The Nexus between the Leadership Question and the Poverty Trap in Africa
This paper examines the nexus between leadership question and the increasingly persistent poverty incidence in Africa, taking into consideration the effects of globalization. It argues that the dearth of an authentic knowledge leadership that is infused with patriotism, conscience, knowledge and transformational interest with Africa as centre of its foreign policies has been the bane of socio-economic development in Africa. The paper investigates this submission by examining the issues of how Africa got into the poverty trap, the leadership challenges in relation to globalization and poverty trap. It suggests how the challenges could effect a transformation out of this poverty trap. The development of knowledge leadership, Afro-centric foreign policies, diversification of the economy, industrial entrepreneurship revolution and internal generation of development funds are some of the recommendations out of this poverty trap.
Foreign Private Investment and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria (1975 to 2003)
Abstract This paper examines the effects of foreign private investment on poverty in Nigeria. The study seeks to test the hypothesis that foreign Direct Investment has no impact on poverty reduction in Nigeria. Using regression analysis for the period 1975 to 2003, the test demonstrates that the inflow of foreign private investment and foreign loan into Nigeria significantly alleviate poverty. The paper maintained that government expenditure and the continuous increase in petroleum profit tax would aggravate the poverty level in Nigeria. The study recommended that effort should be made to encourage the inflow of foreign resources such as foreign private investment. Foreign loan should be highly discouraged. If it must be collected it must be done in a manner that could not have negative effects on the economy in the long run. It has also recommended that government should fine tune policies that would bring infrastructural facilities to the majority of Nigerians in the rural areas. Petroleum profit tax should be reduced so that the existing firms would not close shops and new firms should be allowed to come in and invest.
Managerial Economics and Organizational Architecture
PART 1: Basic Concepts Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Economists' View of Behavior Chapter 3: Markets, Organizations, and the Role of Knowledge PART 2: Managerial Economics Chapter 4: Demand Chapter 5: Production and Cost Chapter 6: Market Structure Chapter 7: Pricing with Market Power Chapter 8: Economics of Strategy: Creating and Capturing Value Chapter 9: Economics of Strategy: Game Theory Chapter 10: Incentive Conflicts and Contracts PART 3: Designing Organizational Architecture Chapter 11: Organizational Architecture Chapter 12: Decision Rights: The Level of Empowerment Chapter 13: Decision Rights: Bundling Tasks into Jobs and Subunits Chapter 14: Attracting and Retaining Qualified Employees Chapter 15: Incentive Compensation Chapter 16: Individual Performance Evaluation Chapter 17: Divisional Performance Evaluation Capstone Case Study on Organizational Architecture: Arthur Andersen LLP PART 4: Applications of Organizational Architecture Chapter 18: Corporate Governance Chapter 19: Vertical Integration and Outsourcing Chapter 20: Leadership: Motivating Change within Organizations Chapter 21: Understanding the Business Environment: The Economics of Regulation Chapter 22: Ethics and Organizational Architecture Chapter 23: Organizational Architecture and the Process of Management Innovation Glossary Index