scholarly journals Contributions of Tourism to Community Development

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 121
Author(s):  
Mbagwu, Felicia. O ◽  
Bessong, Columbus. Deku ◽  
Anozie, Okechukwu. O
Keyword(s):  
Community Development ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Test Statistics ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
High Extent ◽  
Banking Institutions ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study focused on contributions of tourism to community development in Cross River State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population used for the study was 357 respondents comprising, 101 community leaders and 256 tourism staff. A 21-item questionnaire and focus group discussion guide were used to elicit information from respondents and discussants. The questionnaire was analyzed using mean and standard deviation, t-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance and the FGD was analyzed qualitatively. Findings from the study revealed among others, that tourism attracted banking institutions and communication industries; thus contributed to a high extent in economic development and very high extent in social development of Cross River State, Nigeria. Some recommendation was made based on the research findings.

scholarly journals University Output Soft Skills at Workplace in Blue Economy Strategy for Sustainable Development in Cross River State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Ekpenyong E. Ekanem ◽  
Comfort R. Etor ◽  
Nse N. Ukpong
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
The State ◽  
Percentage Score ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Blue Economy ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study investigated university output soft skills and blue economy strategy as mechanisms for sustainable development in Cross River State of Nigeria. The study was a descriptive survey research design. The population included all university graduate workers in sea ports in the state. A purposive sampling techniques was used to select 250 respondents from the port locations. The instrument designated ‘Soft Skills In Blue Economy Strategy Questionnaire (SSIBESQ)’ was designed to collect data for the study. The instrument was validated and had a reliability co-efficient of 0.872. The data collected were analyzed using frequency counts and percentage score. The study revealed that university output soft skills were beneficiary to the graduate workers economically and encouraged multitasking in human and material resources for sustainable development of Cross River State, Nigeria. Blue economy strategy, through a dynamic environmental sustainable principles, assisted the university output at workplace. This included to boost new employment, innovation and growth in marine production and other port industries, thereby improving the state economic stand. Some of the recommendations made were: universities should give more attention to soft skills development, government should support policies on university output soft skills and blue economy strategy as sine-qua-non for utilization of business opportunities and economic development in the state.

scholarly journals National Poverty Eradication Programme and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria: Empirical Investigation of the Programme Impact in Cross River State

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 269 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes Sylvester Antai ◽  
Anam, Bassey Ekpenyong
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfer ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Poverty Eradication ◽  
Eradication Programme ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross River ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The Impact

The study examines the impact of the National Poverty Eradication Programme on poverty reduction in Cross River State. To guide the study, two major hypotheses were stated and primary data were obtained from 361 respondents from the benefactors of the State government Conditional Cash Transfer. The data obtained were tested using Chi-square statistical tool at. 05 degree of significance to examine the level of impact. The analysis of data in reveals that the calculated value of chi square (18.1) was greater than the table value of chi (9.49), tested at. 05 level of significance. This implied that the implementation of NAPEP has a significant impact on entrepreneurial development among youths in Cross River State. In table 2, the results obtained also showed that the calculated value of chi square (15.1) is greater than the table value of chi (9.49), tested at .05 level of significance, meaning that the null hypothesis was ignored and the alternative that the implementation of NAPEP has significant impacts on the provision of micro credit facilities to entrepreneur in Cross River State was accepted. However, the results obtained called for attention to other areas of interest neglected by the programme. These were identified to include the need to harness agriculture, water and solid minerals resources and conservation efforts especially in the rural-areas where the main occupation is agriculture. This concern formed the baseline for policy recommendations.

scholarly journals Identifying and Ranking Factors Influencing on Investor Attraction in Golestan Province by Means of Fuzzy Multi-Index Decision-Making (FAHP)

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Seyyed Reza Mosusavi Zadeh ◽  
Yaser Mir ◽  
Mehdi Jaani
Keyword(s):  
Research Literature ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Administrative Organization ◽  
Fuzzy Environment ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Golestan Province ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Descriptive Survey

There is no doubt that attracting investor in economic and industrial sectors is one of the key and effective issues. We can take giant strides toward improvement with the advent of investors in infrastructure sectors. The research is the result of an applied research with the aim of identifying and ranking factors which are effective on attracting investor under fuzzy environment. Hence analysis hierarchy process (Ahp_Fuzzy model) was suggested. The research method is descriptive-survey, where factors which influence on investor attraction in Golestan province, had been identified in terms of research literature. The factors were prioritized based on comments of 25 senior managers and economic experts in management and planning organization and chamber of commerce through Ahp. The research findings indicate that lack of a coordinated and efficient plan for identifying weakness, opportunities, and intimidations is the most important problem and it is a fundamental obstacle in Golestan province in order to attract investors and to specify an appropriate strategy with significance coefficient of 0.227. There are some other obstacles for attracting domestic and foreign investors in the province which are as follows:Lack of appropriate administrative organization, lack of right and efficient management with significance coefficient of 0.220, lack of primary infrastructure facilities and fundamental infrastructure and public services with significance coefficient of 0.204, limitation and lack of flexibility in rules and regulations related in investing in Goelstan province with significance coefficient of 0.198 and finally side effect of policy makings of government in macro level with significance coefficient of 0.151.In fact, the research results are exactly compatible with current economic condition of the area. We can establish a comprehensive outlook for government and senior managers of the area according to level of significance and level of influence of the indices.

Non-Governmental Organisations as Stakeholders in the Implementation of Community-Based Research by Universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gideon De Wet ◽  
Ulene Schiller
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Collaborative Partnerships ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
The People ◽  
Quintuple Helix ◽  
Mixed Method Design ◽  
Research Findings

Numerous research studies are conducted in communities surrounding universities. This paper illustrates the value of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in South Africa as stakeholders in an intermediary platform that can contribute to community development, based on research done by university researchers in these communities. The Quintuple Helix Model was used as a theoretical premise, viewing the importance of collaborative partnerships to contribute to sustainable development. The orientation enhanced in this paper is that research findings obtained from communities, in combination with the shared speciality areas and expertise of stakeholders such as NGOs, would serve as dynamic catalysts to bring stakeholders and researchers together in an innovative intermediary platform context that can facilitate development. A triangulation mixed-method design was used where a focus group discussion was held with 19 participants from NGOs, augmented by an open-ended questionnaire. The results indicated that NGOs can be viewed as strategic partners in community development and indicated how they could contribute in facilitating the implementation of research recommendations done by university researchers. NGOs are responsive to the needs and welfare of the people of South Africa supporting participatory democracy.

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