PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION PROJECT TOPICS AND RESEARCH MATERIALS

• 1. THE ROLE OF MICRO-FINANCE BANK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS. (A STUDY OF ...

  » CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1.0 Background to the Study A major development issue facing many developing countries has been the need to reduce the scale and depth of poverty among the growing population. Chandy and Gerts (2011) estimate that there were about 878.2 million people living below the poverty line in the year 2010. Of this number over 700 million live in rural areas. African has 369.9 mill...Continue Reading »

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• 2. VOTER BEHAVIOUR AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. IN NIGERIA

  » CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW/THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK 2.1 Introduction This chapter reviews relevant materials relating to voter behaviour as it concerns voter turnout and apathy in the Nigerian electoral process. The review examines work done by some writers generally on the topic using evidences and reports from other countries and regions of the world. It also reviews some materials pertinent to ...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  30 engagements | 

• 3. THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA (A STUDY OF MOPA-MO...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Local government in Nigeria could have been said to have started when politicians assumed leadership role of regional legislators under colonial reforms. That gradually led to regional self government in the early 1950s. Before this, under the native system, indirect rule was introduced. Indirect rule sought to rule the local people through thei...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  31 engagements | 

• 4. THE POLICY OF PRIVATIZATION AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES IN NIGER...

  » Chapter One: General Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study The importance for the establishment of public enterprises or corporations was felt in 19th Century and there after. There were a lot of upheavals in European society because of industrialization and urbanization. Social issues like unemployment and economic inequalities necessitated state intervention in economies. Britain is widely re...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  18 engagements | 

• 5. THE EFFECT OF RURAL MIGRATION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA. “A CASE STUDY ...

  » ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of rural urban migration and rural development in Nigeria (A case study of Uyo Local Government, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The study attempted finding answers to research questions by using survey design and purposive sampling techniques to collect data from 180 respondents with the aid of a 10 item structured questionnaire and personal interview. The re...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  29 engagements | 

• 6. EFFECT OF POLITICAL INSTABILITY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF NIGERIA POLICY ON SECONDAR...

  » CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The problem of political instability on implementation of Nigeria policy on secondary education cannot be fully comprehended without briefly highlighting the circumstances and environment within which education system functions. Education cannot be divorced from politics because, one of the crucial issues characterized in the relationship betwee...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  21 engagements | 

• 7. DOCTRINE OF SEPERATION OF POWERS IN A DEMOCRATIC DISPENSATION

  » ABSTRACT This paper discusses the doctrine of separation of powers in a democratic dispensation. The paper argues that if rights, liberties and freedom of citizens are to be maintained and guaranteed in any society under democratic rule, then the three organs of government must be separated and entrusted to different people to administer. In a democratic dispensation, there is more separation of p...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  13 engagements | 

• 8. THE FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMME AND ITS IMPACT ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ABOH MBAISE ...

  » ABSTRACT This study was carried out to investigate the family support programme and its impact on rural development in Aboh Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. To achieve this objective, four research questions and one research hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. The data was collected from primary sources. The primary data were collected with the help of a well structured questi...Continue Reading »

  50 pages |  130 engagements | 

• 9. CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF NATIONAL YOUTHS SERVICE CORPS TOWARDS ENHANCING NATIONAL ...

  » ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to reveal the critical assessment of national youths service corps in nigeria. The instrument used were questionnaire, the questionnaire was used to answer the research questions made up of four items population for this study were made up of 120 (one hundred and twenty) people comprising the nysc staff and staff of student affairs in federal polytechnic, oko...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  -1 engagements | 

• 10. AGE GRADE ASSOCIATION AS AN AGENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (A CASE STUDY OF NKPOUNO ...

  » ABSTRACT The research has attempted to study age grades association as agents of rural development, with a case study of nkpor uno town in idemili north local government area of anambra state to have a vivid understanding of this work, the work has divided into five chapters. Chapter one dealt with introduction such as back ground of the study, statement of the problems, purpose of the study, sign...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  -1 engagements | 

• 11. AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEMS OF LEADERSHIP IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS (A STU...

