| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages) |
| Contents |
The concept of poverty and its various dimensions -- / Malumfashi, Sani lawal -- Poverty: causes, nature and measurement -- / Aliyu, Shehu Usman Rano -- Poverty alleviation in Northern Nigeria: c.1900-1960 -- / Abdulkadir, Mohammed Sanni -- Poverty alleviation initiatives in Nigeria: LEMP as a reassuring alternative strategy -- / Dandago, Kabiru Isa -- The Nigerian governments and the war against poverty in Nigeria -- / Dandago, Kabiru Isa & Maiyaki, Ahmad Audu -- Repositioning the local governments for the poverty eradication agenda in Nigeria -- / Dalhatu, Shehu -- The role of business community in the war against poverty in Nigeria -- / Bello, Garba Bala -- The role of the mass media in the fight against poverty in Nigeria -- / Maikaba, Balaraba -- Ethno-religious conflicts in Kano state: poverty as a mojor explanatory factor -- / Ibrahim, Fatima Oyine -- The prolonged military rule and poverty exacerbation in Nigeria: 1984 -- 1994 -- / Lawan, Mahmoud Mohammed -- Environment-poverty nexus: oil exploration and exploitation in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria -- / Tanko, Adamu I. -- Environment, conflict, and poverty in the Niger Delta region -- / Ahmed, Kabiru -- The IMF/world bank Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) and poverty generation: the experience of public sector workers in Nigeria -- / Mohammed, Habu -- The Millennium Development Goals and poverty in Nigeria: an appraisal -- / Radda, Sadiq Isah -- Poverty alleviation as a machinery for economic reconstruction in Nigeria -- / Muktar, Mustapha -- Towards a viable policy for poverty alleviation by the year 2015 -- / Olofin, Emmanuel Ajayi -- Selected Bibliography |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Poverty -- Nigeria
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Poverty
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Nigeria
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Duze, Mustapha C
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Mohammed, Habu
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Kiyawa, Ibrahim Ahmed
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| ISBN |
1282030930 |
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9781282030930 |
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9781906704001 |
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1906704007 |
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9781906704018 |
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1906704015 |
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1905068212 |
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9781905068210 |
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