This paper explores the current debate about water management policies and the factors affecting their formulation and implementation in the arid and semi-arid zones of the Near East and North African Region (NENAR). In this context, relevant and significant experiences of other countries in the...

Total impact of climate change (CC) on Nigeria's agriculture will be realised through direct and indirect pathways with a secondary effect on the economy. Impact however, depends on the capacity of the sector to manage CC risk and uncertainty. The review reveals sparse literature on this issue...

Beginning from the 1980s, the Nigerian state has promoted and encouraged the liberalisation and commercialisation of production and distribution processes in tandem with liberal capitalism. The adoption of concession policy in the Ajaokuta Steel Company was therefore believed to be the key to...

This paper investigates the environmental issues caused by the oil exploitations in the US India and in Africa. The paper deals with several questions. Who should be held accountable? What are the roles of the oil companies? What is the responsibility of regulators and governments? How should we...

The major objective of the study was to examine the link between Kazakh economic reform from 1993-1994 to 2000-2002 and high GDP rate of 12.57% in 2011. Economic statistics comparative method was used to analyse the data obtained. The results revealed that the high FDI has been contributing more...

This paper explores mainly the impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI), as well as its sectoral allocation on tax revenues over the period 1989-2009 for eight West African countries. Econometric estimations using panel data show that: first, FDI affects positively and significantly tax...