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The impact of national home grown school feeding programme (NHGSFP) on rural communities in Nigeria

Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Uduji, Joseph I. - 2022

The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the national home grown school feeding programme (NHGSFP) in Nigeria …. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of NHGSFP on rural communities in Nigeria. This paper adopts a survey … Nigeria. The results from the use of a combined propensity score matching and logit model indicate that NHGSFP makes …

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Corporate social responsibility in Nigeria and rural youths in sustainable traditional industries livelihood in oil producing communities

Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2019

Since the first oil well was drilled in Nigeria, traditional economies have suffered neglect, and rural youths do not …-making, cloth-weaving, mat-making, and basket-weaving to revive the traditional economic activities in Nigeria. …

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Empowerment of rural young people in informal farm entrepreneurship : the role of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria's oil producing communities

Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2021

multinational oil companies in Nigeria. Its main focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding (GMoU …

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Does Growth Enhancement Support Scheme (GESS) contribute to youth development in informal farm entrepreneurship? : evidence from rural communities in Nigeria

Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2020

) on youth development in informal farm entrepreneurship in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the … GESS on rural youths' adoption of new technologies needed to sustainably increase food security in Nigeria. Design … 800 rural youths were sampled across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Findings - The result from the use of a …

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Digital divide, globalization and income inequality in sub-Saharan African countries : analysing cross-country heterogeneity

Ndoya, Hermann; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of digital divide on income inequality in subSaharan Africa over the period 2004-2016. In applying a finite mixture model (FMM) to a sample of 35 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, this study posits that digital divide affects income inequality...

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ICT adoption, competition and innovation of informal firms in West Africa : comparative study of Ghana and Nigeria

Karakara, Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel; Osabuohien, Evans - 2020

the cases of Ghana and Nigeria. Design/methods/approach - The study used the World Bank Enterprise Survey data 2014 for … Ghana and Nigeria with binary logistic regression analysis to achieve this. Four different innovations are modelled. They …, these effects varied markedly between Ghana and Nigeria. Firms' spending on R&D, firm giving its employees the chance to …

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Foreign Direct Investment, Information Technology and Total Factor Productivity Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

Compared to other regions of the world, the potential for information technology penetration in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is very high. Unfortunately, productivity levels in the region are also very low. This study investigates the importance of information technology in influencing the effect of...

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Information technology, inequality and adult literacy in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Rahman, Mushfiqur - 2023

The study assesses linkages between information technology, inequality and adult literacy in 57 developing countries for the period 2012-2016. Income inequality is measured with the Gini coefficient while six dynamics of information technology are taken on board, namely: use of virtual social...

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Enhancing Information Technology for Value Added Across Economic Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Rahman, Mushfiqur; Nnanna, Joseph; … - 2020

This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects value added across sectors in 25 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using data for the period 1980-2014. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments. The following findings are...

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Enhancing ICT for productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa : thresholds for complementary policies

Asongu, Simplice; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - 2020

The purpose of this research is to investigate the relevance of enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) on dynamics of total factor productivity (TFP) in 25 Sub-Saharan African countries using data covering the period 1980-2014. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised...

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