CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The Nigerian economy has not fared as well as expected despite its rich human and natural endowments and its claim to be the ‘giant’ of Africa. When compared with the emerging Asian economies, particularly, Thailand, Malaysia, China, India and Indonesia that were far behind Nigeria in … Read more
ABSTRACT The broad objective of the work is to critically analyse the impact of the current large inflow of remittances into the country on labour supply by the recipients. The Nigerian General Household Survey data of 2013 conducted and published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) was analysed with the aid of descriptive Statistics … Read more
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The need for appropriate adjustment mechanism to structural imbalances in many developed countries, especially after the Great Depression of 1929-1933, culminated in extensive researches on exchange rate pass-through (ERPT) with the primary objective of determining a nominal anchor for inflation and inflation expectations. It is widely believed … Read more