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Journal articles on the topic "Tales – Nigeria"
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Casciano, Davide. "Popular tales of Pastors, Luxury, Frauds and Corruption." Journal of Extreme Anthropology 5, no. 2 (January 21, 2022): 52–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.5617/jea.9008.
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Access to consumption, especially to objects that are challenging to obtain, is one of the features contributing to the successful spread of Pentecostalism in West Africa. Pentecostal pastors have become central public figures, ‘consumer stars,’ whose display of wealth and luxury is key to their social legitimacy as preachers of the Prosperity Gospel. Moreover, their extensive and flexible social networks allow them and other born-again Christians to be part of patronage networks internally perceived as moral. However, while their conspicuous consumption has inspired ecstatic supporters, it has also attracted criticism and accusations of fakery and corruption. This article aims to explore the relationships between consumption, especially conspicuous consumption, and discourses about the corruption of Pentecostalism in Nigeria. Accusations against Pentecostal pastors and their fraud schemes or corrupt practices seem to identify the moral limits between what is considered a righteous and an immoral consumption, describing the potential perils of purely individualistic hyper-consumerism. These popular tales of ‘fake pastors’, willing to do anything to enjoy a luxury life, allow us to understand how the born-again public is scrutinizing the opaque neoliberal entanglements between consumerism and corruption that characterize emerging elite’s actions in Nigeria and elsewhere.
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Ochiagha, Terri. "Neocoductive Ruminations." PMLA/Publications of the Modern Language Association of America 131, no. 5 (October 2016): 1540–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1632/pmla.2016.131.5.1540.
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I Was Born in Spain to a Spanish Mother and a Nigerian Father. I Moved to Nigeria on the Day That I Turned Seven and remained in the country for nine years. The interplay between my cultural liminality and an early aestheticism has determined my experience of literature—first as a precocious reader and later as a teacher and scholar.My first literary diet, like that of many children, consisted of fairy tales and abridged classics. At primary school in Nigeria, our English textbooks featured passages from African novels to teach reading comprehension. While I found the short storylines interesting, their pedagogical use meant that I did not perceive them as “literature”—a word that I associated with stories to wonder at, get lost in, and daydream about. At the age of nine I graduated to unabridged Dickens novels and Shakespeare plays alongside Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, supplementing my diet with Spanish chivalric romances such as Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo's Amadís de Gaula (1508) and Francisco Vázquez's Palmerín de Oliva (1511). Apart from a sense of intrigue, these two works gave me respite from an unrelenting sense of otherness. They provided vicarious adventure, and their settings reminded me of the Castilian castles that formed part of my early-childhood landscape.
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Tade, Oludayo, and Yikwab Peter Yikwabs. "Conflict triggers between farming and pastoral communities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria." Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research 12, no. 3 (May 4, 2020): 101–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jacpr-10-2019-0448.
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Purpose This study aims to examine contemporary factors underlying farmers and pastoralists’ conflict in Nasarawa state. These two communities had rosy and symbiotic relationships which have transmogrified into sour tales of mutual suspicion, destruction, deaths and violence. Design/methodology/approach Exploratory research design was used. Data was collected using qualitative tools of data collection such as in-depth interview (IDI) and key informant (KII) guides to extract responses from farmers and pastoralists. Findings In a bid to end the conflicts between these two groups, Benue State Government enacted the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law also known as anti-open grazing law in 2018. Although the law altered the conflict landscape in Benue, it recorded trans-territorial backlashes in the neighbouring Nasarawa State where herdsmen relocated. The relocation of herders to Nasarawa State, setting up of livestock guards to check open grazing by pastoralists, rumour and politics triggered contemporary violent conflicts between these groups. Originality/value As against existing studies, this study examines contemporary trigger of the conflict.
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AGBELEMOGE, A., and I. A. ADESOPE. "INDIGENOUS LIVESTOCK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN EGBA ZONE OF OGUN STATE, NIGERIA." Journal of Agricultural Science and Environment 20, no. 1 (December 2, 2021): 12–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.51406/jagse.v20i1.2094.
