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Abstract: This Preliminary Development Finance Assessment (DFA) comes at a key moment for Sudan as we look towards the 2030 Agenda by aiming to achieve the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. To translate this vision into action requires concrete and comprehensive strategies, including in relation to the mobilization and use of finance. This preliminary DFA provides evidence and analysis towards articulating the finance sources for Sudan and looks generally at how the country can make better use of existing finance, while not losing sight of the need to identify new avenues of mobilizing additional resources. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda, which emerged from the third International Conference on Financing for Development 2015 emphasized the need for countries to take a more integrated approach to managing all types of finance, by improving integration across government, as well as between government and other stakeholders. The preliminary DFA for Sudan makes preliminary observations towards this end. And the committed to implement policy frameworks that will contribute to increased mobilization of public resources and unlock the potential of the private sector and the civil society to finance development, in collaboration with our development partners. We are also committed to review our institutional arrangements for more integrated use of resources. Efforts will be complemented by up-scaled and more effective international assistance to overcome the structural challenges we face. While the preliminary DFA recommendations outline an ambitious agenda, to look forward to collaborating with our partners on further articulating these observations. As we look ahead to the challenges of mobilizing and managing a range of different types of finance in pursuance of the country’s development priorities, this type of intra-governmental collaboration will be critical, especially as Sudan looks towards the achievement of the SDGs. Finally, I am hopeful that the Government

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Abstract: The study is aimed to examine and analyze the influence of managerial skills, company diversification policy, audit committee, and external audit and their impact on the financial reporting aggressiveness. Analysis of regression used in the research is using the panel data approach through purposive sampling on the manufacturing companies listed on the Stock Exchange the period 2006-2017. Results of the study showed that partially company diversification policy and audit committee influence positively and significantly to financial reporting aggressiveness. Meanwhile, managerial skill and external audit partially do not impact significantly on the financial reporting aggressiveness. The research findings also show that managerial skills, diversification policies, audit committees, and external audits have a significant effect simultaneously on the aggressiveness of financial reporting.

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Abstract: The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of the exploitation of oysters on the welfare of the population of Mouanko. The methodology, inspired by the Capabilities Approach of Sen consisted of the elaboration of a questionnaire administered on a sample of 215 inhabitants of the Mouanko Municipality. The vector of variables combined the functioning modes of the inhabitants and the components of their welfare. The results obtained from the effective analysis of 187 questionnaires showed that in addition to other activities and the aspirations of the inhabitants susceptible to contribute to their welfare, the exploitation of oysters which employ 55.6% of respondents as main activity is acknowledged by 88.2% of respondents to highly contribute to their welfare. Finally, welfare in Mouanko is determined by a combination of factors with the exploitation of oysters having a considerable impact. All the factors revealed by this study needs to be appropriately considered by competent authorities in view of improving the welfare of inhabitants of Mouanko.

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Abstract: Chengdu and Kunming are two spatially close cities located in West China. We argue that similar macro-regulative policies, close geographical, historical, and trade ties, may not only produce significant short-run dynamics but also lead to a long-term equilibrium between housing markets in neighboring cities. This paper aims to study the interactions between Chengdu and Kunming's new home markets. Data were monthly home price indices over the period from January 2006 to December 2015. We tested for unit root using the ADF, PP, and ERS-DF-GLS tests and the Perron test. We tested for cointegration by driving the Johansen trace test. Also, we tested for weak exogeneity and Granger causality and estimated ECMs. We found a long-run relationship between Chengdu and Kunming's new home markets. Bi-directional causal effects or a feedback effect between the two markets was indicated. The short-run (in four months) elasticity of home price in Kunming relative to that in Chengdu was about 0.27. The short-run (in two months) elasticity of home price in Chengdu relative to that in Kunming was about 0.37. The short-run dynamics may have facilitated the formation of the long-run relation. Across-city portfolios are difficult to gain. Shocks like the RMB Four Trillion Investment Plan initiating from 2009 may have changed home price trends.

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Abstract: The progress of a nation is a function of the level of the resourcefulness of the people which to a great extent, relates to the level of quality of the training and purposeful development of education in that nation. Such progress or development could only occur when an individual in the society is gainfully employed and per capital income is enhanced. This could only be possible when government educational policies are geared towards a functional education that can lead to job creation and also self-reliance. Entrepreneurship education is a means through which government could attain such development in the society. Therefore, this paper examined entrepreneurship education as the way forward to wealth creation and unemployment in Nigeria. Entrepreneurship education could help in wealth creation and graduates employment in Nigeria. Entrepreneurship education in Nigeria with effective implementation of the programme could help to overcome the challenge of unemployment.