This study examined the knowledge and perception of farmers regarding privatization and commercialization of agricultural extension services in Delta State, Nigeria. A sample size of 90 farmers in contact with extension agents was randomly selected for the study. Data for the study was collected through the use of a validated structured interview schedule. Both descriptive and inferential stati...

arbitrator or private judge must be independent and impartial. domestic and international commercial arbitration law in many countries in addition to the obligation, the independence and impartiality of arbitrator, has other obligations, namely the obligation to disclose. arbitrator must disclose any relationship with the parties to arbitration. commitment to disclosure should not be mixing wit...

in this paper, we intend to investigate the impact of privatization on economic growth in developing and transition economies. previous studies that have attempted to measure this relationship have conflicting results, some indicating a positive impact of privatization on growth, while others indicate a negative relationship. our study uses recent world bank data on privatization for 117 countr...

: In recent years, privatization has become common across Africa, reversing the long-term growth in state ownership of business enterprises. Many have interpreted this as entailing the abandonment of the developmental objectives that state enterprises were established to pursue. Others, however, have suggested that the privatization process can itself provide a new means through which the same ...

: In recent years, privatization has become common across Africa, reversing the long-term growth in state ownership of business enterprises. Many have interpreted this as entailing the abandonment of the developmental objectives that state enterprises were established to pursue. Others, however, have suggested that the privatization process can itself provide a new means through which the same ...

Government ownership may dominate private ownership under government failure. Such dominance disappears as product markets grow mature, giving rise to the need for privatization. Buyers’ limited wealth imposes a constraint on how and when privatization takes place. In particular, firms may be underpriced during privatization, and privatization may take place at a sub-optimal timing which result...

Although provisions requiring nursing facility residents to agree to mandatory pre-dispute arbitration are now ubiquitous, many courts have refused to enforce these provisions and have adopted a variety of legal arguments to do so. Arbitration can be expensive and biased in favor of the nursing facility. It limits access to courts, discovery, available remedies and precedential value of decisio...