this study examined the effect of urbanization on agricultural production in abia state. specifically, it categorized the land tenancy status of the farmers, analyzed the effect of urbanization on agricultural productivity and identified the constraints to agricultural productivity. multistage random sampling technique was used to select the respondents. primary data collected using structured ...

A large and growing body of research is devoted to the effects of social capital on institutional performance. This literature reveals that societies characterized by higher levels of social capital tend to achieve superior performance. Still, enquiries to date predominantly concentrate on country-level data or large sub-national units. The primary purpose of this article is to extend the empir...

China's enterprise reform has resulted in large-scale layoff of workers from state and collective owned enterprises. Mainstream Chinese economists argue that many of the workers in these enterprises are " disguisedly unemployed " and have to be laid off to achieve better economic performance. In this paper, I argue that the productivity of state and collective owned enterprises to a large exten...

Defining concessions will always be related to the concept of Public Private Partnership (PPP) and privatization public sector. Broadly speaking, PPP is a long-term engagement between Government and/or bodies business entities, while means transfer something under control sector private followed by commercialization. These things are in line with Concession, which basically management service/p...

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Privatization is a broad concept in economics. It comprises various operations, such as the introduction of private capital, selling government-owned assets, and transition to economy. Consequently, three major attributes privatization are follows: (1) ownership measures, (2) organizational (3) operational measures. Ownership measures refer transformation public enterprises owners. Organization...

‘‘New Tigers” (including city commercial banks) outperform state-owned commercial banks burdened with non-performing loans from unprofitable state-owned enterprises. We study whether this is solely due to superior corporate governance (multiple shareholders versus total government ownership) or also to the favorable environment (the New Tigers target affluent China, while state-owned commercial...

The recent global financial problem urges government to play role in stimulating the economy due to the fact that private sector has little ability to purchase during the recession. A concerned question is whether the increased government spending crowds out private consumption and whether it helps stimulate the economy. If the government spending policy is effective; the private consumption is...