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This study assessed the management of indigenous livestock in Egba zone of Ogun State using one hundred and forty four farmers and twenty Village Extension Agents. Data were collected with interview schedule and questionnaire respectively. The study revealed that indigenous livestock farmers were of average age of 48 years, mostly (77.8%) native of these communities sampled and literate (63.2%), more female (58.3%) and they were not cosmopolite (83.3%). Poultry, sheep and goats are mostly kept by indigenous livestock farmers, followed by cattle and pig, snail and rabbit by a few farmers. Most (66.7%) farmers raised their livestock on free range while few provided feeding and housing for their animals. Local materials were used for feeding, housing, and ethno-veterinary care for animals. Livestock farmers earned an average of twenty one thousand seven hundred and fifty naira monthly from their animals. The materials livestock farmers used included pawpaw seeds for deworming, lime and sandpaper leaf to control lice, sulphur, lime and palm oil to control mange; Iyeye leaves [Spondia mombin] for treatment of diarrhea in ruminants. Communication methods used in the diffusion of ethno-veterinary practices were town criers, traditional songs and festivals, folk tales, use of signs and symbols, life dramas and face-to-face interpersonal media while the sources of information were extension agents, community leaders, fellow farmers, neighbours, livestock traders, and farmers` union. Most important information came from fellow farmers. Indigenous livestock farmers should be involved in research and extension planning and regular visits to farmers by village extension agents is recommended.
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Tade, Oludayo, and Yikwab Peter Yikwabs. "“If you kill me, you take the cow”: victimization experiences of farming and herding communities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria." Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research 11, no. 4 (October 3, 2019): 273–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jacpr-06-2019-0417.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the victimization experiences of farming and herding communities in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The study employed purposive sampling, extracting data from 27 victims in Lafia and Obi local government areas. Data were collected using in-depth and key informant interviews. In a balance of tales, both farming and herding communities claimed victimhood status. Findings While farming communities suffered internal displacement resulting from destruction of farmland, forceful takeover of own community, destruction of livelihoods and human fatalities; herding community victimization manifested in destruction of livelihood (killing of cows), cattle rustling and human fatalities. Arising from the findings, the authors suggest proactive policing and victim compensation to reduce the incidence and severity of victimization. Originality/value The study is unique as it probed into the neglected domain of victimization experiences of farming and herding communities.
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Adams, W. M. "Rural protest, land policy and the planning process on the Bakolori Project, Nigeria." Africa 58, no. 3 (July 1988): 315–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1159803.
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Opening ParagraphIn the literature and accumulated folk wisdom of development in rural Africa there are numerous instances of government projects which are expensive, ineffective and unpopular. These include now classic failures of the past, such as the Tanganyika Groundnuts Scheme (Wood, 1950; Frankel, 1953), which are still cited as cautionary tales demonstrating the need for proper project appraisal. There are also numerous more recent examples, for the phenomenon of failure has persisted and governments and international agencies continue to implement schemes ‘little better planned than their more spectacularly misbegotten predecessors’ (Hill, 1978: 25). Among recent initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa the large-scale irrigation projects developed in northern Nigeria during the 1970s have attracted particularly extensive adverse criticism. This has focused on the social and economic impact of the introduction of irrigation and particularly on questions of land tenure (inter alia Wallace, 1979, 1980, 1981; Oculi, 1981; Adams, 1982, 1984; Palmer-Jones, 1984; Andrae and Beckman, 1985; Beckman, 1986). A number of accounts discuss technical aspects of the land survey carried out at Bakolori {Bird, 1981, 1984, 1985; Griffith, 1984), while others focus on economic problems (e.g. Etuk and Abalu, 1982). However, although economic and technical aspects of these developments have been criticised, it is the social impacts of project development and more particularly the political responses to those impacts which are of greatest interest (Wallace, 1980; Adams, 1984; Andrae and Beckman, 1985; Beckman, 1986). This paper examines the bature of the response of farmers affected by one of these schemes, the Bakolori Project in Sokoto State.
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Arsan, Andrew Kerim. "Roots and Routes: The Paths of Lebanese Migration to French West Africa." Chronos 22 (April 7, 2019): 107–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.31377/chr.v22i0.451.
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We have no way of knowing when the first migrant from present-day Lebanon arrived in West Africa. Some amongst the Lebanese of Dakar still clung in the 1960s to tales ofa man, known only by his first name — 'Isa — who had landed in Senegal a century earlier (Cruise O'Brien 1975: 98). Others told ofa group of young men — Maronite Christians from the craggy escarpments of Mount Lebanon — who had found their way to West Africa some time between 1876 and 1880 (Winder 1962:30()). The Lebanese journalist 'Abdallah Hushaimah, travelling through the region in the 1930s, met in Nigeria one Elias al-Khuri, who claimed to have arrived in the colony in 1890 (Hushaimah 1931:332). The Dutch scholar Laurens van der Laan, combing in the late 1960s through old newspapers in the reading rooms of Fourah Bay College in Freetown, found the first mention of the Lebanese in the Creole press of Sierra Leone in 1895 (van der Laan 1975: l).
