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Fertilizer use in Nigeria is estimated at 13 kg/ha, which is far below the 200 kg/ha recommended by the Food and …' participation in the Nigeria's growth enhancement support scheme (GESS). In addition, we determined the impact of the GESS on … fertilizer use in rural areas. One thousand, two hundred rural farmers were sampled across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria …
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Nigeria. It starts by describing the income distribution in the Nigerian states contained in the sample. It then analyses the …
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distribution, the fortunes of the energy sector in the country have been affected by the prevalence of energy poverty. Government … policies such as public capital expenditure (PCE) present a crucial option for reducing energy poverty in Nigeria, providing … presents a pioneering investigation of the nexus between PCE and energy poverty in Nigeria. Also, aside from the variables of …
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are increasing their activities in regions where poverty is predominant. In 2018, Nigeria attained an unenviable position …) level. This study intends to demonstrate the geographic aspects of poverty in Nigeria alongside the underlying factors that … contribute to entrenching the cycle of poverty in some states in Nigeria. By highlighting these factors, the study hopes to draw …
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This study analysed the issues involved in inclusive growth as well as the challenges faced by Nigeria. Issues like … institutions were identified. With regards to Nigeria, it was observed that the country is still far away from realistically being … able to achieve inclusive growth as dependency ratio, poverty and depletion of natural capital is very high. Also, health …
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Amid Nigeria's economic growth and energy challenges, the escalating public debt levels and persistent energy poverty … address ecological imbalances by tackling energy poverty and public debt challenges in Nigeria. … development, energy poverty alleviation, and ecological conservation, it becomes pertinent to understand whether increased public …
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Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first …-examine their results with a non-monetary and multidimensional poverty indicator first published in 2010. Our findings confirm the … underlying study that institutions could have an indirect effect on multidimensional poverty. In other words, the poverty …
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The paper investigates the relationship between development, as measured by the GNI per capita and lived poverty in … one set of indicators that capture the extension of lived poverty, that is what percentage of the respondents, experiences … deprivation, but we also develop a series of indicators that capture the severity of lived poverty, that is how frequently …
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The purpose of the chapter is to analyze Africa's economic successes in the past half century, to understand not only what made it possible but also and more importantly what risk factors may eventually bring it to an end or compromise it. While it may not be possible for Africa to alter, for...
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We assess the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (poverty and inequality) in 93 developing … findings are established. First, the increased use of mobile phones to pay bills is negatively correlated with: (i) poverty in ….646 and 0.761. Second, the increased use of mobile phones to send/receive money is negatively correlated with: (i) poverty in …
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