The Role of public sector budgets in growing an economy. Analytical assessment of Delta State budgets from 1996-2001 fiscal years

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2002 in the subject Business economics - Accounting and Taxes, grade: B, , course: Accounting/Finance, language: English, abstract: This study examines the role of public sector budgets in growing an economy; analytical assessment of Delta State government budgets from 1996-2001 fiscal years. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of public sector budget on the economy. The study considered three major indices of economic growth - capital projects, per capita income and worker's productivity. Primary data were collected using questionnaire. Data were analysed using frequency distribution tables and simple percentage and the three hypotheses were tested with the non-parametric statistical tool, the chi-square.