Rural development problems in Nigeria

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Rural development problems in Nigeria

edited by S.A. Olanrewaju, Toyin Falola

Avebury, c1992

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Most Nigerians dwell in rural areas, where they experience, on a daily basis, the stark realities of underdevelopment. The primary goal of this book is to analyze rural backwardness in all its manifestations: declining agricultural exports and food production; poor transportation and health-care delivery; rural-urban migration; lack of industrialization; and disorderly spatial development. It is an attempt to address Nigeria's underdevelopment from a multi-disciplinary approach and it examines in detail the recent changes in rural areas. The conclusion calls for measures that pay attention to basic human needs, the involvement of the rural dwellers in the formulation and implementation of policies that affect them, adequate budgetary allocation to rural areas, and the transformation of local governments as effective agents of rural development.

Table of Contents

  • Overview of the rural development problem, S.A Olanrewaju
  • the historical roots of the rural development problem in Nigeria, Olasiji Oshin
  • the problem of declining agricultural export products, J.O. Olagbaju, G.O. Adeseum
  • the problem of declining food production, P.A. Okuneye
  • the rural industrialization problem, A.C. Nwosu
  • the rural transportation problem, S.A. Olanrewaju
  • the rural health care delivery problem, A.O Olokesusi
  • fiscal incentives for rural development, R.A. Faforiji
  • the prospects for rural development in Nigeria, S.A. Olanrewaju, Toyin Falola.

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