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Olarotimi, O. J., and O. A. Adu. "Potenciales de las fuentes no convencionales de proteína en la alimentación de animales no rumiantes." Archivos de Zootecnia 66, no. 255 (July 15, 2017): 451. http://dx.doi.org/10.21071/az.v66i255.2524.
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Este trabajo revisa las investigaciones sobre el uso de fuentes no convencionales de proteína de origen vegetal para la avicultura en Nigeria y otros paises vecinos. Como el coste de los piensos compuestos continua siendo una carga para los granjeros nigerianos debido al alto coste actual de las fuentes convencionales de proteína tales como harina de pescado, torta de cacahuete y harina de soja, es muy urgente explorar los potenciales de fuentes alternativas no convencinales de proteína, especialmente harinas de hojas de algunas plantas, tales como Moringa oleifera, Leuceana leucocephala, Manihot esculenta, Carica papaya y otros piensos leguminosos los cuales pueden, de alguna forma, sustituir la inclusión de fuentes convencionales de proteína. Esas fuentes alternativas no convencionales tienen un excelente valor nutritivo y propiedades terapéuticas. Sus contenidos de proteína bruta son excelentes. Resulta aparente por varios estudios previos que la inclusión de esas fuentes proteícas no convencionales en las dietas avícolas mejora el rendimiento de los pollos en término de tasa de crecimiento y producción de huevos. Sin embargo, sus niveles de inclusión recomendados deben de ser estrictamente ajustados para evitar cualquier efecto deletéreo que pueda tener sobre los pollos. Por ejemplo, la inclusión de la harina de hojas de Moringa oleifera (MOLM) hasta el 10% en dietas de gallinas ponedoras se ha comprobado que es segura. Por lo tanto, será una novedad su inclusión en alimentos avícolas sin producir efectos nocivos para el rendimiento de las aves así como para los consumidores de los productos y, finalmente, dando lugar a mejores beneficios de los granjeros.
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Xiao, Allen Hai. "In the Shadow of the States: The Informalities of Chinese Petty Entrepreneurship in Nigeria." Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 44, no. 1 (March 2015): 75–105. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/186810261504400104.
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The burgeoning interstate relation between China and Nigeria is in fact hiding the vulnerable condition of transnational Chinese petty entrepreneurship. Small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs in Nigeria are faced with everyday corruption practised by both Nigerian authorities and ordinary Nigerian people, the dominance of self-interest over cohesion and mutual support among the Chinese compatriots, and variations in state policies due to dynamic and changing interstate relations. To overcome their position of weakness, small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs strategize their interactions with both Nigerian and Chinese nationals. Informality is a characteristic of such interactions. Economic informality is primarily embodied in the documentation service businesses that are indebted to those popular corrupt practices in Nigeria; while social informality takes place in cyberspace. Interaction via the Internet among Chinese involved in Chinese–Nigerian businesses helps small-scale Chinese entrepreneurs to cope with fluctuations in interstate links at the macro-level and to develop a sense of community.
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Olusola, Ayinde Taofeek. "Policy lags and exchange rate dynamics in Nigeria: Any evidence?" Jurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan 18, no. 1 (July 12, 2020): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.29259/jep.v18i1.9688.
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The study investigates policy lags and exchange rate dynamics in Nigeria. The downswing in the Nigerian economy attributed to recurring exchange rate fluctuations justifies this empirical investigation. The period of investigation spans 1970 – 2016 and the data were obtained from the various issues of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletin and the Annual Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Anchored on the monetary theory of exchange rate, the Markov-Switching Dynamic Regression (MSDR) was employed as the technique of analysis. The findings show that the supply of broad money in Nigeria is endogenous in nature as it serves as the adjustment variable for the stabilization of exchange rate in the economy. Also, the results obtained indicated that changes in the exchange rate affect the overall government income and that the Nigerian economy is still foreign dependent. An expansionary monetary policy takes three (3) years to stabilize exchange rate in Nigeria while an expansionary fiscal policy only takes one and a half (11/2) years. By implication, monetary policy is half-effective as the fiscal policy. Besides, there is evidence of fiscal dominance in Nigeria. The study found two exchange regimes of fixed- and managed-float. More so, fixed exchange rate regime in Nigeria was just not persistent but that the probability of transiting to a managed-float regime was relatively lower.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Tales – Nigeria"
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De, La Cruz-Guzman Marlene. "Of Masquerading and Weaving Tales of Empowerment: Gender, Composite Consciousness, and Culture-Specificity in the Early Novels of Sefi Atta and Laila Lalami." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1417002139.
