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Packaging Attributes and Consumers' Patronage of Milk Products 包装属性与消费者对乳制品的惠顾

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.52589/ajesd-wdo0xlde

Nwobodo C.C., Edim E.J., Jerome I.E., Inyang B.I.

{"title":"Packaging Attributes and Consumers' Patronage of Milk Products","authors":"Nwobodo C.C., Edim E.J., Jerome I.E., Inyang B.I.","doi":"10.52589/ajesd-wdo0xlde","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajesd-wdo0xlde","url":null,"abstract":"This study was on packaging attributes and consumers' patronage of milk products. It was conducted specifically to determine the effects of packaging colour, design of wrapper, quality of packaging material, and packaging information on consumers’ patronage of evaporated milk brands. It was a cross-sectional study that obtained primary data from 168 consumers of evaporated milk brands using a structured questionnaire. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics, and the hypotheses developed for the study were tested using multiple linear regression. Consequently, the study revealed that design of wrapper, quality of packaging material and packaging information had significant positive effects on consumers’ patronage of evaporated milk brands, while packaging colour had no significant effect in this regard. Therefore, the study recommended that manufacturers of evaporated milk brands should pay little attention to packaging colour in their packaging design process because consumers’ patronage of evaporated milk brands is influenced by more important factors than packaging colour, such as design of wrapper, quality of packaging material and packaging information. As such, we recommended, among others, that it is imperative for manufacturers of evaporated milk brands to use quality materials such as water-proof, air-tight and healthy materials to package their products to prevent damage to the product and consumers’ health.","PeriodicalId":406884,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134286489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Leveraging Small Business Development Through Employment Contracts: The Mediation Effect of Job Insecurity 通过雇佣契约撬动小企业发展:工作不安全感的中介作用

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.52589/ajesd-e2ww2uhc

N. N., V. E., Mutanda B.

{"title":"Leveraging Small Business Development Through Employment Contracts: The Mediation Effect of Job Insecurity","authors":"N. N., V. E., Mutanda B.","doi":"10.52589/ajesd-e2ww2uhc","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajesd-e2ww2uhc","url":null,"abstract":"Following enormous de-industrialisation and a series of industrial offshoring of big corporate entities over the past decade, Small Medium and Micro Enterprises have risen into prominence by their inert abilities of employment creation and poverty mitigation, particularly in the context of developing countries such as Zimbabwe. However, their continued failure has left the nation’s economy tottering at the brink of collapse, hence paling the vision 2030 of engineering the country’s economy towards attaining upper-middle income status beyond visibility and feasibility. High labour turnover is attributed as the chief cause of this phenomenon. In view of that, the current study sought to assess the moderating role of job insecurity on the nature of employment contracts and SMME development. The nature of the employment contract is deemed instrumental in promoting work commitment towards SMME development. This work commitment is anchored on an individual’s perceptions of job security. As such, for some, the nature of the employment contract becomes the sole driver to display extra effort at work in fear of losing a job. At times, such job loss fears are largely determined by one’s family needs and responsibilities. The hypotheses are tested using a sample size of 256 individuals working and owning SMMEs. The Raosoft sample size calculator was used for the sample size determination. SPSS Process was used to test if job insecurity mediates employment contracts and small business development. The empirical outcome suggests that employment contracts have a predictive effect on SMME development and that the turnover intention had a full mediation effect between employment contracts and small business development.","PeriodicalId":406884,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114146406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Macroeconomic Effect of Access to Credit and Population Growth on the Nigerian Agricultural Productivity: An Empirical Study of 2000 to 2021 信贷获取和人口增长对尼日利亚农业生产率的宏观经济影响:2000 - 2021年的实证研究

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.52589/ajesd-xmho59cm

Nebo I.K., Ugwu N.S., Mba I., Ezebuilo U.

