• THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIA


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study examined the impact of economic growth on poverty alleviation in Nigeria. This study was informed by the rising poverty level in the country. it was argued that despite concerted efforts made by successive government through one form of poverty reduction programme and the other to combat poverty still soars in the country.   in order to address the conundrum the study modelled selected macroeconomic variables (poverty, unemployment, population, mortality rate, life expectancy rate, corruption, consumption, per capita income, illiteracy rate) and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Nig ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]INTRODUCTION1.1 Background Of The StudyNigeria economic growth has had a chequered history. As observed in the literature, the economy started as a monoculture economy with agriculture being the chief contributor. The discovery of oil in commercial quantity in 1956 relegated the prime role of the hitherto revered agricultural sector to the background (Abdulraheem, 2011). The declining rate of the agricultural sector notwithstanding, the GDP growth rate of Nigeria skyrocketed until recently when it went into recession in the last two years. According to Ekpo and Umoh (2015), in the period 1960- ... Continue Reading