The crowding-out effects of corruption in Nigeria: An empirical study.

This study examined the crowding out effects of corruption and its destabilizing implications on the economic growth of Nigeria, using parsimonious error correction mechanism. The study employed experimental research design approach for the data analysis, which combined theoretical consideration (a priori criteria) with empirical observations and extracted maximum information from the available data. The Nigerian secondary and time series data were tested for stationary and co integration variables before they were used. The results of the regression showed that there is a negative relationship between corruption and output growth in Nigeria. These findings have some policy implications. The government should introduce a national reorientation program to educate people on the crucial need to eradicate corruption in all sectors of Nigeria’s economic and socio-political systems and strengthen the previous efforts in programs like Code of Conduct Bureau, WAI Brigade, ICPC, EFCC and NATPIP. The government must introduce an equitable wages and incentive system and improve other conditions of work so that the level of poverty could be reduced and the quality of life improved. This will inevitably reduce people’s vulnerability and susceptibility to corruption. She must also introduce transparency devices that can detect and prevent corruption in all areas.Corruption, Economic Growth, corruption perception index, unemployment

Master\u27s Recital

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Expansion of the crop ontology by adding cassava trait ontology

Poster presented at CGIAR Generation Challenge Programme, General Research Meeting. Hyderabad (India), 21-25 Sep 201

Integrating Lean with CMMI using VBS

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Repositioning Governance Debates in Development: A Pluralistic Consideration

The advocates of governance argue that the heavy workload on the government was responsible for their inability to resolve all the tasks and demands placed upon them by the citizenry (Pierre and Peters, 2000). Nevertheless, Bonfiglioli’s (2003) and Morvaridi (2008) argues  that unequal power relations (inequality) between the privileged and  less powerful actors make the analysis of governance very critical at the local level. Following from the foregoing analysis, this paper critically investigates the place of governance discourse in development. The paper draws on pluralistic literature to illuminate fundamental strategies for repositioning governance debates in development. In doing so, the paper justifies the case for governance as a strategy for addressing the salient societal problems affecting social, economic and political lives. The paper also engages the literature to unveil the increasing discourse and contest that have shaped the boundaries of governance concept (Huque and Zafarullah, 2006:5). Besides, the paper questions the global institutions concept of governance in order to unravel the technocratic interpretation that has shaped the global institutions’ concept of governance. The paper discovers that governance has a diverse usage and application beyond the practice of government. The paper also reveals that beyond politics and international relations, governance has also gained wider currency in areas including: corporate institutions, economics, management, and steering and relationship management, among others. The main contribution of this paper to knowledge is that it has engaged with multiple debates in governance taking it beyond the practice of government to broader level of partnerships, networks, relationships and multiple spheres within which governance takes place (Dean, 1999; Agrawal, 2005). This has enhanced our understanding about various interpretations which have shaped governance debates in theory and practice. Keywords: Governance, Globalization, Inequality, Institutions, Power. JEL Classification Codes: B25, F02, G30, I32, P16

Global Technological Trend in Academic Libraries

The advent of Social Media Technologies (SMTs) has remodelled contemporary academic libraries in unprecedented ways as developed countries are metamorphosing from providing library services from the conventional labour-intensive systems to embrace some easy dynamic technologically SMT driven systems which is the global trend in service delivery. But the reverse is the case in Africa and likewise in Nigeria where there is a dearth of research on SMT culture, cognizance of these technologies, acceptance, and implementation in academic libraries. It is on this premise that this study examined the use of SMTs for a globalised library services in the University of Ibadan and Babcock University in South West Nigeria. The study adopted a post-positivist research paradigm and a mixed-method research approach with a survey research design. The population for the study comprised all academic librarians coupled with 4th-year level Computer Science students in the selected two universities. While a multistage sampling technique was used in the selection of the target samples which involved the selection of the oldest public and private Universities in the region which are the University of Ibadan (UI), a Federal University, and Babcock University (BU) which is a Private University. Findings from the current study show that SNS (70.7%), chatting tools such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, (65.9%), and image and video sharing (26.8%) were the first set of three most SMT used by Academic Librarians within the sampled universities in providing globalised library services to the library clientele. Also, personal knowledge and skills; staff willingness to change, and Management support were the three (3) most important factors ranked by academic librarians as elements influencing the adoption and use of SMTs. Both University libraries are at different stages of coming up with the requisite SMT policies in providing globalised library services in academic librarie

Does Economic Growth Reduce Poverty in Nigeria?

It is worrisome to discover that Nigeria is characterized by high rates of poverty in spite of increase in the growth rate of the economy in recent times and the huge revenues derived from oil. This paradox provoked this study. The study however examined the existence of significant relationship between economic growth and poverty in Nigeria if any. It provided an empirical answer to the startling question: Does Economic growth reduces poverty in Nigeria? The paper employed standard econometric method, Ordinary Least Square multiple regression, (OLS) to determine the relationship. The time series secondary data were screened using stationarity and co integration tests. The data were found to be stationary and co-integrated. The Empirical findings demonstrated a significant and direct relationship between economic growth and poverty in Nigeria. This implies that economic growth rate does not reduce poverty in Nigeria. In other words, the impressive growth of the economy in recent times could not yield an improvement in poverty. The so-called “trickle down” phenomenon, underlying the view that growth improves poverty is not supported by Nigeria’s data. The findings and the conclusion of the study suggested the need for the policy makers to ensure equitable distribution and allocation of the national income.  In the light of this suggestion, the policy makers should evaluate the pattern of public expenditures and ensure that they are properly harnessed to favour the poor. With the widely acknowledged encouraging relationship between literacy rate and poverty, this study suggested that there is need to strive to achieve a higher literacy rate in Nigeria. Keywords: Economic growth, poverty, literacy rate, public expenditures and income distribution, Nigeria

Effectiveness of Selected Communication Media on Tourism Awareness Creation for Rural Development in Ogun State, Nigeria

Nigeria is a land of variety that possesses favourable weather, wildlife,waterfalls, historical relics, captivating beaches, rock out-crops, rolling lullscoupled with hospitable and culturally active people that are capable ofmaking tourism a delight in Nigeria. The study therefore assessed theeffectiveness of selected communication media on awareness creationtowards tourism for rural development in Ogun State. The findings revealed that among the communication media identified for tourism awareness creation: radio, television, family & friends were rated 1st 2nd and 3rd respectively. The results also revealed that radio (÷² = 11.8,

Attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms and disorder (ADHD) among African children: a review of epidemiology and co-morbidities

Objective: To review literature from Africa on the epidemiology of ADHD as well attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms and associated co-morbid conditions among African children.Method: A literature search was done through Pubmed/MEDLINE and Google Scholar using then following terms, “attention deficit”, “hyperactivity disorders”, “epidemiology”, “co-morbid conditions”, “Africa”. Nine studies met the inclusion criteria with four studies coming from South Africa, two each from Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria respectively and one from Ethiopia.Results: The prevalence of ADHD varied with rates of between 5.4%and 8.7%, amongst school children, 1.5% amongst children from the general population between 45.5% to 100.0% amongst special populations of children with possible organic brain pathology. Common associated co-morbid conditions were oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder as well as anxiety/depressive symptoms. Conclusion: Published data from Africa is limited. For effective healthcare policy further studies are needed to define the magnitude and burden of ADHD and other childhood neurodevelopmental disorders in Africa