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Silva, Ana Luiza de Oliveira e. "\'Sobre as pegadas dos antigos, preparem um amanhã africano\': a coleção de contos e lendas de Boubou Hama e seus projetos para a África." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8138/tde-08022017-130016/.
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Este trabalho trata da trajetória de um intelectual e político do Níger, uma das colônias da então chamada África Ocidental Francesa, ao longo do século XX. Interessado pelas culturas de povos que compunham aquela região do continente, Boubou Hama trabalhou arduamente pela coleta e salvaguarda de costumes e tradições de modo a preservar e divulgar aquele arcabouço cultural. A partir da aproximação de algumas de suas obras escritas, buscamos investigar seus projetos político-intelectuais e relacioná-los à produção de uma coletânea em especial, intitulada Contes et légendes du Niger [Contos e lendas do Níger]. Tanto durante o período colonial quanto após a independência nigerina, que se deu em 1960, Boubou Hama procurou fazer com que a África conhecesse seus próprios valores e concepções de mundo. Para ele, a preservação da cultura compunha um passo chave para o que idealizava em relação ao futuro do Níger e do continente africano como um todo.This thesis broaches the trajectory of a Nigerien intellectual and politician throughout the 20th century. Boubou Hama was a man deeply interested in the cultures of West African peoples. He worked hard to collect and safeguard costumes and traditions, so that the African past and present culture could be kept alive. Through the reading of some of his books, I aim to investigate his political-intellectual projects and relate them to one piece in particular, entitled Contes et légendes du Niger [Tales and legends of Niger]. During French colonial rule, as well as after Nigerien independence (1960), Boubou Hama channelized his struggle and actions to the spread of knowledge about African values and worldviews. For him, the preservation of culture was a key step in the plan he envisaged for Nigers future and for Africa as a whole.
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Khunwane, Mapula Rosina. "A Comparative Analysis of the influence of Folklore on the works of the following African writers: Chinua Achebe, Eskia Mphahlele, Ngungi wa Thiongo' and Andrew Nkadimeng: An Afrocentric approach." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1283.
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African authors play a significant role in passing on African folklore. Their writing is often influenced by their lived experiences and the social context embedded within folklore. Folklore houses the cultural beliefs, customs and traditions of a society and is passed on from one generation to the next through oral and written literature. Many African authors’ works instil an appreciation of people’s African identity, customs and beliefs. The aim of this study was to explore the extent to which folklore had influenced the writings of four selected African authors: Chinua Achebe, a renowned author from Nigeria, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʹo from Kenya, Es’kia Mphahlele and Andrew Nkadimeng, both from South Africa. These African authors, who chose to write their stories in English rather than in their African language, were influenced by the folklore they were exposed to in their upbringing. The objective of the study was to identify various aspects of folklore and demonstrate how folklore had remained entrenched in the writings of these African authors, despite the fact that they were telling their stories in the English language. The research was qualitative in nature and a hermeneutic research method was used to describe and interpret the meaning of texts as used by the authors and to explore the influence of folklore in the text. The study will be a useful resource for teachers in the Further Education and Training (FET) band in schools (grade 10 to 12) which includes folklore studies as part of its syllabus. Currently, folklore is studied in schools only in terms of Oral Literature. However, Oral Literature is just one aspect of folklore, as is discussed in this study. The study will also contribute towards efforts to re-establish Africans’ dignity and identity
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Books on the topic "Tales – Nigeria"
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Owomoyela, Oyekan. Yoruba trickster tales. Lincoln, Neb: University of Nebraska Press, 1997.
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Umeasiegbu, Rems Nna. Ask the storyteller: Tales from Northern Nigeria. Enugu, Nigeria: Koruna Books, 2001.
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Alkali, Rufa'i Ahmed. Tales of clever rabbit and other stories. Zaria, Nigeria: Northern Nigerian Pub. Co., 1994.
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Jungraithmayr, Herrmann. Sị́ndị: Tangale folktales (Kaltungo, Northeastern Nigeria). Köln: Köppe, 2002.
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Baumann, Margaret. Ajapa the tortoise: A book of Nigerian folk tales. Mineola, N.Y: Dover Publications, 2002.
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ill, Wisniewski David, ed. Master man: A tall tale of Nigeria. New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, 2000.
