation of the story of Jesus. The meals of Jesus have profound theological significance, and this significance mounts as each scene is carefully unfolded by the author. This paper is directed towards the establishment of a fixed pattern or type-scene which will serve to identify those scenes that can technically be called meal-scenes.
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    JOHN THE BAPTIST AND ELIJAH
    (1999) A.M.Okorie
    The purview of this paper is to examine the relationship between John the Baptist and Elijah. The paper will be divided into four parts: Old Testament background to the Elijah motif, John the Baptist and the Elijah motif in the Synoptic Gospels, as well as in the Johannine Gospel, and correlative issues.
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    Islamic ethics and human reproduction
    (Islamic Women/Youth Centre, Anwar-ul Islam Movement of Nigeria, 2000) Hussain-Abubakar, Sherifat
    The focus here is also on reproductive health but with particular reference to Celibacy, Adoption, Widowhood Practices, Relations between Couples and the Muslim Family. The sacredness of the family institution is elaborated upon. Some reproductive health practices though common place, offend against Islam and stand discouraged, Though Islam recognises women's rights, it at the same time imposes some obligations on Muslim women.
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    ظواهر النقد الأدبي العربي في نيجيريا
    (قسم الأديان ، جامعة إلورن، إلورن, 2003) عبد الرزاق محمد كاتبي
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    Understanding the Qur'ān in the Light of Historical Change
    (Islamic Studies, 2003) Solihu, Abdul Kabir Hussain
    'History', in its classic usage, refers o the actual happening of the past or the narration of that happening. A narrative account of a historical event is posterior to the act of understanding, simply because to give an account of an event presupposes a prior understanding of it. It is history in the first sense rather than the second that is primarily associated with the process of understanding.
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    THE ROLE OF RACIAL HARMONY IN NATION BUILDING
    (2004) Abdul Rauf Ambali
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    A Reflection on the Challenges in Nigerian Agricultural Policies and the Way Forward
    (Journal of Administrative Science, 2005) Abdul Rauf Ambali; Asimiyu Olalekan MURANA
    his study examines the Nigerian Agricultural Policies before and after independence. The paper employs secondary source of collecting data. The study reveals that despite the soundness of most of the Nigerian Agricultural Policies, there is a real short fall between the expectations and results. It also identified some of the challenges of the reviewed policies which have been hitherto affecting the translation of these ambitious policy documents into realities. Based on the findings of this paper, it was recommended that government should redouble its efforts in implementing various policies and programmes, adopting a consistent policy measures, avoiding unjustifiable policy reversals, partnering with relevant inter-governmental organizations in order to attract the much-needed private sector capital injections into the agricultural sector, as well as increasing the expertise to make the sector become the engine of growth in Nigeria.
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    المؤثرات العربية في الدراسات الإسلامية
    (NATAIS, 2005) عبد الرزاق محمد كاتبي
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    Gender oppression: Muslim women and post divorce issues in Nigeria
    (Anyigba Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies, 2005) Hussain-Abubakar, Sherifat
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    القصة: مصادرها ووظائفها في منظار الأدب الإسلامي
    (مجلة أمينغبا للدراسات العربية والإسلامة جامعة ولاية كوغي, 2006) عبد الرزاق محمد كاتبي
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    قضايا في البحوث العربية
    (جامعة إبادن ، نيجيريا, 2006) عبد الرزاق محمد كاتبي
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    Islamic mode of dressing for female as a globalised socio-cultural concept
    (Alore : Ilorin Journal of the Humanities, 2006) Hussain-Abubakar, Sherifat
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    The Impact of Economic Development on Water Pollution: Trends and Policy Actions in Malaysia
    (Springer Science + Business Media, B.V. 2007, 2006-08-09) Suleyman A. Muyibi; Abdul Rauf Ambali
    The paper examines the impact of development activities on water pollution in Malaysia. Hence, the main objective of this paper is not just to examine the trends of development-induced water pollution around the region of the country but to know where the problems are and the policy measures taken by the government. It evaluates the probable causative relationship between problems introduced due to technology employed in water pollution control and governmental policy measures. It examines the relationship between development indicators as sources of pollution and polluted rivers over a period of 12 years. The findings of the paper have shown that despite the policy enforcement actions against the identified sources of water pollution, all the three development indicators (chosen based on those identified sources) still accounted for high percentage of river pollution in Malaysia. The findings of the paper were used to identify the central fact of the location of the problem. Some crucial conclusions of where the problems likely to be, as reflected in the findings, are: (a) the issue of interactive-effects between pollutants that many policy-makers are not aware of. This is when policy measures concentrate only on one source of water pollution; (b) the enforcement strength and/or effectiveness of policy measures themselves; (c) financial constraints to invest in appropriate technology especially sewerage systems for controlling human source of water pollution in the country; as well as those confronting small polluting industries (d) finally, lack of cooperation between government and private business firms to comply with regulatory policies for water pollution control.