{"title":"The Macroeconomic Effect of Access to Credit and Population Growth on the Nigerian Agricultural Productivity: An Empirical Study of 2000 to 2021","authors":"Nebo I.K., Ugwu N.S., Mba I., Ezebuilo U.","doi":"10.52589/ajesd-xmho59cm","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajesd-xmho59cm","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigates the macroeconomic impact of population growth and access to credit on the agricultural productivity Nigeria from 2000 to 2021 by employing OLS multiple regression analysis. The study ascertained the stationarity of the time series properties of the variables where Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) was applied. The co-integration test result confirmed the presence of a long-run relationship among the variables, and the result of OLS multiple regression and stochastic production analysis showed a weak positive relationship between access to credit and agricultural productivity and also showed that population growth has a strong negative relationship with agricultural productivity in Nigeria. It was discovered that employment in agriculture decreases as population increases. The result also revealed that human capital and access growth to electricity have a strong positive impact on agricultural performance in Nigeria. The study therefore recommends not only an increase in the budgetary allocation to the agricultural sector but also the need to establish an efficient corrupt-free financial institutions to enhance easy access to credit by farmers and also improve the intellectual capacity of the populace through advanced technological trainings, as it will in turn lead to a higher achievement in the fight for food security and unemployment in Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":406884,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131088137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Total Quality Management and Corporate Sustainability of Food and Beverage Companies in Lagos State, Nigeria 尼日利亚拉各斯州食品和饮料公司的全面质量管理和企业可持续性

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.52589/ajesd-tu0bgfdn

Oluwajinmi B., Longe O.

{"title":"Total Quality Management and Corporate Sustainability of Food and Beverage Companies in Lagos State, Nigeria","authors":"Oluwajinmi B., Longe O.","doi":"10.52589/ajesd-tu0bgfdn","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajesd-tu0bgfdn","url":null,"abstract":"The contemporary business environment requires that organizations maintain their business growth by producing products or services that constantly meet the yearnings and expectations of their customers. Corporate sustainability is one of the most challenging issues in big organizations, which constitutes a great concern to management and the importance of total quality management is considered to be a vital driver of sustainability. This study examined Total Quality Management and Corporate Sustainability of Food and Beverage Companies in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive research design. A sample of 400 employees was selected by using Taro Yammane statistical formula through stratified random sampling technique. Employees were categorized into three non-overlapping cadres of management, senior staff and the junior cadre. The criterion for inclusion into the sample was restricted to five years and above as organizational tenure. The research instrument employed for the study was survey, i.e., questionnaire. Data collected were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The study tested two hypotheses and findings revealed a positive significant effect between total quality management and corporate sustainability, while customer focus also has a positive effect on corporate social responsibility. The study concluded that successfully managed total quality management practices could ensure business growth and continuity in the context of potentially better customer satisfaction and performance optimization.","PeriodicalId":406884,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120840472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Health Outcomes in Nigeria 尼日利亚的温室气体排放和健康成果

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.52589/ajesd-fow9icmn

Anugwom Chinenye Georgina

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Modeling and Forecasting Inflation in Nigeria: A Time Series Regression with ARIMA Method 尼日利亚通货膨胀建模与预测:基于ARIMA方法的时间序列回归

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2023-08-14 DOI: 10.52589/ajesd-hfyc2bnw

Emwinloghosa K.G., Pamela O.O., Paschal N.I., Eloho S.O., Agu C.

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Inflation Theory: A Theoretical Review of Demand-Pull and Cost-Push Inflation Effect on Nigeria Economy 通货膨胀理论:需求拉型和成本推型通货膨胀对尼日利亚经济影响的理论回顾

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.52589/ajesd-hbkhjp39

Okon E.A., Eke A.F., Morgan M.O.