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ill, Siegl Helen, ed. The dancing palm tree and other Nigerian folktales. Lubbock, Tex., USA: Texas Tech University Press, 1990.
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Onwujuba, Chinwe, and Olena Nesteruk. "A Tale of Two Cultures: Nigerian Immigrant Parents Navigating a New Cultural Paradigm." In Advances in Immigrant Family Research, 177–96. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50235-5_10.
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"More tales of oil wealth and forests: Mexico, Nigeria and Indonesia." In Oil Wealth and the Fate of the Forest, 318–46. Routledge, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203986677-20.
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"Figures, maps, tables." In Violence in Nigeria. IFRA-Nigeria, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/books.ifra.1883.
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Ajura, Alhaj Yūsuf Ṣāliḥ. "Nsab Nsabliŋo (I Compose This Writing of Mine)." In Islamic Thought in Africa, translated by Zakyi Ibrahim, 162–63. Yale University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300207118.003.0008.
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This chapter deals with the poem “Nsab Nsabliŋo,” which recounts the role and participation of Afa Ajura and his people during the 1960 celebration of Nigeria's independence. It contains a narrative about the political history of Ghana and Nigeria in the celebration, wherein Afa Ajura talks about meeting several Nigerian dignitaries and political players. It also mentions Alhaj Yahya Iddi who, together with Afa Ajura, was considered to be a supporter of diametrically opposing parties in political, religious, and chieftaincy affairs. The chapter provides an eyewitness account that testifies to Afa Ajura's clout in the political terrain of President Kwame Nkrumah's Ghana in 1960. It contains a rare depiction of the geopolitics and political history of African independence.
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"Nigeria." In National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables, 3198–222. United Nations, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/9789210058025c141.
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"Nigeria." In National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables. UN, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/36e65a6f-en.
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"Nigeria." In National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables 2019, 262–90. UN, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/5deb2bff-en.
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"Nigeria." In National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables 2017 (Five-Volume Set), 315–39. UN, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/410ffff6-en.
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"Nigeria." In National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables, 2011 (Five-Volume Set), 247–67. UN, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/fef04f37-en.
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"Nigeria." In National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables 2018 (Five-volume Set), 317–45. UN, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.18356/f3768778-en.
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Ekeinde, Evelyn Bose, Adewale Dosunmu, Diepiriye Chenaboso Okujagu, and Chigozie Agbawodikeizu. "The Nigerian Power Grid and Impediments to Power Revolution in Nigeria." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/211931-ms.
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Abstract Electricity availability and adequate and efficient supply mechanisms are a huge driving force for a nation's economy and growth. Energy in all its forms (especially electricity) provide the bedrock through which a nation's industrial and technological advancement takes off and is sustained as processes depend on energy availability and utilization to ensure efficient delivery. The power sector reforms in Nigeria was done to reposition the power sector for increased productivity, but Nigerian power issues, vis-à-vis epileptic supply of electric power still persists. This study takes a look into the impediments to power revolution in the country with emphasis on the nation's power grid. It is seen that impediments like low generation capacities, insufficient transmission and distribution network, lack of adequate gas supply for gas-powered generating plants, insufficient investments in other forms of electricity generation like renewable energy, and improper government regulation still hinder reducing the huge gap between the electrical power needs of the population and the actual power generated and distributed. Recommendations are thereby made for further investigations to check restrictions to power generation and losses along the power transmission and distribution chain as well as improved generation and distribution from other energy sources in the country. Improvements in the transmission and distribution network systems to accommodate more power input is also advised.
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Egede, Frank, Oghenerume Ogolo, Victor Anochie, Amina Danmadami, and Zephaniah Ajibade. "Application of the Delayed Royalty Framework for Onshore Petroleum Investment in Nigeria." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/208264-ms.
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Abstract Nigeria uses the concessionary petroleum fiscal system for onshore investment in the country where the ownership of the hydrocarbon resources belongs to the contractor's. The government then gets her revenue through payment of royalties and taxes. A fixed royalty rate of 20% is specified for onshore petroleum investment in the country. This kind of royalty payment system is regressive in nature and affects the sustainability of E&P firms during period of low oil price. This research considered the incorporation of a delayed royalty framework into the concessionary petroleum fiscal system in Nigeria. Two economic models were built to evaluate upstream petroleum investment in Nigeria onshore environment using the spreadsheet modeling technique. The delayed royalty framework was incorporated into one of the model. The delay in royalty payment was made as a function of the time it takes the contractor to recoup his capital before payment of royalty and taxes. Oil price was varied in the model between $30-$90/bbl to see the impact of the delay in royalty payment on the sustainability of the investment under the delayed royalty framework. It was observed that the delayed royalty framework made the contractor to recoup his capital early during the life of the investment. It also increased the contractor's revenue which will help to increase the sustainability of the investment during period of low oil price.
