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ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT’S YOUSTART INITIATIVE ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A MEANS OF TACKLING UNEMPLOYMENT IN ACCRA

Abstract This study was on assessing the Impact of Government's YouStart Initiative on Entrepreneurship as a Means of Tackling Unemployment in Accra. Three objectives were raised which included: To ascertain the activities of YouStart initiative towards unemployment alleviation in Ghana, to  ascertain the extent which YouStart initiative generate empowerment to the youths of Ghana  and to ascertain how YouStart Initiative alleviate poverty in Ghana. The total population for the study ...

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THE IMPACT AND ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study 1.2 Statement of the Problem 1.3 Research objectives 1.4 Research questions 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 1.7 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 1.8 DEFINITIONS OF RELEVANT TERMS CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 EMPIRICAL REVIEW 2.1.1 EVOLUTION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NIGERIA 2.3 Recent growth of entrepreneurship in Nigeria 2.5 The relationship between entrepreneurship and economic growth 2.9 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS AN ENGINE OF GROWTH ...

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THE INFLUENCE OF RADIO ON THE PROMOTION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG MASS COMMUNICATION STUDENTS

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION  1.1        Background of the study 1.2        Statement of problem 1.3        Objective of the study 1.4        Research Hypotheses 1.5        Significance of the study 1.6        Scope and limitation of the study 1.7       Definition of terms 1.8       Organization of the study     CHAPETR TWO 2.0   LITERATURE REVIEW   CHAPETR THREE 3.0        Research methodology 3.1    sources of data collection 3.3        Population of the study 3.4        Sampling and sampling distribution 3.5        Validation of research instrument 3.6        Method of data analysis CHAPTER FOUR ...

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DISCOVERY ON THE DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG GRADUATES IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In recent years, entrepreneurship education has been developing steadily but unevenly in most countries. In the United State for example, which has been a trailblazer and leader in the field, the last decade has been described as an important era, with a significant increase in student interest (Fiet 2001a) the figure tend to support this statement. In 1971, only 16 colleges and ...

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EXPLORING THE DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONG GRADUATES IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1    PREAMBLE  In Nigeria both state and federal government are now placing much emphasis on the promotion of indigenous small scale enterprises with a view to encouraging entrepreneurship. This study address critical issues like life aspirations, likely source of financial capital, entrepreneurial orientation, attitude towards work, intention towards becoming an entrepreneur, subjective norms underlying this intention, perceive behavioural control, behavioural beliefs, nor mature belief and ...

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EXAMINING HIGHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA AS CORRELATES OF YOUTH PREPARATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background to the Study Higher education, as defined by National Policy on Education (1998) is the education given after secondary education in Universities, Colleges of education, Polytechnics, Monotechnics, including those institutions offering correspondence courses. The goals of tertiary education in Nigeria as spelt out by the policy are: to contribute to national development through high level relevant manpower training; to develop and inculcate proper values for the ...

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN A DEPRESSED ECONOMY

INTRODUCTION 1.1      BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In a depressed country like ours, global development is entering a phase where entrepreneurship will increasingly play a more important role. There is a need for the Nigerian economy to sustain growth through sustainable access to resources, knowledge, markets, and industrialization putting a premium on innovative entrepreneurship. There is no doubt that Nigeria is naturally blessed with entrepreneurship opportunities; yet the realization of the full ...

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EVALUATE THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The emergence and development of entrepreneurship is an important phenomenon in contemporary economies (Stefanovic et al, 45). (Chandler 8) defines entrepreneurship as dealing with uncertainty, making a distinction between risk, which can be calculated, and uncertainty, which cannot. (Schumpeter 66) describes the entrepreneur as the bearer of the mechanism for change and economic development, and entrepreneurship as the undertaking of new ideas and ...

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THE CHALLENGES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN HOME AND RURAL ECONOMICS EDUCATION

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF STUDY Nigeria as a developing nation has been faced with a lot of problems, such as inadequate healthcare, poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, poor infrastructure and over reliance on oil, crime, corruption, poor macro- economic management, political instability etc. These are undoubtedly a challenge to the educational system. National Diploma (ND) programme, which are offered in tertiary level of education in the country, are designed among other ...

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ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NIGERIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page   -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Approval Page      -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Declaration -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Dedication  -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Acknowledgement         -        -        -        -        -        -        - Abstract      -        -        -        -        -        -        -        -        - Table of Contents -        -        -        -        -        -        ...

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THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE NIGERIA ECONOMY

ABSTRACT This is to examine the impacts of entrepreneurship in the economic development of the Nigerian economy. In this research work, the method of estimation is based on the use of multiple regression technique. Unique relationships between entrepreneurship in the economic development contribution were established. Our empirical findings also suggests that there is significant relationship between entrepreneurship development and its contributions to economic development of Nigerian economy e.g. unemployment, investment ...

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THE ROLE OF BANKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This paper is on the role of banks in the development of entrepreneurship. It is aimed at dealing with the problems encountered by entrepreneurs in acquiring loans for their business, and also the role banks play in the development of entrepreneurship in Nigeria.  It seeks to look at the problems of getting the loans and also that of the banks contributions to the average Nigerian small-scale enterprises. A detailed research ...

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IMPACTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT The impact of entrepreneurship on economic development in Nigeria. This case study is to examine the effect of the impact of entrepreneurship on economic development in Nigeria. The project focuses on how entrepreneurship will contribute to economic development and how economy would be improved through entrepreneurship. The study is also designed to examine the degree and prospect of entrepreneurship, like wise their impact to Nigeria economy. We shall also ...

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EXPLORING THE DETERMINANTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AMONGS GRADUATES IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACT This research work examined exploring the determinants of entrepreneurship among graduate students in Nigeria. A questionnaire survey was conducted to collect data for this study. A total number of 65 students in both management and Agricultural Sciences at Delta State University Asaba Campus were sampled using a structured questionnaire. The test for multiple means and the T-test for independent means. We observed that the background variable has no significant ...

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