{"title":"Inflation Theory: A Theoretical Review of Demand-Pull and Cost-Push Inflation Effect on Nigeria Economy","authors":"Okon E.A., Eke A.F., Morgan M.O.","doi":"10.52589/ajesd-hbkhjp39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajesd-hbkhjp39","url":null,"abstract":"Inflation has become a pressing issue in Nigeria, affecting the cost of living and infrastructure development. Despite tight fiscal and monetary measures, inflation continued to rise at unprecedented rates in Nigeria. The present seminar paper aims to provide insight into the theoretical understanding of Demand-pull and Cost-push inflation and explore its causes and effects on the economy and individuals. Using the Desk research method, the researcher explores empirical data from 33 published articles for the study. The empirical literature reviewed found that Demand-pull and cost-push inflation are different and have different causes and effects on individuals and the National economy. It was found that Demand-pull inflation is driven by excess demand, leading to higher prices, while Cost-push inflation is caused by increased production costs, which result in higher prices. It was concluded that Inflation is a complex economic phenomenon that significantly impacts individuals and businesses. Understanding the differences between demand-pull and cost-push inflation is essential for policymakers and economists in formulating strategies to combat inflation and maintain a stable economy. The researcher recommended, amongst others, that developing appropriate policies and addressing the root causes of inflation make it possible to mitigate inflation effects and promote sustainable economic growth.","PeriodicalId":406884,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115279336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Financing Economic Growth and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (1981–2021) 为撒哈拉以南非洲的经济增长和发展融资(1981-2021)

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.52589/ajesd-9eu2qj56

Okwor E.E., Agbachi V.O., Eneaniofu D.

{"title":"Financing Economic Growth and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (1981–2021)","authors":"Okwor E.E., Agbachi V.O., Eneaniofu D.","doi":"10.52589/ajesd-9eu2qj56","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajesd-9eu2qj56","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between financing growth and development using panel data, Auto regressive distributed lag model (ARDL) analysis in 31 selected high income sub-Saharan African countries for the period of 40 years from 1981 to 2021. The sampled countries were based on their average GDP growth rate over the years under study. The study used ex post-facto and analytical research design. The Gross Domestic Per Capita Growth (GDPPCG) served as the dependent variable while Domestic Credit to Private Sector by Banks (DCPSB), Bank Liquidity Reserve to Bank Assets Ratio (BLR) and Gross Domestic Savings (GDS) were used as the independent variables. The inflation rate served as the control variable. Using the bound test proposed by Pesaran, Shin, and Smith in 2001 (and long & short run causality approaches), the long-run association was estimated. The ARDL model's findings show that financial development has a favorable and considerable influence on economic growth in sub-Saharan African high-income nations. The study suggests implementing a financial inclusion approach to increase financial institution accessibility to households, particularly the unbanked in rural areas.","PeriodicalId":406884,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development","volume":"212 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120908688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Agricultural Productivity in the Country Will Have a Good Future 这个国家的农业生产力将有一个美好的未来

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2023-07-21 DOI: 10.52589/ajesd-7irenoiq

Ahmed Gharira

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Improving Household Welfare Through Income Diversity 通过收入多样性改善家庭福利

African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development Pub Date : 2023-06-26 DOI: 10.52589/ajesd-ytbgwcwg

Watema Joash Robert Alex

{"title":"Improving Household Welfare Through Income Diversity","authors":"Watema Joash Robert Alex","doi":"10.52589/ajesd-ytbgwcwg","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52589/ajesd-ytbgwcwg","url":null,"abstract":"Accepting income diversity by households is regarded as a crucial step in breaking the vicious cycle of poverty. The study aims to investigate the empirical relationship between household welfare and income diversity. We examine the effects of potential endogeneity brought on by selection bias using instrumental variable static panel model regression. The Uganda National Panel Survey waves were used in the study. The results demonstrate that having a variety of sources of income significantly improves household welfare. The findings further revealed that household welfare is significantly predicted by the household head's education while living in the eastern or northern regions has a negative effect on welfare relative to living in the central region. The methods employed in this research were unable to adequately describe the subjective nature of welfare. Future studies may consider taking a pragmatic approach. The utilization of both primary and secondary data for further research may reveal amazing results. In contrast to past research that only used expenditure as a proxy for welfare, the research study advances the literature on welfare by demonstrating the impact of income diversity on household welfare as measured by poverty status and consumption expenditure. The study extends the welfare theory by showing how diversity of income enhances household welfare using a sample of households in Uganda, a developing economy.","PeriodicalId":406884,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development","volume":"88 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125076296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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