Volume 3, Issue 2 , 2016
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E-Waste in West Africa: Beyond Environmental and Health Risks
(University of Lagos Press, Akoka, 2016)The urgency of the problem of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) is evident worldwide; however, some countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are shouldering a disproportionate burden of a global problem without having the ... -
An Examination of Manufacturing Sector Responses to Government Monetary and Trade Policies in the Nigerian Economy
(University of Lagos Press, Akoka, 2016)This study examines the impact of government policies on manufacturing sector with the aim of ascertaining the implication on the overall growth in Nigeria. Vector auto-regression (VAR) is employed to capture the contemporaneous ... -
Foreign Direct Investments and Economic Growth of African Regions: A Comparative Study
(University of Lagos Press, Akoka, 2016)The paper examines the impact of Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs)on economic growth in the five regions of Africa, as well as identifies their respective drivers of growth. It employs the Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) ... -
Effects of Play-Therapy on some Psychological Problems of Beggars’ Children in Destitute Center: Imo State-Nigeria
(University of Lagos Press, Akoka, 2016)The study investigates the effects of play-therapy method in solving some psychological problems of children in Destitute Centres in Imo State of Nigeria. The study is predicated on the risk of begging in Nigeria which has ... -
A Qualitative Analysis of Child Rights Law Implementation in the Family Courts of Lagos State
(University of Lagos Press, Akoka, 2016)The main objective of this study is to evaluate the implementation of Child Rights Law (CRL) of Lagos State after its introduction in 2007; and to identify any challenges in the application of the justice provisions in the ... -
Man-Must-Wack: Life and Career of University of Lagos Pioneer Vendor
(University of Lagos Press, Akoka, 2016)The newspaper has been a part of the intellectual culture of the University of Lagos since its inception in 1962. The history of the institution will therefore remain largely incomplete without the documentation of the ... -
Micro-insurance as a Socio-Economic Tool for National Transformation: A Legal Perspective
(University of Lagos Press, Akoka, 2016)Micro-insurance is a financial strategy that recently evolved for the purpose of providing appropriate risk control mechanisms for persons involved in micro and small scale enterprises. In relation to national transformation, ... -
Power Sector Reform in Nigeria: Institutional Challenges and Prospects for Effective Performance
(University of Lagos Press, Akoka, 2016)The power sector reform in Nigeria is yet to produce the desired result. The privatization of Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) which is the most integral and visible component of the reform has not improved power ... -
Representations of the City in the Early and Recent Nigerian Novel: People of the City and Alpha Song
(University of Lagos Press, Akoka, 2016)Many of the studies on the growth of the Nigerian novel have given more attention to theme and characterisation, but little attention has been given to how Nigerian novelists depict the impact of the city on the moulding ... -
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