Nigeria And The Millennium Development Goals

Author : Chukwuebuka Dominic Onyechi
Publisher : Editions L'Harmattan
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Economic development projects
ISBN : 9782343170206

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Nigeria and the Millennium Development Goals by Chukwuebuka Dominic Onyechi Pdf

The Millennium Development Goals adopted by United Nations member states in 2000 were meant to improve a variety of situations affecting the well-being of their inhabitants by 2015 : poverty, hunger, education, disease, gender equality and environmental sustainability. In this book, Chukwuebuka Dominic Onyechi evaluates the performance of Nigeria with respect to achieving these goals. He describes the challenges faced by the country and evaluates its successes and failures goal by goal to establish what worked, what didn't, and why. He compares Nigeria's performance to those of a "peer group" of other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to situate Nigeria's results within a broader regional context, and to draw lessons where appropriate. Dr. Onyechi's assessment becomes the basis for a series of recommendations he makes for Nigeria to achieve the next set of targets set by the UN member states : the Sustainable Development Goals, which aim to complete and broaden the process of improving the human condition by 2030. This book is adapted from his Ph.D. dissertation.

Author : Nicholas Awortwi,Herman Musahara
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789994455904

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Implementation of the Millennium Development Goals by Nicholas Awortwi,Herman Musahara Pdf

In September 2000, world leaders from 189 countries, including 147 Heads of State, gathered at the United Nations General Assembly to consider the challenges of the new millennium. They adopted the Millennium Declaration, which set out a vision for inclusive and sustainable globalization (UN 2000 (A/RES/55/2)). The leaders pledged to work towards ensuring that conditions of extreme poverty are eradicated wherever they existed. To actualise this declaration, the UN established eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be achieved by 2015. The goals were broken down into 18 concrete targets and 48 indicators to track progresses in implementation. For the past 14 years thereafter, countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been striving to achieve the goals. So far, some have achieved some of the goals, and the results toward the rest of the goals are also by and large positive, though off-target. This book brings together results of studies on progresses and challenges in the implementation of the MDGs in Lesotho, Kenya, Botswana, Madagascar, Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda and Nigeria. The authors focus on selected goals as cases. The book also presents lessons that can inform the post-2015 development agenda.

Author : Besada, Hany,McMillan Polonenko, Leah
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447335719

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Did the Millennium Development Goals Work? by Besada, Hany,McMillan Polonenko, Leah Pdf

With the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) behind us, this book asks did they work? And what happens next? Arguing that to effectively look forward, we must first look back, the editors of this insightful book gather leading scholars and practitioners from a range of backgrounds and regions to provide an in-depth exploration of the MDG project and its impact. Contributors use region-specific case studies to explore the effectiveness of the MDGs in addressing the root causes of poverty, including resource geographies, early childhood development and education, women’s rights and disability rights as well as the impact of the global financial crisis and Arab Spring on MDG attainment. Providing a critical assessment that seeks to inform future policy decisions, the book will be valuable to those working in the development community as well as to academics and students of international development, international relations and development economics.

Author : Kobena T. Hanson,Korbla P. Puplampu,Timothy M. Shaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351855013

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From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals by Kobena T. Hanson,Korbla P. Puplampu,Timothy M. Shaw Pdf

Millennium development goals (MDGs) and sustainable development goals (SDGs) have significant implications for global development, in particular for African countries. This book seeks to assist Africa’s policy makers and political leaders, MNCs and NGOs, plus its increasingly heterogeneous media landscape, to understand and better respond or negotiate the evolving development environment of the 21st century. In this collection of nuanced essays, the contributors interrogate the relationship between the MDGs and SDGs in key areas of African development to enhance our understanding and knowledge of the evolving nature of development. They address issues of governance, agriculture, south-south cooperation in a context of foreign aid, natural resource governance and sustainable development, export diversification and economic growth as well as emerging topics such as the internet of things or the sharing economy, climate change, conflict and non-traditional security. The varied, yet interlinked foci present a holistic overview of Africa’s development aspirations, and ability to transform the SDGs’ universal aspirations into local realities. This book will be of use to academics and students in Development Studies, Contemporary African Studies, Political Science, Policy Studies and Geography, and should also appeal to policy makers and development practitioners.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Basic needs
ISBN : 9789373570

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The Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria by Anonim Pdf

Author : Apia E. Okorafor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788441696

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MINDLESS BANKING by Apia E. Okorafor Pdf

A narrative, from a personal perspective of the author, that looks at the subculture and subliminal management practices that brought down financial institutions in Nigeria. The author's narrative is simple and devoid of academic terminologies. The book has done a good job of exposing destructive ethics and values that were promoted and which led to the Nigerian Banking industry crises of 2008/2009

Author : Aloysius Anene Okafor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nigeria
ISBN : IND:30000110403700

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Poverty and Human Development in Nigeria by Aloysius Anene Okafor Pdf

Author : Eghosa O. Ekhator,Servel Miller,Etinosa Igbinosa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000455366

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Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria by Eghosa O. Ekhator,Servel Miller,Etinosa Igbinosa Pdf

This book explores Nigeria’s progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, presenting key country-specific lessons, as well as providing innovative solutions and practices which are transferrable to other emerging economies. Despite all of Nigeria’s potential, and substantial oil revenues, poverty remains widespread and the country faces many challenges. The contributors to this book provide comparative historical and contemporary analysis of the main challenges for achieving progress in the SDGs, and make recommendations for the most effectives ways of developing, adopting, disseminating and scaling them. Starting with the conceptualisation and evolution of the SDGs, the book goes on to consider the goal on ending poverty, and the urgent need to combat climate change and its impacts. The book also reflects on the role of business and taxation, and the cultural and societal dimensions of the SDGs, including education, gender, and the role of the church. Overall, the book focuses on knowledge/implementation gaps and the role of collaborative partnerships and disruptive technologies in implementing the framework in general. This book will be of interest to scholars, policy makers and practitioners of sustainable development and African studies, as well as those with a particular interest in Nigeria.

