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Some Strategies For Development Of Nigeria's Agricultural Sector In The 1990s, G. E. Ukpong
Some Strategies For Development Of Nigeria's Agricultural Sector In The 1990s, G. E. Ukpong
Economic and Financial Review
This paper reviews the major policy measures Introduced by the government to Induce growth of output of the agricultural sector and accelerate Its development. Some measures adopted before the Introduction of the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP} Included producer prices selling through Marketing Boards, establishment of financial Institutions and Funds to extend credit to the sector at concessionary Interest rates, and the provision of extension services by ministries of agriculture. Agricultural policy measures under SAP consisted, among others, of abolition of Commodity Boards, free market determination of agricultural product prices, a ban on the export and Import of selected agricultural products …
Developments In The Insurance Industry In Nigeria In 1991, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn
Developments In The Insurance Industry In Nigeria In 1991, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn
Economic and Financial Review
Nigeria's insurance Industry expanded marginally In 1991. While some companies In the Industry diversified their activities from wholly life lo joint life and non-life, the number of companies formerly In the life business remained unchanged. Amidst general price increases, the aggregate industry Income rose although expenditures increased foster.
Exchange Rate Action: Channels Of Contribution To Effectiveness Of Growth-Oriented Adjustment Policies In Low Income Primary Producing Countries, F. L. Osundade
Exchange Rate Action: Channels Of Contribution To Effectiveness Of Growth-Oriented Adjustment Policies In Low Income Primary Producing Countries, F. L. Osundade
Economic and Financial Review
This paper Identifies exchange rate as one of the principal policy tools through which low-Income primary producing countries could properly align their economic and financial activities with those In the rest of the world to achieve satisfactory growth In income and employment. It examines the channels U1rougl1 which devaluation (exchange rate action) can produce significant impacts on major economic aggregates and in the process, correct financial and structural Imbalances.
Japan As A Capital Exporter And The World Economy (Occasional Papers No. 18. Group Of Thirty, New York) By Masaru Yoshitomi, Ademola Bamidele
Japan As A Capital Exporter And The World Economy (Occasional Papers No. 18. Group Of Thirty, New York) By Masaru Yoshitomi, Ademola Bamidele
Economic and Financial Review
Sound financial system is considered central to the development of trade either in an economy or internationally. This fact informed the author of this Occasional paper in examining and bringing into focus how Japan became an international creditor i.e. net capital exporter in the world financial system aside from her leading role in world trade. This position was attained through a combination of many factors, some of which were sectoral savings-investment imbalances and the co-existence of high-employment government deficit and the high-employment current account surplus in the 1970s and 1980s. The author thus, traced the historical evolution of Japan• s …