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Adebiyi, Juwon, Adebola Bada, Daniel Maduagwu, and Emem Udoh. "Practical Approach for Implementation of the Revised National Policy on Occupational Safety and Health 2020 in the Informal Sector: A Focus on South-South Nigeria." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/208225-ms.
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Abstract The regulation of Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in Nigeria, which is currently seeing some progress in the formal sector, has been short of impressive in the informal sector of the economy. Con- sidering it is the role of every government to ensure that all sectors of the economy operate in a manner that guarantees and ensures the safety and well-being of its citizens, Article 4 of International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 155- Occupational Safety and Health Convention was ratified by the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN) in 1994, which led to the development of a coherent National Policy on Occupational Safety and Health in 2006. This, inter alia, failed to address the informal sector; hence the Revised National Policy on OSH 2020 was introduced by the Govern- ment, through the office of the Honorable Minister of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, as a framework for bridging the existing gap. In a bid to ensure the success of the Policy document, the Department of Occupational Safety and Health of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment was designated the Competent Authority by the Government. This paper takes a look at the stakeholders in the informal sector of the economy, focusing on the south- south part of Nigeria, and identifies some of the challenges hampering the effective implementation of Occupational Safety and Health systems needed for the promotion of safety and health at workplaces. It concludes by providing a practical tool that can be a guide for the policy users, especially in the in- formal sector of the Nigerian economy, in alignment with the second of the three determinants of the future of energy, as captured in the theme for NAICE 2021: "The Future of energy – a trilogy of de- terminants; Climate Change, Public Health, and the Global Oil Market".
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Kusimo, Abisola C., and Sheri Sheppard. "Manufacturing Vulnerability: How Resource Scarcity Hinders Team Coordination During Manufacturing in Nigerian Factories." In ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2019-97820.
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Abstract The purpose of this research is to learn how less-skilled workers (LSWs) and highly-skilled workers (HSWs) coordinate in Nigerian factories, where the formal education gap between these two groups can be quite significant. The study takes place in two factories and two universities across four Nigerian states over the summer of 2018. Drawing on methods of ethnography (i.e. a collection of qualitative methods to closely observe social interactions and practices as to interpret and build theory), it was discovered that resource scarcity hinders team coordination through the occurrence of four obstacles: (1) unclear role boundaries and work processes, (2) poor attitude towards work, (3) under- and overutilization of employees, and (4) worker demoralization and feelings of being undervalued. This paper builds upon previous work on factory coordination in cross-occupational functional groups in Silicon Valley. Theoretically, this paper reveals how the studied manufacturing firms in Nigeria currently perform team coordination and the challenges that prevent them from reaching high efficiency. Additionally, it offers premises for future field experiments to test the generalizability of the findings and interventions to enhance coordination effectiveness and the product development process in Sub-Saharan African manufacturing firms. Implications for the literature on engineering for global development is discussed. Ultimately, this research is a small step towards enabling independent African firms to have the skills, tools, and resources to design and create their own unique solutions for challenges faced in-country.
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Adelusi, A. I., and K. O. Adigun. "Effect of Efficient Tax Collection in Nigerian Local Government: A Case Study of Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria." In 27th iSTEAMS-ACity-IEEE International Conference. Society for Multidisciplinary and Advanced Research Techniques - Creative Research Publishers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22624/aims/isteams-2021/v27p34.
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This study is aimed at identifying the problems of tax collection in Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria. The study emphasizes the extent to which the tax collection irregularities hindered sustainable infrastructural development that arises from low-income generation by the local council, in the study area. The opinions of the population of study comprising taxpayers and authorities were sought through a structured questionnaire to elicit the opinions of fifty (50) respondents in the study area, then analysis of data was done by using the simple percentage method, while the formulated hypotheses were tested using the chi-square of fit technique at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that there were inadequate facilities and infrastructure for the people, income generated by the council through taxes and levies was grossly inadequate. The study concluded that the local government needs to focus on improving the quality and condition of infrastructures such as inner roads within the communities. It was recommended that the citizens should pay tax correctly, and as at when due, the local government authority should make payment of taxes and levies to be very convenient for compliance. Keywords: Tax, Tax collection, Small Scale Business, Local government, infrastructures
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Bashir Shehu, Umar, Farouk Idris, and Kamalluddeen Usman. "Nigerian Gas Transportation Network Code NGTNC; Emerging Opportunities for Local Gas Transmission Operations." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/207192-ms.
