PLATINUM ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF APPLIED ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT
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The primary objective of this book, PLATINUM ESSAYS IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF APPLIED ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT, is to present in a clear, cognizable and concise format, topics of major significance in modern economic development. This presentation is focused upon Nigeria, Africa and the world as measured, shifting concentric epicenters of economic growth and development. The author, Professor Herbert Onye Orji in this and in his four previous books, has maintained a lucid, creative substance and style of writing. Initially, he states the underlying philosophy of applied economic development in each major essay topic. He then proceeds on a parallel basis with a lucid descriptive and numero-graphic analysis of the theory, employing case studies in some instances. Professor Orji's extensive summary research reports on economic issues of global significance including sections such as George Soros and New Paradigm Shifts in the Money and Capital Markets, Endless Struggles with Boom-Bust Cycles; The Paradox of Sovereign Credit Ratings; Regional Banking and Economic Development in Africa & Asia; Foreign Direct & Portfolio Investments in Africa; Cross Border Investor Protection & Global Capital Markets Integrity; Millennium Development Goals and The Nigerian Capital Market; Building Effective PPPs for Infrastructural Services Development; The USA Securities and Exchange Commission's Power and Influence on the Global Economy; Project Finance for Large Scale Plantation Agriculture, Aircraft and Ocean-going Vessels (Separate research reports & essays); and Harmonization of Regulatory Framework Towards Enhancing the Reliability of Financial Reports, have won accolades and admiration from policy makers, international and multilateral institutions, academia and major research centers in Nigeria, throughout Africa, Asia, Western Europe, Canada and the United States. It is partly as result of this positive resonance that the author decided to produce these interconnected and interrelated topics, issues and reports in a platinum book form. Among other advantages, this book to a large extent serves as an encyclopedia for government and private sector policy makers, academia, multilateral institutions and major research centers. Some topics are current to the time of publication with projections through 2012 and further, while some essays are deliberately dated to reflect the economic and policy environment within a specific time frame. The author has gone beyond the call of duty in search of solutions to the problems of economic development and global resource management.
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This book, Platinum Essays In The Philosophy Of Applied Economics Of Development, is a collection of interrelated and interconnected essays on applied economics of development with underlying philosophy contents. The topic and areas of coverage were carefully chosen to comprehensively reflect a mandatory range of issues, germane to the understanding, teaching, research, publication and practice of applied economics of development, particularly in medium-to low income emerging markets.
There are twenty one chapters each with a topic of major developmental significance in applied economics. Based on the clear and lucid underlying philosophical statements, the broad scope of the applied definitions, analytical and descriptive review of relevant modern and dated literatures, germane to the discourse, observations, recommendations, conclusions and range of ease or otherwise of policy implementations, the key objectives of the book have been achieved.
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Herbert Onyekwere Orji; FCIB (London),CFA. Professor Orji, Global Investment Banker and Chartered Stockbroker, is the Chairman and CEO of Summa Guaranty & Trust Company Plc. (Member of the Nigerian Stock Exchange). He previously served with the IFC-Emerging Markets Inc. as a Consulting Senior Advisor on Discount Houses; Managing Director & CEO of Progress Bank of Nigeria Plc. (1985-1991); Pioneer Representative and General Manager of United Bank for Africa in the U.K; Vice President of American Express Bank Group on Wall Street, USA and a Computer Systems Programmer with Riggs National Bank, Washington DC (Now PN Bank N.A). Professor Orji graduated First Class Honors in Mathematics and Economics from Howard University. He received an MBA (Finance & Operations Research) with distinction from the University of Michigan. Thereafter he received a PhD From Union Inst. & Univ. and a PMD from Harvard Business School. He has published four books, two of which are award winners, and several articles in Nigeria and abroad on Banking & Finance, Operations Research, Investment Management and the Applied Economics of Development. He has also lectured at Howard, Union, Lagos Business School, the Nigeria Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Harvard and Clark-Atlanta universities. Orji is the President’s Council Professor of Banking, Finance and Applied Economics at City University Los Angeles. Professor Orji serves in a good number of boards including Chairmanship of United Way—Nigeria. He is married to Dr. Nnenna A. Orji, Chairman and Chief Judge of the Investments and Securities Tribunal, and they have seven children.