期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2010
卷号：12
期号：6
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：The paper analyzes the poverty situation in Nigeria. Poverty holds sway, in the midst of plenty, a situation described in
Nigeria’s political lexicon as a ‘bewildering paradox’. Among the committee of nations, Nigeria has been described as
poor. Even on the continent of Africa, using selected world development indicators, Nigeria is poorly ranked. Although
several programs have been designed by the State to combat the scourge, their impacts on the poor population has been
substantially impaired by corruption, weak administration, and poor inter-sectoral governance system. These, in the
opinions of observers, have been the major challenges to poverty reduction in Nigeria. To halt the galloping nature of
Nigeria’s poverty situation, the paper contends that the Nigerian state should be reformed and repositioned; the
conducive environment should be created for the development of market and civil society institutions; and inter-sectoral
governance system should be encouraged.
关键词：Keywords: Poverty; Governance; Human Development
