Asset Ownership by Women in Urban and Rural South West Nigeria
Yetunde Olasimbo Mary Oladokun
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2020
Pages:
21-26
Received:
6 February 2020
Accepted:
25 February 2020
Published:
29 May 2020
Abstract: In improving the welfare of women asset ownership plays a key role. Therefore this paper examined asset ownership by women in urban and rural South West (SW) Nigeria. Secondary data from Demographic and Health Survey 2013 was used. Data on 1551 rural and 4323 urban women in SW Nigeria was used. Information on their socio-economic characteristics and assets (physical and natural) was obtained. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics, multiple correspondence analysis and probit regression. In rural and urban South West the mean age was 30 years. The mean household size in rural and urban SW was 6 and 5 persons respectively. Mobile telephone has a proportionally far higher weight (0. 043, 0.050) and radio too (0.037, 0.042) than the remaining assets in rural and urban SW. From the probit regression nine variables were found to be statistically significant at various levels in both rural and urban South West. The significant variables in rural SW were age (25-34) (-0.30), age 35-49 (0.51), employed in agric and allied sector (0.17), incomplete secondary school education (-0.14), complete secondary school education (-0.16), higher education (0.84), being a female household head (0.17), marital status-married (0.63). In the urban SW the variables that are significant are age-35-49 (-0.32), skilled and unskilled employment (0.13), employed in agric. and allied sector (-0.50), employed in the services sector (0.10), incomplete secondary education (0.24), complete secondary education (0.28), household sized 6-10 persons (-0.12), >10 persons household size (-0.23). Conceited efforts should therefore be put in place by women agencies to enact policies that will help women to own more assets.
Abstract: In improving the welfare of women asset ownership plays a key role. Therefore this paper examined asset ownership by women in urban and rural South West (SW) Nigeria. Secondary data from Demographic and Health Survey 2013 was used. Data on 1551 rural and 4323 urban women in SW Nigeria was used. Information on their socio-economic characteristics an...
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Balance on Monetary Policy and Macroprudential Policy
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2020
Pages:
27-39
Received:
19 November 2019
Accepted:
5 December 2019
Published:
17 June 2020
Abstract: Monetary policy is based on the theoretical rationale of the insufficient effective demand. The mainly logical difference between Keynes and Friedman are what domain interest rate directly and which factor will offset the effect of interest rate. The empirical application of monetary policy has several aspects deserving study: (1) the target, range, strength and effect of its monetary policy, (2) the theoretical development of Western monetary policy transmission, (3) monetary transmission channel in China, (4) the difference effect of monetary policy. The aggregate financing to real economy is China’s innovation to monetary policy. The background of macroprudential policy is financial crisis, its theoretical backup and application in real world including situation analysis, taking countermeasures, and tools application. By practical experience of China, the systematic financial risk lies on the unhealthy condition of most financial institute. The stock market crisis in 2015 is a reflection of systematic financial risk. Therefore, we should focus our attention on the special mechanism of financial risk and financial cycle in background of socialist political system with Chinese characteristics. We also should study liquidity condition by the central bank qualitatively and quantitatively.
Abstract: Monetary policy is based on the theoretical rationale of the insufficient effective demand. The mainly logical difference between Keynes and Friedman are what domain interest rate directly and which factor will offset the effect of interest rate. The empirical application of monetary policy has several aspects deserving study: (1) the target, range...
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Determinants of Access to Formal Credit in Rural Areas of Ethiopia: Case Study of Smallholder Households in Boloso Bombbe District, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2020
Pages:
40-48
Received:
28 May 2020
Accepted:
9 June 2020
Published:
29 June 2020
Abstract: The majority of agricultural production in Ethiopia is carried out by smallholder farmers. Improving food security in short run and poverty in the long run has remained to be the major challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa countries especially in Ethiopia. This study required to identify determinants that limit smallholder households’ access to formal credit in the Boloso Bombbe District, South Region of Ethiopia. The study utilized cross sectional survey research design to attain the objectives. Primary and secondary data were used and analyzed by using STATA Version 14. Sample size determined by using Cochran formula and 312 households selected using multistage sampling techniques. Probit regression model was used to analyze quantitative data. The results shows that credit access was determined by the variables like Age, educational level of the smallholders, membership, extension service, saving habit, collateral, connection with local leaders and livelihood diversification. Output of the study revealed that only 36.54% of the respondents in the study area had accessed formal credit while 63.46% did not have any access to credit. This calls the government and non - governmental organizations have to be done more in credit access to improve the future productivity of smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia.
Abstract: The majority of agricultural production in Ethiopia is carried out by smallholder farmers. Improving food security in short run and poverty in the long run has remained to be the major challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa countries especially in Ethiopia. This study required to identify determinants that limit smallholder households’ access to formal c...
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