ASRIC Journal on Social Sciences 2020 v1-i1
ISSN: 2795-3599
EISSN: 2795-3602
ASRIC Journal on Social Sciences 2020 v1-i1
Published: 2021-01-05
Articles
Interrogating Public-Private Partnership in African Healthcare within the Lenses of Capitalist Philanthropy in Nigeria’s Primary Health System
Kelechi Chijioke Iwuamadi, Chukwuma Rowland Okoli
This study examined how partnership between Nigerian government and international private entities shape primary healthcare development in Nigeria. At the global level, partnership in healthcare between the national governments and international private entities takes the form of Global Public Private Partnerships (GPPPs) mostly driven by global capitalist philanthropic foundations whose influence
Internationalization of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises and Start-Ups in Ghana: Challenges and Drivers
Richard Kofi Asravor, Prince Dieu-Donne Fonu
The contribution of SME’s towards the macroeconomics growth and development of the Ghanaian economy is of no doubt significant. At the microlevel, MSME’s help reduce household level poverty, unemployment and boost entrepreneurial activities. Despite this, the growth of MSMEs in Ghana has been significantly low, with majority unable to enter the international market or dying with the owner. This st
Financial Inclusion as a Panacea for Reducing Poverty and Hunger in Africa: Lessons from Nigeria
Haruna Mohammed Aliero
Financial inclusion was launched in 2011 with over 90 emerging and developing countries as signatories. The objectives of the strategy were to bring those people excluded from the financial system and also to reduce poverty and ensure financial stability. The level of financial exclusion in the developed countries is lower when compared with that of the developing countries. This justifies the nee
Creating Sustainable Employment in Africa: Leveraging on the Capacity of the Informal Sector
Christopher Nyong Ekong
This paper throws up the challenging effect of unemployment on the sustainable existence of Africa. It reviews the contemporary measures adopted by selected African governments to solve the menace of unemployment which is assumed to breeding extreme poverty in Africa. Many of the programs instituted by these governments to reduce unemployment in Africa had been anchored on the traditional (agricul
Book-keeping as a Correlate of Effective Small-Scale Business Development in Orita-challenge and Challenge Market Areas in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Afolakemi Olasumbo Oredein, Imoleayo Oluwaseun Stowe
Small scale business is a business that employs a small number of workers and does not have a high volume of sales. Small-scale business is organized, operated, managed and controlled by a small business owner. This study examined book-keeping as a correlate of small-scale business development in Orita Challenge and Challenge market areas in Ibadan, Oyo State. 3 research questions and 2 hypothes
Indigenous Justice System in land conflict resolution: The case of the Paramount Chief’s court in the Oguaa Traditional area, Ghana
Marvin Obeng, Seth Christopher Yaw Appiah
Indigenous African societies have had their own in-built structures and mechanisms for managing and resolving misunderstandings related to land and other natural resources. These in-built structures were based on cooperation among people and an outcome was expected to be mutually beneficial to all parties involved. The indigenous justice system particularly the chief’s courts are time tested and h
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