Author: Ikechukwu Enoch NwosuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poverty
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Growing the Economy and Achieving Poverty Reduction in Nigeria
Author: Ikechukwu Enoch NwosuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poverty
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Poverty in Nigeria
Author: Mustapha C. DuzePublisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
One of the critical concerns in Nigeria is how to alleviate poverty in the country. The general prevalence of poverty in Nigeria is paradoxical because the country is one of the biggest oil-producing countries in the world. A 1999 World Bank report for instance showed that some 70 per cent of the population lives below the bread line - usually considered as living on less than US$1.00 a day. This raises a number of very important questions: What are really responsible for the wide prevalence of poverty in Nigeria in the midst of plenty? How is poverty manifested in the country? What alleviation strategies are in place? How effective are they? And what are the implications of all these for the country's democracy project, political stability, nation-building and development discourse? Contributors to this volume address these questions and provide insights into some of the central issues in the discussion of poverty, including how the poor themselves struggle to cope or adapt to their condition. Using multidisciplinary perspectives, the contributors critique the current alleviation strategies and recommend more viable and better- targeted approaches that will sharply reduce the incidence of poverty in Nigeria. _____________________________________________ * Mustapha C. Duze is a Professor of Sociology at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. He did his undergraduate studies in Sociology at the University of Ife, Nigeria, and holds a PhD in Demography from the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Professor Duze also holds a Diploma in Survey Sampling from the Institute of Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Abor, U.S.A He was Head of the Department of Sociology at Bayero University (1994-1999) and the Director of the General Studies Unit of the same University (2002 to 2006). He has published widely in scholarly journals and has co-authored several books. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Bayero University's Journal of interdisciplinary Studies. *Dr. Habu Mohammed holds a PhD in Political Science from Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria. He is currently a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Bayero University, Kano-Nigeria. He has published widely in the areas of political economy, political development, peace studies, human rights, civil society and democratization. He is a co-editor of Readings in Social Science Research (2006) and editor of Concepts and Issues in Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution (2005). He is a Member of the Editorial Board of the faculty-based Journal of Social and Management Studies (JOSAMS). He was also a Fulbright Fellow at the Programme of African Studies (PAS), Northwestern University, Illinois, U.S.A. * Professor Ibrahim Ahmed Kiyawa did his undergraduate studies at the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom and a doctorate degree in Development Economics, from Maxwell School, Syracuse University, New York, USA. Professor Kiyawa was a Dean of the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Bayero University, Kano-Nigeria for a long time, and Head of the Department of Economics, which he founded in 1976. Professor Kiyawa has over 30 years of teaching and research experience. He has published extensively in national and international journals and has edited a number of books, including Management of the Nigerian Economy under Democratic Administration (2000), Accountability, Finance, and Financial Discipline in Local Government Administration (1999), Topics on the Nigerian Economy (1988), and Export Promotion as a Strategy for Industrialization (1988). Prof. Kiyawa is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Social and Management Studies ( JOSAMS).
Nigeria
Author: International Monetary FundPublisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451828993
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
This Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper for Nigeria highlights the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS). NEEDS gives special support to agriculture, industry, small and medium-scale enterprises, and oil and gas. Under the plan, the government will seek long-term capital for investment. Trade policy will be modified to unburden business of the red tape and complex procedures that hinder it from flourishing. NEEDS envisages forging stronger links between educational institutions and industry to stimulate rapid industrial growth and efficient exploitation of resources.
Nigeria
Author: International Monetary FundPublisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1451829000
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
This paper presents a Joint Staff Advisory Note on Nigeria’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. Within the framework of Nigeria’s federation, policy coordination between the three tiers of government is critical for achieving poverty reduction objectives. The National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) provides for a considerable increase in public investments, which primarily reflects the government’s desire to address the country’s vast development requirements. NEEDS places considerable emphasis on strengthening public expenditure management to ensure that spending is effective, efficient, and clearly linked to the achievement of objectives of NEEDS.
