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Title:Ending the poverty trap in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria
Authors:Ibaba, Ibaba Samuel
Ebiede, Tarila M.ISNI
Year:2009
Periodical:Journal of Social Development in Africa (ISSN 1012-1080)
Volume:24
Issue:1
Pages:65-89
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Nigeria
West Africa
Subjects:poverty
rural poverty
petroleum industry
government policy
Economics, Commerce
Niger River Delta Region (Nigeria)--Economic conditions
Niger River Delta Region (Nigeria)--Social conditions
Abstract:While Nigeria is well endowed with natural resources, research has revealed a consistent increase in the incidence of poverty. Of the country's six geopolitical zones - South-West, South-East, South-South, North-West, North-East and North-Central - it is in the South-South zone that the largely rural Niger Delta region, which is the focus of this paper, is situated. The Niger Delta region is rich in terms of natural resources, including oil, and yet poverty is pervasive. The fundamental causes of the poverty trap in the Niger Delta are uncontrolled population growth and loss of capabilities, associated with oil and non-oil related environmental degradation, subsistence levels of per capita consumption, low savings rate, low productivity and poor social infrastructure. Bad governance and corruption are also major challenges to ending the region's poverty. Policy options that may enable people in the region to escape the poverty trap essentially hinge on population planning, development and capability development, including education, the development of infrastructure and social amenities, agriculture development, community empowerment and environmental management. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract, edited]
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