This paper describes the nature and evolution of poverty in Nigeria between 1985 and 1992. It highlights the potential wealth of the Nigerian economy and examines how the economic policies pursued in the 1980s and 1990s impacted economic growth and welfare. The headcount measure of poverty in...

This paper describes the nature and evolution of poverty in Nigeria between 1985 and 1992. It highlights the potential wealth of the Nigerian economy and examines how the economic policies pursued in the 1980s and 1990s impacted economic growth and welfare. The headcount measure of poverty in...

This paper describes the nature and evolution of poverty in Nigeria between 1985 and 1992. It begins with the potential wealth of Nigeria`s oil economy and examines how the economic policies pursued in the 1980s and 1990s impacted economic growth and welfare. It then presents a profile of...