Poverty Alleviation with Economic Growth Strategy: Prospects and Challenges in Contemporary Nigeria

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Title:	Poverty Alleviation with Economic Growth Strategy: Prospects and Challenges in Contemporary Nigeria
Authors:	Oladeji, S.I. Abiola, A.G.
Year:	2000
Periodical:	Journal of Social Development in Africa (ISSN 1012-1080)
Volume:	15
Issue:	2
Period:	July
Pages:	33-53
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs., ills.
Geographic terms:	Nigeria West Africa
Subjects:	economic policy poverty educational reform Economics and Trade Labor and Employment Education and Oral Traditions Economics, Commerce Poverty alleviation employment creation Educational change economic development
Abstract:	This paper deliberates on the rationality of adopting the so-called 'poverty alleviation with economic growth' strategy. The strategy brings to the fore the necessity of tackling poverty through a broadly-based growth process with an explicit orientation to employment creation, supplemented by massive investments in human capital of the poor. The prospects and challenges of this strategy in the context of the Nigerian situation are articulated and the conclusion is that poverty alleviation in contemporary Nigeria requires both economic policy and educational reforms. To enhance the human capital of the poor in particular, the priorities for educational reforms should be in the areas of basic education, social equity in educational provision, and vocational training and education. Bibliogr., sum.