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Abstract Historically, both regulatory and contractual constraints have inhibited the overall optimization of natural gas transmission systems. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) currently supplies gas either as source of fuel or as feedstock to different industries. More local industries are now aware of the advantages and benefits of using gas; hence creating an increase in demand. Recent changes in the regulatory framework and the introduction of the Nigeria Gas Transportation Network Code (NGTNC) to deepen the growth of gas market in the country are however, fostering the pipeline companies into a new competitive position, creating strong incentives as well as opportunities. This work provides a section-by-section summary of the Code for the benefit of those who are passionate about understanding the nuances of the Code and of course makes cogent survey and recommendations, to expedite the success of the Code. In the course of this research, questionnaires were administered and 130 respondents were chosen based on their level of knowledge and experience in the industry ranging from operations, management, regulatory and Gas Associations. Responses were collated and analysed using simple statistical tools, tables, and graphs to identify opportunities. The result of the study illustrates the stakeholder's presumption and commitments in using NGTNC for optimized Gas transmission operations.
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Fagbenle, R. ‘Layi, M. T. Oladiran, and T. I. Oyedemi. "The Potential Generating Capacity of PV-Clad Residential and Commercial Buildings in Nigeria." In ASME 2003 International Solar Energy Conference. ASMEDC, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/isec2003-44232.
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Nigeria’s grid electricity supply of 5.881 GW installed capacity in the period 1994–1997 has experienced a sharp decline over the past five years to about 3 GW by 2002, even as electricity demand has grown due to population pressures, industrialization, and urban migration. Indeed the present situation is a near total collapse of the state power utility services, as total prolonged blackouts have been commonplace throughout the country in the past couple of years, and the situation may grow much worse unless significant shift in energy policy and investment takes place urgently. Diversification of energy sources to reduce the overt increasing dependence on fossil fuel generation and a shift towards renewable energy generation, particularly solar photovoltaic electricity, is a highly desirable policy shift. Among the gains would be reduced carbon emission into the environment and reduced transmission and distribution losses due to the possibility of decentralized generation and localized use of solar photovoltaic electricity. This paper examines the use of decentralized and gridconnected solar PV in building cladding as a pragmatic solution to the current power problems of Nigeria. The results of an ongoing investigation of the potential generating capacity of stand-alone and grid-connected solar PV cladding on residential and commercial buildings in Nigeria. An economic analysis of the proposed system is also considered as well as suggestions on financing. The cost of electricity from the proposed solar PV-clad buildings, calculated using an assumed 8% discount rate and a 25-year life expectancy was found to be significantly higher, in the double digits, than the present national tariff. Thus, novel financing schemes required are examined in the paper.
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Oppong, Riverson, and Moses Aglina. "Economic Performance Review of Ghana's Jubilee Field: 2011-2021." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/211970-ms.
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Abstract This research was conducted to review the economic performance of Ghana's Jubilee Field after more than a decade after the first oil in November 2010. The research conducted financial and operational analysis on Ghana's first discovered field, the Jubilee Field for the last ten years. The analysis included performance appraisal and qualitative evaluation of the Jubilee Field. The research question calculated the take of the project partners and ascertained the remainder of the programs contained in the plan of development for the Greater Jubilee Full Field Development. The research shows that the Jubilee field project which was done in phases provided the contractor and partners opportunity to learn from each phase and improve upon subsequent phases. The economic performance of the field has been tremendous and provided a good return on investment for the partners. The payback period of the project was calculated based on the net cash flow to be barely five years after the first oil whilst government's total share was about 48% of the project rent. The take included royalties, taxes, additional oil entitlements and GNPC's equity share in the project while the contractor takes 52%. This was slightly different from what was calculated during the project economic analysis. The research concluded that the project has a good return on investment and the phased approach in the execution was good for lessons learned to guide future projects and avoid some past mistakes. It was recommended among other things that the reservoir surveillance and jubilee southeast expansion which is part of the Greater Jubilee should be followed and executed according to schedule to improve the cash inflow for the project partners and government of Ghana.
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Ekeinde, Evelyn Bose, Adewale Dosunmu, Diepiriye Chenaboso Okujagu, and Josephine Omolola Ugherughe. "Imperatives of Modular Refineries and their Impact on Product Availability in Nigeria." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/211932-ms.
