This study investigates the pro-poorness of income growth in Nigeria. Using nationally representative data for 1996 and … 2004, overall income growth in Nigeria was found not to be pro-poor. The richer segments of the population appropriate … need for smaller family size has to be an integral part of policy aimed at poverty reduction in Nigeria. The support of the …

1980 and 1996. Data analyzed were obtained from four national consumer expenditure surveys conducted in Nigeria in 1980 …The paper examines the linkages between gender of household heads, education and household poverty in Nigeria between … poverty increased substantially in Nigeria between 1980 and 1996. The poverty headcount increased from 27.1 percent in 1980 to …