Author : Nathan Andrews,Nene Ernest Khalema,N'Dri T. Assié-Lumumba
Publisher : Springer
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319161662

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Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Retrospect by Nathan Andrews,Nene Ernest Khalema,N'Dri T. Assié-Lumumba Pdf

This volume examines the impact of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on Africa’s development post-2015. It assesses the current state of the MDGs in Africa by outlining the successes, gaps and failures of the state goals, including lessons learned. A unique feature of the book is the exposition on post-MDG’s agenda for Africa’s development. Chapters on poverty, south-south partnership, aid, gender, empowerment, health as well as governance and development explore what feasible alternative lie ahead for Africa beyond the expiry date of the MDGs.

Author : Simeon O. Jekayinfa
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783736986169

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Harvest of research outcomes to confirm achievement of the millennium development goals by Simeon O. Jekayinfa Pdf

In 2000, the leaders of member states of the United Nations adopted the Millennium Declaration, which set out a series of clear commitments, goals and targets to achieve Human Development. These ambitious goals were subsequently refined into eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), designed to provide a framework for accountability, donor coordination and resource mobilization. The MDGs are: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; achieve universal primary education; promote gender equality and empower women; reduce child mortality; improve maternal health; combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; ensure environmental sustainability; and develop a global partnership for development. The first seven of these Goals are concerned with outcomes, identifying the progress towards certain standards of human well-being and decent living which should be achieved globally and nationally by 2015. The eighth Goal is concerned with relationships, identifying various aspects of a “global partnership for development” which must be forged to support the realization of these poverty reduction, human development and environmental sustainability standards. The MDGs provide opportunities to start working from real-life development problems. Addressing these problems requires multidisciplinary approaches that combine the natural sciences, the life sciences and technical approaches with social-science approaches. The challenge is to integrate social, economic, political and institutional concerns into research strategy. To be able to achieve this, there is a need to establish a linking pin between research, policy and practice in Nigeria. The aim of such a linking pin would be to synthesize research outcomes on specific MDGrelated topics and to translate these into implications for policy – and decision – making through easily accessible gathering where individual stakeholders can air their views. The articles contained in this book address research outcomes from stakeholders (Sociologists, Economists, Agronomists, Agricultural Engineers, Civil Engineers, Environmental Scientists and Engineers, Geographers, Geologists, Microbiologists, Medical Practitioners, Policy Makers, Educationists, etc.) to confirm achievement of Millennium Development Goals in Nigeria and other neighboring countries.

Author : Abimbola O. Omolabi,Kayode O. Aledare,Oke J. Oladapo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Development economics
ISBN : 9789111894

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Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction by Abimbola O. Omolabi,Kayode O. Aledare,Oke J. Oladapo Pdf

Author : Sefa Awaworyi Churchill
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811515569

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Moving from the Millennium to the Sustainable Development Goals by Sefa Awaworyi Churchill Pdf

This book presents a collection of chapters that examine various dimensions of development. Between 2000 and 2015, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) remained the overarching development framework that governed the international development community. After a decade and half of commitment to the MDGs, the framework is widely considered a success, although progress reported across countries has been uneven. The new overarching international development framework may not be successful or present the best opportunities for the desired global change without a better understanding of factors that contributed the most or the least to the attainment of the MDGs. The chapters presented in this book provide discussions and insights into understanding these factors better. They represent a collection of scholarship that address some of the important questions in international development. They adopt a wide range of research methods to provide insight into what works, and what does not, in promoting the stipulated development goals.

Author : EMMANUEL NJOKU.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643963413

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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA by EMMANUEL NJOKU. Pdf

Author : E. O. Akinnawo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028507791

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Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Socio-economic Policies and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa by E. O. Akinnawo Pdf

Author : F. O. C. Nwonwu,Francis Nwonwu
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0798302127

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Millennium Development Goals by F. O. C. Nwonwu,Francis Nwonwu Pdf

This book reviews the progress, prospects and challenges of meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa. Each chapter corresponds with one of the eight goals of the Millennium Declaration. The introduction sets the stage for the discourse contained in the main text while the conclusion forms an opinion from the findings and prescribes the way forward. The goals, in sequence, include: bull; Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger bull; Achieve universal primary education bull; Promote gender equality and empower women bull; Reduce child mortality bull; Improve maternal health bull; Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases bull; Ensure environmental sustainability bull; Develop a global partnership for development. While it is apparent that most North African countries are on track to achieve the above goals by 2015, few countries in sub-Saharan Africa are expected to succeed in this. As well as reviewing progress towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals, the authors also analyse the obstacles and challenges that stand in the way of achieving the goals. These include internal, economic and cultural obstacles as well as external and environmental factors such as reductions in funding, problems in accessing global markets and the implications for Africa of climate change.