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| Title: | Increasing Incidence of Poverty in Nigeria: An Impact Assessment of the Government's Economic Reform Programme |
| Author: | Ezeoha, Abel E. |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Social Development in Africa (ISSN 1012-1080) |
| Volume: | 20 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Period: | July |
| Pages: | 112-131 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic terms: | Nigeria West Africa |
| Subjects: | poverty reduction economic policy Economics and Trade Politics and Government Law, Human Rights and Violence Economics, Commerce poverty Social indicators Economic indicators |
| Abstract: | This paper examines why it has remained nearly impossible for Nigeria to address the rising incidence of poverty among its citizenry. It also attempts to establish the impact of an apparently total lack of social alignment in government economic reforms and policies. It focuses on trends in the reform programme pursued over the last five years (1999-2004) by the present civilian government, and the attendant poverty alleviation strategies adopted. One of the high points of the manifesto of the Obasanjo government was its commitment to poverty alleviation. Since its inception, the government has rolled out numerous poverty reduction programmes. At the same time, it has developed several economic reform programmes that seem to have greatly deflected the goals of these same measures. All the efforts of the government, and the resources invested in the poverty alleviation programme over the years, seem to have been wasted, as only limited positive results have been recorded. Regrettably, government initiatives designed to mitigate the deleterious effects of the economic reforms have, instead, helped to worsen the state of poverty in the country. A more realistic strategy to alleviate poverty in Nigeria would be for the government to take full responsibility for ensuring that poor people receive greater attention in their struggle to access affordable and better quality basic services. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |
