Adebusuyi Isaac Adeniran
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447335702
- eISBN:
- 9781447335740
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447335702.003.0011
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental
This chapter examines the impact of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS), a socio-economic framework for enabling sustainable human development in Nigeria, and how it ...
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This chapter examines the impact of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS), a socio-economic framework for enabling sustainable human development in Nigeria, and how it incorporates the basic targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) into government policy at both the national and grassroots levels. The chapter draws on the results of a study that was conducted to assess the specific impacts of the NEEDS policy in the process of improving the condition of existence in Nigeria by promoting socio-economic inclusivity. It considers the achievements of the NEEDS, the impediments that have constrained its functioning, and the lessons that have been or could be learnt from related achievements and failures of past development policies in Nigeria. It also offers some recommendations to make the NEEDS more effective in addressing the challenges and threats posed by poverty and other social incongruence in Nigeria.Less
This chapter examines the impact of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS), a socio-economic framework for enabling sustainable human development in Nigeria, and how it incorporates the basic targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) into government policy at both the national and grassroots levels. The chapter draws on the results of a study that was conducted to assess the specific impacts of the NEEDS policy in the process of improving the condition of existence in Nigeria by promoting socio-economic inclusivity. It considers the achievements of the NEEDS, the impediments that have constrained its functioning, and the lessons that have been or could be learnt from related achievements and failures of past development policies in Nigeria. It also offers some recommendations to make the NEEDS more effective in addressing the challenges and threats posed by poverty and other social incongruence in Nigeria.
Yujiro Hayami
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- April 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199754359
- eISBN:
- 9780190261320
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199754359.003.0015
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Macro- and Monetary Economics
This chapter identifies the nature of a new agricultural problem emerging in high-performing economies in Asia, as they advance from the low-income to a middle-income stage. The “agricultural ...
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This chapter identifies the nature of a new agricultural problem emerging in high-performing economies in Asia, as they advance from the low-income to a middle-income stage. The “agricultural problem” is defined as a problem in designing and implementing agricultural policies to promote national economic development. The chapter concludes with an analysis of needed investments in appropriate agricultural technology to prevent the loss of comparative advantage in agriculture and investments in human capital to facilitate the transfer of labor from farm to non-farm sectors.Less
This chapter identifies the nature of a new agricultural problem emerging in high-performing economies in Asia, as they advance from the low-income to a middle-income stage. The “agricultural problem” is defined as a problem in designing and implementing agricultural policies to promote national economic development. The chapter concludes with an analysis of needed investments in appropriate agricultural technology to prevent the loss of comparative advantage in agriculture and investments in human capital to facilitate the transfer of labor from farm to non-farm sectors.