Poverty in Nigeria
Author: Mustapha C. DuzePublisher: Adonis & Abbey Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1912234564
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
One of the critical concerns in Nigeria is how to alleviate poverty in the country. The general prevalence of poverty in Nigeria is paradoxical because the country is one of the biggest oil-producing countries in the world. A 1999 World Bank report for instance showed that some 70 per cent of the population lives below the bread line - usually considered as living on less than US$1.00 a day. This raises a number of very important questions: What are really responsible for the wide prevalence of poverty in Nigeria in the midst of plenty? How is poverty manifested in the country? What alleviation strategies are in place? How effective are they? And what are the implications of all these for the country's democracy project, political stability, nation-building and development discourse?Contributors to this volume address these questions and provide insights into some of the central issues in the discussion of poverty, including how the poor themselves struggle to cope or adapt to their condition. Using multidisciplinary perspectives, the contributors critique the current alleviation strategies and recommend more viable and better- targeted approaches that will sharply reduce the incidence of poverty in Nigeria.
Nigeria on the Move
Author: WeltbankPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Frequently referred to as the Giant of Africa, Nigeria is growing slower than its population and large numbers of people are poor. With gross national income per capita of US $2,100 (in 2017; Atlas method, WDI), Nigeria is classified as a lower-middle-income country. It is richly endowed, has a relatively young, rural, and multiethnic population, and accounts for the largest economy and population in Africa. It has the potential to become an economic powerhouse through the effective management of its abundant resources, including plentiful agricultural land, marine fisheries, hydropower, oil and gas, unexploited deposits of minerals and metals, a young labor force, and a strong entrepreneurship culture. One-fifth of the population is in the middle class. However, significant poverty persists despite the government's effort to reduce the high poverty rate. Measured according to the US$1.90-a-day per capita purchasing power parity poverty line, it is estimated that 42.8 percent of Nigeria's population was living in extreme poverty in 2016. Poverty has been rising in rural areas and in the northern zones, while the situation in the southern zones has generally been improving. Nigeria needs more inclusive economic growth, so more people can exit from poverty, and the country can evolve into a society with a sizable middle class, a viable social contract between the government and the people, and peace and prosperity across the nation. A key development challenge in Nigeria revolves around economic growth, which has had a limited impact on reducing poverty and building shared prosperity. This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) examines the challenges the government and people of Nigeria face in achieving the twin goals of poverty reduction and shared prosperity.
Poverty Reduction in Nigeria
Author: F. OkunmadewaEconomic Growth, Employment Generation and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria
Author: Aderibigbe Stephen OlomolaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The relationship among economic growth, employment and poverty reduction is an organic one such that the evolution of economic growth is intimately tied to the evolution of employment generation and poverty reduction. Imbalances in macro-economic policies and poor implementation could result in unemployment thereby exacerbating inequality and poverty. The methodology of the study is basically a macro level analysis of how economic growth could contribute to poverty reduction through increases in employment in higher productivity sectors/occupations and a rise in wages. It employs intensity of growth as measured by the GDP elasticity of employment. The technique further involves a macroeconomic analysis of the linkage between the incidence of poverty and employment intensity of growth in Nigeria. The study found among other things that poverty has risen since the resumption of growth in Nigeria. Although there seems to be some decline in relative poverty in recent past, the actual number of people in poverty continues to rise considerably. Moreover, the analysis shows that inequality in income distribution is widening and varies between female- and male-headed households. The developments that are found to make a positive contribution to poverty reduction include structural transformation of employment towards manufacturing and other non-farm sectors, education, and lowering of the dependency burden (i.e., increase in labour force participation). Thus, efforts to reduce poverty will have to focus on the informal sector, acknowledging this sector as not a problem for development, but rather as a starting point for achieving development and poverty reduction.
Research and Policy Directions on Poverty in Nigeria
Author: Fiscal Policy and Poverty Alleviation
Author: Benneth O. ObiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description