Rich country poor people
Subtitle: Nigeria's story of poverty in the midst of plenty
By: BanjiOyelaran-Oyeyinka
Publisher: Technopol Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lagos?
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9789788013426
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Poverty; Economic conditions; Economic history
Other titles: Nigeria's story of poverty in the midst of plenty
Description: "Nigeria is a country marked by extreme social and economic paradoxes. It is rich in material wealth but large swathes of its people are poor! Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown remarkably but its citizens suffer poor quality of life. It is a major producer of crude oil, with huge reserves of mineral and agricultural resources, the base for industry, but Nigeria's manufacturing sector contributes little to its wealth. Nigeria is rich in human capital but it has little endogenous technological capacity. This country should boast very high living standards but rather its infrastructure is poorly developed and inequality is proportionally high. The promise at independence was that of prosperity but it has long been replaced with befuddling despair that characterizes fragile states"--page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-338) and index.
Table of contents: title: The paradox of penury in the midst of plenty; title: The perils of Nigeria's oil economy; title: Socio-economic inequities and inequality of opportunity; title: Infrastructure spatial inequality and quality of life; title: Educational roots of inequality; title: The toil of the Nigerian poor; title: A manifesto for prosperity.