Social Sciences and Humanities

The solid economy of any nation relies on its spending effectiveness. SAARC nations (Pakistan, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives) are for the most part creating nations. The exploration examines the reasons for spending shortages in SAARC nations and furthermore gauges factually the reasons of spending shortfalls in SAARC nations. Spending shortfall influenced by swelling, defilement, botch of regular assets, bank credits, charge framework and government plans.

This paper investigates the role of Human Capital (HC) to inward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Algeria and the ways to improve it and used annual time series secondary data over the period of 1998-2017. The literature determines the importance of HC, determinants of FDI and the relationship between HC and inward FDI in Algeria. A multiple regression model is employed to estimate the relationship between the role of HC and inward FDI in Algeria.

Nigerian cities are hubs of development producing abundant returns for urban Government and providing revenue for people to meet their wellbeing necessities. However, poverty has eaten deep into Nigerian housing situation both at city centers and the countryside area causing diverse health challenges while the poor are disproportionately situated in slumps areas. The urban poor in sub – Saharan Africa especially in the West African region experiences difficult time. This research work examined the impact of poverty on housing condition in Ado – Ekiti, Nigeria.

The United Nations Convention on Contracts of Carriage ratified by the UN General Assembly in December 2008. The convention, known as "International goods in total or in part by sea", was published in September 2009. The rules governing the maritime transport of goods internationally are of particular importance to the owners of the goods and to the owners of the maritime fleet in terms of its numerous effects.

According to Karl Marx, in one of his postulations; religion is an opium of the masses. Religion has been part of Nigerians indigenous culture and tradition. In respect to this paper, titled Moral Decadence and Multiplicity of Religious Centres in Nigeria: A case study of Christian churches and ministries in South-East and South-West; the focus would be on the imported religion of Christianity. Before the coming of Christianity, there were several practices which are deemed to be dehumanising and traumatic.

The article reflects on the reformation of tax system as well as the repercussions of “tax cut” during the reign of Muhammad Rahimkhan I. Negative influence of aforementioned system on social life is revealed.

This paper focuses on the Role of Turkey for Central Asian Countries and its influence on China. As of now, there is another active Great Game in the nations of Central Asia, connecting with different actors and foundations who go after impact in Central Asia. China's tyrant government, local issues, and immense vitality demands hold on possible dangers for the security of Central Asian nations. Turkey, as a channel nation among West and East, is in a situation to adjust the potential long-period animosity of China in Central Asia.

The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defines chronic pain as: “Persistent pain, which can be continuous or recurring, whose duration and intensity are sufficient to adversely affect the well-being of a patient, their level of functionality and quality of life”. Chronic pain is a global health problem, affecting between 15-25% of adult population, even increasing up to 50% for geriatric population over 65 years old.

Today, the increasing Organization can afford many types of losses but facing losses caused due to financial crises is costlier. Financial Crises leads to financial instability within the organization. the consequences of financial crises may cause disastrous results for the organization. Financial Crises is very common within any organization but this issue is rarely discussed. Taking a track record of occurrence of various financial crises that leads to winding up of organization our research work is based two major causes of financial crises.

The study investigated the difference in academic performance of Islamic studies students taught using activity-based teaching strategy and those taught using traditional method of teaching in senior secondary schools in Katsina Metropolis. One objective and one corresponding research question as well as one hypothesis were formulated to guide the researcher.A quasi experimental pre-test, post-test design was used for the study. The study sampled 118 out of a total population of 12,169 of Islamic studies students from tworandomly selected Senior Secondary schools (SS II).