Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Poverty Alleviation In Nigeria

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" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">This research work examines the impact of the MDGs on Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria following

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">some progress on the achievement of the MDGs, given the modest recovery of the

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" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">Nigerian economy since the 1990s and the various efforts of all stakeholders.

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">Although, poverty was till pervasive, and child mortality and maternal health

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">still precarious, yet literacy level were rising, gender equality and

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">empowerment of women are improving. HIV/AIDs pandemic, malaria and other

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">communicable disease reducing. In all, the rate of achievement was slow in

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">Nigeria with incredible financial bases and capacity. However, the constraint are many unemployment,

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">poor governance and implementation of programmes, corruption, inadequacy and

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">misapplication of fund, leading to lack of value for money. Others are poor

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">infrastructure to aid production and promote domestic trade, better

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">co-ordination of activities among the security problems in the treasure store

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">of Nigeria (the Niger-Delta). Although, Nigeria has made appreciable progress

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">on Goal 2 and 8, as well as some partial progress on Goal 3 and 6, but faces

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">serious challenges on Goal 4, 5 and 7 and some indicator of Goal 6. There is a

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">need to consolidate on area where progress has been made while concrete efforts

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">is required to get the country back on tract in the areas where it faces

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">serious challenges. This underscores the need to address implementation

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">bottlenecks and defect in current policies. It is pertinent to note that to

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">ignite the desire and irreversible progress towards attaining the MDGs targets

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">need coordinated efforts, and adequate funding and focused implementation.

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">However, more efforts are needed to capture relevant data on all activities

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">about the implementation of the MDGs from the three tiers of government

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">regularly, that way assessing the progress of MDGs will be more practical,

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">robust and total. Nevertheless, the secondary method of data collection and

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">evaluative method was employed in this research work especially data from the

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">National Planning Commission (NPC), Office of the Senior Special Assistant to

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">the President on MDGs (OSSAP), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS),

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) and the United Nations

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">Development Programme (UNDP), textbooks, newspapers, internets etc. Finally,

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">government should provide opportunities for greater involvement of the private

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">sector, civil society organizations and development partners in the

" times="" new="" roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"="">implementation, monitoring and evaluation of MDGs – related projects

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">TABLE OF CONTENTS

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Title page - - - - - - - - - i

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Certification - - - - - - - - - ii

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Declaration - - - - - - - - - iii

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Dedication - - - - - - - - - iv

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Acknowledgement - - - - - - - - v

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Table of contents - - - - - - - - vii

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Acronyms and Abbreviation - - - - - - x

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Abstract - - - - - - - - - xiv

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">CHAPTER ONE

190%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">1.0 Introduction - - - - - - - - 1

190%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">1.1 Background of the Study - - - - - - 2

190%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">1.2 Statement of the Problem - - - - - - 7

190%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">1.3 Aims and Objectives of the Study - - - - 9

190%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">1.4 Significance of the Study - - - - - - 9

190%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">1.5 Scope of the Study - - - - - - - 9

190%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">1.6 Limitation of the Study - - - - - - 10

190%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">1.7 Research Questions - - - - - - 10

190%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">1.8 Research Methodology - - - - - - 10

190%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">1.9 Definition of Term - - - - - - - 11

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> Reference - - - - - - - - 15

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">CHAPTER TWO

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">2.0 Introduction - - - - - - - - 16

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">2.1 Conceptualization of Millennium - - - - 16

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">2.2 Meaning of Poverty - - - - - - 18

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">2.3 Conceptualization of Poverty Alleviation - - - 25

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">2.4 Theories of Poverty - - - - - - 29

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> Reference - - - - - - - - 34

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">CHAPTER THREE

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">3.0 Introduction - - - - - - - - 36

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">3.1 National Poverty Eradication Programmes (NAPEP) in Nigeria 36

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">3.2 Causes of Poverty in Nigeria - - - - - 50

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">3.3 Measurement of Poverty - - - - - - 54

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">3.4 Nigeria’s Experience on Poverty Alleviation - - - 58

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> References - - - - - - - - 64

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color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">CHAPTER FOUR

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">4.0 Introduction - - - - - - - - 65

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">4.1 Progress Assessment of MDGs in Nigeria (2005-2011) - 65

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">4.2 Challenges of MDGs in Nigeria - - - - - 83

200%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">4.3 Strategies of Achieving MDGs in Nigeria - - - 92

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> Reference - - - - - - - - 108

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">CHAPTER FIVE

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">5.0 Summary - - - - - - - - 110

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">5.1 Conclusion - - - - - - - - 113

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">5.2 Recommendations - - - - - - - 116

color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> Bibliography - - - - - - - 120

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AzM2Mu95c00118a22a233.27206378, N. (2018). Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Poverty Alleviation In Nigeria. Afribary. Retrieved from https://beta.afribary.com/works/millennium-development-goals-mdgs-and-poverty-alleviation-in-nigeria-7988

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