  » ABSTRACT This research work “AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE PROBLEMS OF LEADERSHIP IN TERTIARY INSTITUTION” looking at the ineffective and techniques which our leaders used so as to in accomplish the leadership objectives. Specifically, the work answers questions which bordered on the problems of leadership which the institution is going into. The five chapter research works limit its scope...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  -1 engagements | 

• 12. POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA

  » ABSTRACT Nigerians, having been subjected to different forms of exploitation and misrule, from the mercantilist era to the present era of neoliberalism, appear justified in assessing every form of government including democracy, merely from the point of economic emancipation. Since independence in 1960, Nigeria has undergone repeated cycles of democratic and authoritarian rule, with the military g...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  69 engagements | 

• 13. LOOKING AT MONEY AS AN INCENTIVE DOES IT REALLY MOTIVATE WORKERS

  » Is money the main reason to work or is there more to it. The reason that money might not be the reason for working are deliberated using this finding and analysis. Interviews where used to find individuals thoughts. The methodology to find the answers to these question where derived from qualitative research that is the use of interviews and questionnaires. The findings where sorted using qualitat...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  50 engagements | 

• 14. FINANCING SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES IN NIGERIA ECONOMY

  » ABSTRACT This study takes a critical look at the role of microfinance bank in financing of small scale enterprise in Nigeria based on a population of using all microfinance banks in Nigeria. Therefore, this research adopted the descriptive research survey. This study used secondary data and the data analyzed in this study relate to aggregate industry data obtained from central Bank of Nigeria (CBN...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  48 engagements | 

• 15. REGIONAL ECONOMIC GROUPS_ LESSONS ON TAX COORDINATION FOR ECOWAS & AU

  » The 21st century will be Africa’s century of economic development. Incomes will be rising rapidly and Africa will become one of the main engines of economic progress in the world. For this to happen, markets must be liberalized and barriers to trade eliminated. Without hindrance, businesses should be able to source anywhere, manufacture anywhere, and sell anywhere. Free trade and free compet...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  34 engagements | 

• 16. IMPACT OF NIGERIA STOCK EXCHANGE ON CAPITAL FORMATION

  » Abstract Since the Nigerian stock exchange started its operations in 1961, it has not yet been able to attain efficiency as is the case in other countries and as such its inherent impact on capital formation in Nigeria has not been clear enough. The main objective of this study, therefore, is to explore the role of the stock exchange on capital formation in Nigeria. Time series data were applied i...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  34 engagements | 

• 17. THE ROLE OF NGO’S IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

  » ABSTRACT This work examine the Role of NGO’s in the Socio Economic Empowerment of women, the Case of Global Medicare Foundation Buea, in Eyumojock. Generally in Cameroon, although Non governmental Organizations do one thing or the other to empower the life of women, some women seem to continue to face enormous barriers to succeed in their socio economic endeavors and have remained exposed to...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  47 engagements | 

• 18. AUDITING AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY (A case study of West Afri...

  » Abstract Auditing is continually changing and developing to meet the needs of the business environment it serves. The role of auditing towards ensuring accountability have attracted comments which has always not been good news for the auditing profession, but does indicate a heightened awareness in the society of potential importance of what auditors do. The objective of this research work is:(a) ...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  24 engagements | 

• 19. RESILIENCE, HOPE AND HAPPINESS AS PREDICTORS OF LIFE SATISFACTION AMONG INMATES ...

  » Abstract The study, resilience, hope and happiness as predictors of life satisfaction among inmates in Medium Security Prison Makurdi, employed an ex post facto cross sectional survey method where 258 prison inmates were randomly drawn from Medium Security Prison Makurdi. The findings revealed that 242 (93.8%) were males and 10 (3.9%) were females. The study used The Connor Davidson Resilience Sca...Continue Reading »

  51 pages |  27 engagements | 

• 20. EVALUATION OF THE SUDANESE FIVE YEAR (2007-2011) NATIONAL PLAN

  » Introduction: The national five years strategic development plan for Sudan (2007 2011), the first since singing of the comprehensive peace agreement – provide a development framework for the coordination of the nation’s peace and development efforts. The plan had been prepared by the nation council for strategic planning (NCSP) with the participation of hundreds of people throughout th...Continue Reading »

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