Jumpstarting Nigeria’s Journey of Greatness


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In his book, Jumpstarting Nigeria’s Journey of Greatness, Oluwaseun Sodipe highlights his ideas for resetting Nigeria's operating system. Drawing on lessons gleaned from implementing projects across Africa, his eight-year career with the federal civil service, and his appreciation of cultures and their impact on development, he suggests ways to jumpstart Nigeria's development track to make up for lost years.




Building a Virile Nation


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Building a Virile Nation: The Private Sector Perspective presents a blueprint for every nation burdened by debilitating economic conditions and underdevelopment. It charts a course for sustainable economic development of nations as well as for propelling individuals to success in any endeavor. This collection is a major guide for governments and policy makers at all levels as well as budding and practicing business executives. It is expected that the readers shall be challenged, inspired, and empowered by some of the issues raised. Ausbeth Ajagu is one of the Nations emerging influencers. Author of many thought-provoking books, his latest work, Building a Virile Nation: The Private Sector Perspective, is a comprehensive roadmap for a nation in search of robust economy like Nigeria. I have no doubt in my mind that this book will inspire many people in and outside of government. Dr. Sunny Obazu-Ojeagbase, FAES, Chairman, Success Attitude Development Centre, Publishers of Success Digest Dr. Ausbeth Ajagu is a prolific writer whose thoughts have covered all imaginable problems that any country in the process of building is likely to face. Given his wealth of experience, he attempts in Building a Virile Nation a systematic approach to harnessing the resources of a nation and galvanizing such to propel the country to a respectable status among the comity of nations. I commend his efforts and fully recommend this interesting book to the public and private sectors of the economy. Engr. Godwin Omene, FNSE, FAES, Former Managing Director, NDDC Gods divine grace brings out that potential gift in us according to His purpose. Dr. Ajagu has written another incisive masterpiece for our generation. It runs in the family gene/blood to the glory of God in Jesus name, amen. Engr. Cyril Ajagu, FAES (VC/GMD, Universal Insurance Group Plc.) The authors masterpiece is for all classes of people. It is for all men and women in all tiers of government. Reading the book with a clear mind and intention will definitely improve the quality of delivery of states services. Practitioners in the private sector of our economy and those in the academia will find the book extremely useful. Prof. Famous Izedonmi, FAES, Head, Department of Accounting, University of Benin




Dead Aid


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Debunking the current model of international aid promoted by both Hollywood celebrities and policy makers, Moyo offers a bold new road map for financing development of the world's poorest countries.




A Century of Innovation


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A compilation of 3M voices, memories, facts and experiences from the company's first 100 years.




Making It Big


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Economic and social progress requires a diverse ecosystem of firms that play complementary roles. Making It Big: Why Developing Countries Need More Large Firms constitutes one of the most up-to-date assessments of how large firms are created in low- and middle-income countries and their role in development. It argues that large firms advance a range of development objectives in ways that other firms do not: large firms are more likely to innovate, export, and offer training and are more likely to adopt international standards of quality, among other contributions. Their particularities are closely associated with productivity advantages and translate into improved outcomes not only for their owners but also for their workers and for smaller enterprises in their value chains. The challenge for economic development, however, is that production does not reach economic scale in low- and middle-income countries. Why are large firms scarcer in developing countries? Drawing on a rare set of data from public and private sources, as well as proprietary data from the International Finance Corporation and case studies, this book shows that large firms are often born large—or with the attributes of largeness. In other words, what is distinct about them is often in place from day one of their operations. To fill the “missing top†? of the firm-size distribution with additional large firms, governments should support the creation of such firms by opening markets to greater competition. In low-income countries, this objective can be achieved through simple policy reorientation, such as breaking oligopolies, removing unnecessary restrictions to international trade and investment, and establishing strong rules to prevent the abuse of market power. Governments should also strive to ensure that private actors have the skills, technology, intelligence, infrastructure, and finance they need to create large ventures. Additionally, they should actively work to spread the benefits from production at scale across the largest possible number of market participants. This book seeks to bring frontier thinking and evidence on the role and origins of large firms to a wide range of readers, including academics, development practitioners and policy makers.




Ten years in public health 2007-2017


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Ten years in public health 2007-2017 chronicles the evolution of global public health over the decade that Margaret Chan served as Director-General at the World Health Organization. This series of chapters evaluates successes setbacks and enduring challenges during the decade. They show what needs to be done when progress stalls or new threats emerge. The chapters show how WHO technical leadership can get multiple partners working together in tandem under coherent strategies. The importance of country leadership and community engagement is stressed repeatedly throughout the chapters. Together we have made tremendous progress. Health and life expectancy have improved nearly everywhere. Millions of lives have been saved. The number of people dying from malaria and HIV has been cut in half. WHO efforts to stop TB saved 49 million lives since the start of this century. In 2015 the number of child deaths dropped below 6 million for the first time a 50% decrease in annual deaths since 1990. Every day 19 000 fewer children die. We are able to count these numbers because of the culture of measurement and accountability instilled in WHO. These chapters tell a powerful story of global challenges and how they have been overcome. In a world facing considerable uncertainty international health development is a unifying – and uplifting – force for the good of humanity.




The Poverty of Nations


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We can win the fight against global poverty. Combining penetrating economic analysis with insightful theological reflection, this book sketches a comprehensive plan for increasing wealth and protecting stability at a national level.




America's Role in Nation-Building


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The post-World War II occupations of Germany and Japan set standards for postconflict nation-building that have not since been matched. Only in recent years has the United States has felt the need to participate in similar transformations, but it is now facing one of the most challenging prospects since the 1940s: Iraq. The authors review seven case studies--Germany, Japan, Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan--and seek lessons about what worked well and what did not. Then, they examine the Iraq situation in light of these lessons. Success in Iraq will require an extensive commitment of financial, military, and political resources for a long time. The United States cannot afford to contemplate early exit strategies and cannot afford to leave the job half completed.




Business Strategies Policies


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The book is designed to provide Strategies, Policies, Finance, Financial Advice, Account Control Records, Reliable Marketing Strategies and coverage to Companies, Organizations, Students, Institutions, Researchers, Entrepreneurs, Business Men's, Investors, Agencies and Governments to develop the requisite depth of the practical essential key tools for every business to attain it supreme target growth objectives, goals, missions, visions, management accomplishment of set target, Debts management and developing a standard strategies and policies to govern the business control internal framework, regulate the performance of the management and staffs business objectives output in the competitive markets place of the economy to focus on strategies and policies of the business to shape up the key business structures of the organizational capacity to enhanced its sustainable growth in the global economy and provide vital critical solutions of the problems of businesses.




China Airborne


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From one of our most influential journalists, here is a timely, vital, and illuminating account of the next stage of China’s modernization—its plan to rival America as the world’s leading aerospace power and to bring itself from its low-wage past to a high-tech future. In 2011, China announced its twelfth Five-Year Plan, which included the commitment to spend a quarter of a trillion dollars to jump-start its aerospace industry. In China Airborne, James Fallows documents, for the first time, the extraordinary scale of China’s project, making clear how it stands to catalyze the nation’s hyper-growth and hyper-urbanization, revolutionizing China in ways analogous to the building of America’s transcontinental railroad in the nineteenth century. Completing this remarkable picture, Fallows chronicles life in the city of Xi’an, home to 250,000 aerospace engineers and assembly-line workers, and introduces us to some of the hucksters, visionaries, entrepreneurs, and dreamers who seek to benefit from China’s pursuit of aeronautical supremacy. He concludes by explaining what this latest demonstration of Chinese ambition means for the United States and for the rest of the world—and the right ways for us to respond.




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