Center for Economic Policy and Development Research
Covenant University Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR) in collaboration with the Department of Economics and Development Studies presents a 2-Day Workshop on ‘Macroeconomic Diagnostics and Forecasting’. The workshop is in line with CEPDeR’s vision to enhance the capacity of researchers towards evidence-based policymaking. ObjectiveThe main objective of the Workshop is to offer…
The Workshop and Networking event was held on Thursday and Friday, 28th and 29th October 2021 at the Covenant University Centre for Research Innovation and Development (CUCRID) Auditorium. This was a collaboration between Covenant University and Universität Witten Herdecke which was sponsored by Alexander von Humboldt. It was also a parade of international and national…
The webinar is part of the project ‘Strengthening Nigeria’s Responses to COVID-19: Renewable Energy for Resilient Healthcare Systems in Rural Areas’, supported by the Global Research Fund (GCRF) and the Scottish Funding Council. This project is a UK-Nigeria collaboration to identify business models for healthcare facilities in Nigeria using reliable and long-term renewable energy. …
Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research in conjunction with Energy and Environment Research Cluster, Renewable Energy Research Cluster, Built Environment Research Cluster, Biotechnology Research Cluster present the 3rd International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Environment. the aim of the conference is to bring together local and international experts, researchers, scholars, policy makers, industrialists, etc,…
Introduction The quality of the development of research in Nigeria and Africa does not only depend on infrastructure but also on the capacity of researchers to undertake relevant and timely research that is multidisciplinary, interconnected and often robust with wider coverage. However, adequate capacity to undertake such research endeavour is often not available to prepare…
Covenant maintained her 2020 ranking of 401 – 600 to lead other Nigerian institutions in the 2021 rankings. Other Nigerian universities in the ranking include the University of Ibadan, which led the pool in 2020 courtesy of her 201 – 300 ranking, but is now ranked 601 – 800 after Covenant. The University of Lagos,…
For several decades, the many African economies relied on the natural resources, which has been affected by fluctuations in commodity prices at the global market. The new century enhanced the calls for economic diversification, with the agricultural, manufacturing, and services sectors amongst those pronounced. This article focused on the role of agriculture in supporting the…
The Teacher-Student Knowledge Exchange (TSKE) perspective is a theoretical position first established in the seminal research of Ibidunni et al. (2020) to demonstrate a process-based approach to knowledge creation and application in organizations. Yet, there remains an existing gap in understanding institutions’ formative roles, primarily through policy formulation, alongside other relevant contingent factors and actors…
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR 2021 NATIONAL BUDGET ROUNDTABLE The recent civil ENDSARS protests and subsequent ‘lootings’ and ‘vandalization’ in major cities across Nigeria highlighted different dimensions of insecurity in the country. Some persons have also argued about poor funding and inadequate training of security agencies. It is essential to underscore that despite increasing appropriation for security…
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR CEPDeR-OTAGCCIMA SECURITY WORKSHOP Most businesses across Nigeria have fallen victim to prevalent insecurity and incur enormous costs on private security services. More so, many firms incurred losses following the recent civil ENDSARS protests and subsequent lootings in major cities in the country – highlighting different security challenges constraining business profitability….