Research Catalog

Title

Contemporary development issues in Nigeria / edited by A.O. Olutayo, A.O. Omobowale, Olayinka Akanle.

Publication

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Olutayo, Akinpelu Olanrewaju
• Omobowale, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa
• Akanle, Olayinka

Description

xv, 237 pages; 22 cm

Summary

Africa today confronts, and is known for, daunting developmental challenges, despite the abundant human and material resources and significant global development assistance. A number of issues have been identified as causes of the continent's poor development performance. However, a number of these implicated issues have been insufficiently unaccounted for, and the majority of existing analysis on them is too generic and misinformed. Against this background, this book uses Nigeria as an example to contribute knowledge and informed research to the wider African continent. Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa, and is one of the continent's most resource-endowed countries, but, despite this, it is one of the poorest countries in the entire world. While many studies have examined the country in depth, its continued development complications and its paradoxical status on the world stage suggest that there is still a need to better understand the country. Even though the issues of Nigeria are engaged with directly in this book, the findings have implications and relevance for the rest of the continent and many other developing countries in general. As such, this book will be of particular interest to all development students, scholars, practitioners and policy makers, especially those interested in the sustainable development of Africa, both now and in the future.

Subject

• Economic development > Nigeria
• Nigeria > Economic conditions

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Cause without cause : an analysis of the economic meltdown and the implication for Africa --- 2. Gender equality, nation building, and national development -- 3. Ethnography of clientalism and development among the Yoruba of South-Western Nigeria -- 4. Information technology and emerging issues in virtual learning in Nigeria -- 5. Public service delivery in Nigeria -- 6. The importance of capture and culture fisheries to development in Nigeria -- 7. Identity construction and nationalism in North-Central Nigeria -- 8. International migration and development in Nigeria -- 9. Transnational simultaneity : an emerging African perspective -- 10. Oil curse and the Nigerian development dilemma -- 11. Who are street beggars, and what is our responsibility to a denuded citizenry? -- 12. Climage change and social processes in rural Nigeria -- 13. Challenges of women entrepreneurs in rural informal economic activities : implications for sustainable rural development in Ogun State, Nigeria -- 14. Social structure, property rights and development in Nigeria.

Call Number

Sc D 15-1532

ISBN

• 9781443872683
• 1443872687

OCLC

905843246

Title

Contemporary development issues in Nigeria / edited by A.O. Olutayo, A.O. Omobowale, Olayinka Akanle.

Publisher

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Olutayo, Akinpelu Olanrewaju, editor.

Omobowale, Ayokunle Olumuyiwa, editor.

Akanle, Olayinka, editor.

Research Call Number

Sc D 15-1532