Год выпуска: 2012 Автор: Reuben Adeolu Alabi Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 236 ISBN: 9783848418572
Описание
In about forty years of oil production, Nigeria has earned over $400 billion from oil. With its large reserves of human and natural resources, Nigeria has the potential to build a prosperous economy, reduce poverty significantly, and provide the health, education, and infrastructure services its population needs. However, available evidence indicates that these resources have not been equitably used for the welfare of the populace. Hence, associated with Nigeria development is huge inequalities. These inequalities have widened, as in many African countries with the economic crisis of the 80s. The richest are more enriched, while the proportion of people living below the poverty line has increased with the disappearance of the middle class who could mediate between the two extremes. Moreover, the industrial base is not sufficiently developed to enable the country to have significant tax revenues. So a shift in the allocation of public spending for the poor to reduce the welfare gap...
