IOSR-JEF   Volume-8 ~ Issue-3 ~ May-June 2017

Abstract: Real estate business is mounting up as one of the most profitable sector in Sylhet- a region of high foreign remittance. Consequently, investors are paying their attention to invest in the sector for earning profit. Further prospect of real estate business in Sylhet is something moralizing for the investors. Only few apartment builder companies started their operations in the region. After 2000, private companies in this sector rapidly increased and the number of real estate and housing companies in Sylhet stood at 122 at the end of 2016. Among the companies 80 companies were found operation in full swing of which 50 companies were involved in real estate business and the remaining 30 companies were involved in real estate and housing business............

Keywords: Real Estate Financing, Housing Business, Sylhet Metropolitan.

Abstract: This paper is one of the several extensions of the research works done by [5]. Green Supply Chain Practices have been known to have an impact on Green Supply Chain Performance [5].This paper tests empirically through a pilot study of the Indian Automobile Manufacturing Sector, the contribution of the eleven variables constituting the construct Green Supply Chain Procurement in Green Supply Chain Performance measurement. Also the paper establishes the reliability of the questionnaire instrument developed previously for measuring the construct Green Supply Chain Procurement and also for measuring the eleven variables that constitute the construct Green Supply Chain Procurement..............

Keywords: Automobile, CFA, Green Supply Chain Performance, Green Supply Chain Practices, Green Supply Chain Procurement, Indian, Manufacturing Sector, Pilot Study.

Abstract: Understanding the value analysis and value creation of a company is essential for every financial manager in different situations. The value determination is carried out in various situations which may give positive or negatives results, resulting in serious jolts to the shareholders as well as to the goodwill of the company. Therefore, examining the shareholder value analysis is required to understand financial performance and it is critical to know whether modern techniques are supportive in creating value to the shareholders or not. This paper study the value analysis through modern techniques such as Economic Value Added (EVA),.............

Keywords: EVA, MVA, Stock Market Returns, Rank Correlation and Stepwise Multiple Regression Method.

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to empirically investigate the effect of financial information on investment decision of shareholders of banks in Nigeria. The data for the study were extracted from published annual reports of five selected banks in Nigeria from 2009 to 2015. Correlation matrix and regression analysis were deployed to establish the relationship between the variables. The results revealed a positive relationship, indicating that dividend per share have significant influence on investment decision of shareholders of banks in Nigeria. The study recommends that both existing and prospective investors can factor financial information relating to dividend paid per share while making investment decision in shares of Nigerian banks; as dividend per share is positively correlated with investment decisions of shareholders.

Keywords: Dividend, Financial information, decision making, investment, shareholders.

Abstract: This study is aimed at evaluating agricultural financing, policies, programmes and initiatives for a sustainable development in Nigeria, from 1990-2014, covering a period of 25 years. The dwindling oil prices in the international market necessitate the needs for diversification of the economy, into agriculture for a sustained development in Nigeria. Data for the study were the secondary ones, sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletins, Annual Report and Statements of Accounts, Bullion, The Economic and Statistical Review of National Planning Commission, conferences Journals and Publications, World Bank and United Nations publications and text books, using the descriptive and inferential techniques...........

Keywords: Economy, Agriculture, diversification, sustainability, development.

Abstract: This study focuses on the investigation of the problems caused by the developing asymmetry of economic relations in the global context. The relevance of the study is dictated by the contradictions between existing practice of asymmetric economic society and an ongoing domination of "equilibrium" paradigm in economic theory that denies the necessity of asymmetry of economic development and emphasizes only its "negative" character. In the authors' opinion, the current world situations show that development of the global economy has the following tendency: the current asymmetry of political influence in the transatlantic region and digital technologies smoothly moving to developing countries are quite destructive to the current methods of providing the stable economy. Key signs indicate that the center of economic development's gravity is shifting to developing countries.

Keywords: Asymmetries of global development; innovations; cycles; technologies; transformations

Abstract: The aim of this study is to estimate the causal relationship between financial development and economic growth in Nigeria covering the period of 1970 to 2012. This study attempts to include all the financial development indicators and explain their effects on economic growth proxied by real GDP. The study used an time series method of analysis of data and setting up over parameterized model to capture all variables relating to financial development, however, through simplification, a more encompassing parsimonious and interpretable model was obtained by dropping insignificant variables. The study used time series econometrics method and Augumented Dickey-Fuller test statistics to examine the stationarity status of the series............

Keywords: Economic Growth, Financial Development, Granger Causality, Nigeria

Abstract: The hypothesis and proposed policies of Neo-classical theory as the dominant ideology of economics in today, are becoming increasingly ineffective in solving current problems and even sometimes cause problems to be intensified. The most important reason for this is the failure of creating a healthy structure for the hypothesis of Neo-classical theory in order to implement it in the reality of today's market economies. The fact confirms the inadequacy of the theory is that even the signals of the recent global economic crisis were not noticed by the economists and the necessary precautions were not taken. The Neo-classical theory was dominating the system since it had emerged mainly............

Keywords: Ceteris paribus, laissez faire, Neo-classical theory, market economy, Pareto optimal

Abstract: India has one of the highest levels of malnutrition in the world and there are reports of hunger and starvation deaths from different parts of the country. A staggering five percent of rural and two percent of urban population do not get food throughout the year. In order to meet the food security needs government implemented Public Distribution System but in due course of time several leakages were found in distribution of Public Distribution System. The current study aims to analyze the socio economic background of rural population brought under study area, their perception and utilization level towards PDS commodities.

Keywords: Food Security, Public Distribution System, Problems in access, utilization and perception of PDS goods

Abstract: TThe paper undertakes a detailed analysis of Revealed Comparative Advantage of the exports of Rwanda. The objective of the research is to understand the Rwanda's pattern of trade; to identify a change in this pattern over the period of study; in support of the policies and strategies, to identify areas for improvement. Rwanda is primarily an agrarian economy where people have been dependent on country's natural endowments for subsistence. A large population is still employed in the agricultural sector. The revealed comparative advantage lies in primary products. There has been little change in the composition of exports. The Standard Balassa Revealed Comparative Advantage Index (BRCAI) has been used for analysis. Rwanda' RCAI in its otherwise primary exports product lines has been...........

Keywords: Revealed Comparative Advantage, Balassa Index, Rwanda, Namibia, Export Competitiveness