Contents Preface -- Chapter 1 Estimating the impacts of global system for mobile telecommunication (gsm) on income, employment and transaction cost in Nigeria Bakare A. S. and Gold Kafilah 'Lola-- Chapter 2 On multicollinearity in nonlinear econometric models with mis-specified error terms in large samples Isaac D. Essi, E. C. Chukuigwe and Nathaniel A. Ojekudo-- Chapter 3 An analysis of real estate consumers' perception of service quality in estate agency practice in Lagos metropolis, Nigeria Araloyin, F. M. and Olatoye O.-- Chapter 4 Nature and association of public and private investment: Public policy implications for South Africa Umakrishnan Kollamparambil and Michael Nicolaou-- Chapter 5 Macroeconomic factors and stock returns: Evidence from Taiwan Tarika Singh, Seema Mehta and M. S. Varsha-- Chapter 6 Recognition of good prediction of gold price between MLFF and GMDH neural network Vida Varahrami-- Chapter 7 The industrial challenges for African countries in the era of globalization, information and communication technology Kossi Ayenagbo, Josphert Ngui Kimatu. Zhang Jing, Cowell Evadne and Wang Rongcheng-- Chapter 8 Trade openness, foreign aid and economic growth in post-liberalisation Ghana: An application of ARDL bounds test Daniel Sakyi-- Chapter 9 The nature of inflation in Malawi up to the early 2000s Greenwell C. Matchaya-- Chapter 10 Technical efficiency of maize production in Oyo state Oyewo, Isaac. O-- Chapter 11 The transportation and marketing implications of sand and gravel and its environmental impact in Lome-Togo Kossi Ayenagbo, Josphert Ngui Kimatu, James Gondwe and Wang Rongcheng-- Chapter 12 Evaluation of countries solution against the U.S economics crisis through a multiple attribute decision model (MADM) Ehsan Rasoulinezhad-- Chapter 13 ARIMA (autoregressive integrated moving average) approach to predicting inflation in Ghana Samuel Erasmus Alnaa and Ferdinand Ahiakpor-- Chapter 14 External debt and economic growth in Iran Mehdi Safdari and Masoud Abouie Mehrizi-- Chapter 15 Effect of corporate governance on the top management team compensation Karima Dhaouadi-- Chapter 16 Has education (human capital) contributed to the economic growth of Nigeria? M.A.Adawo-- Chapter 17 Industrial sector energy consumption in Turkey- the relationshıp between economic growth (1970-2010) Yusuf Bayraktutan, Ibrahim Arslan, Dr. Gökçen Sayar Özkan and Filiz Sanal Çevik-- Chapter 18 Interaction between political instability and investment Hadhek Zouhaier and Mohamed Karim Kefi-- Chapter 19 Transformational leadership for excellent result: Challenges for women in management and executive positions in Nigeria Yusuf Olafemi Munirat and Grace Chinelo Nzelibe-- Chapter 20 Money supply and inflation in Malawi: An econometric investigation Kisu Simwaka, Perks Ligoya, Grant Kabango and Mtendere Chikonda-- Chapter 21 Theoretical issues on the African stock markets and portfolio performance Odhiambo Odera-- Chapter 22 Research and Development (R&D) spillovers and economic growth: Empirical validation in the case of developing countries Sahbi Gabsi and Ali Chkir-- Chapter 23 Impact of socio-economic characteristics of GSM-owner on the use of global system for mobile communication (GSM) Osoba, Samson Babatunde-- Chapter 24 Risk, coping mechanisms, and factors in the demand for micro-insurance in Ethiopia Million Tadesse and Marjorie Victor Brans-- Chapter 25 Tax policy developments, donor inflows and economic growth in Malawi Austin Chiumia and Kisu Simwaka Permissions-- List of Contributors