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Abstract Nigeria is richly blessed with crude oil, with a proven reserve of 37billion barrels. Despite the abundance of this "black gold", Nigeria has over the years lacked the capacity to meet the country's demand for petroleum products locally and has resorted to the importation of petroleum products. This is largely due to the fact that the four state-owned conventional refineries, with a combined refining capacity of 445,000 bpd have been operating below optimal conditions, with a combined capacity utilization of 17% in 10years, from 2009 to 2018. Though establishing conventional refineries is highly capital intensive and significantly takes a long time to build and commission, the modular refinery option is however a less capital intensive alternative. This paper discusses the vital roles or importance of modular refineries as well as how it impacts on the availability of petroleum products in the Nigeria. It was discovered that Nigeria has lots of benefits to reap from exploiting modular refinery initiative, amongst which are eliminating fuel shortages and deficits, job creation, overall improvement of the economy and GDP growth, conservation of foreign exchange, among others. It was concluded that the right policy drive to encourage investors to dive into this initiative be put in place to enable Nigeria transit into an exporter of petroleum products.
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Adejola, Adenike, Omowumi Iledare, and Paraclete Nnadili. "Data-Driven Insights from Nigeria's Natural Gas Data Using PowerBI." In SPE Nigeria Annual International Conference and Exhibition. SPE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/208238-ms.
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Abstract Each year, the Nigerian gas industry churns out big data on all channels of its value chain. The data is collated, analyzed, and reported by government agencies, corporate companies, institutions, and even academia. Some of these reports are the NNPC and DPR annual oil and gas reports. The annual oil and gas reports contain data tables, charts, and data driven insights. Considering the growing uncertainty in business intelligence triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the fast-paced 4th industrial revolution, the future of data reporting, analyzing, and presentation is also experiencing a new normal. Oil and gas stakeholders desire quick data-driven and actionable insights to reduce business risks caused by the impacts of these key drivers. This article explores and presents the use of Power BI on Nigerian gas data from 2000 to 2018. It extracts data on demand, production, utilization, gas flare volumes, export, current infrastructure capacity, domestic gas supply, and other relevant data categories. The collated data is developed into a dataset by appending and merging tables from the different reports. This data is prepared, and model relationships are created to answers questions on demand, production, infrastructure, and sustainability of the Nigerian Gas market. Empirical results show that new insights can be obtained from the dataset using new tools and a thoughtful data design process. These insights are presented on a dashboard where key takeaways for quick business decisions and policy implementations are easily assessed. The method is proposed as the future of annual energy reporting. It is also a continuous improvement process that can be applied by all oil and gas stakeholders in their data architecture.
Reports on the topic "Tales – Nigeria"
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van Walbeek, Corné, Adedeji Adeniran, and Iraoya Augustine. More on the Positive Fiscal and Health Effects of Increasing Tobacco Taxes in Nigeria. Institute of Development Studies, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2021.010.
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Nigeria is faced with substantial economic and health burdens caused by tobacco smoking. The economic burden of smoking accounts for approximately 1.3 per cent of Nigeria's GDP. In terms of its health impact, 4.9 per cent of all deaths in 2019 were attributed to smokingrelated diseases. The thousands of Nigerians that die annually from tobacco-induced diseases are no longer able to contribute productively to the economy. Tobacco taxation is one very effective mechanism for reducing the burden of smoking. This paper measures and benchmarks the economic gains and the number of lives that could be saved through increased tobacco taxation in Nigeria. Should the government of Nigeria increase the excise tax to 240 Naira per pack (together with an ad valorem tax of 50 per cent of the CIF/ex-works price), our model predicts that, over 30 years, nearly 150,000 premature deaths could be avoided. This is in addition to the more than 150 per cent increase in government revenue that would also result. The model indicates that the larger the increase in the excise tax, the greater would be its fiscal and public health impact.
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Kelbesa, Megersa. Digital Service Taxes and Their Application. Institute of Development Studies (IDS), December 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/k4d.2021.135.
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Many developing economies have seen a rise in e-commerce activity within their borders, and a decline in income from traditional industries as a result of COVID-19, meaning the digital economy offers a potentially unexploited source of tax revenue. . As a result, more developing countries may soon begin adopting some sort of digital tax. The economic activities which may be subject to the Digital Services Tax (DST) may vary from country to country. It will, therefore, be necessary for businesses operating in multiple jurisdictions across developing countries to keep up with the changes in digital taxes. Before implementing a DST scheme, developing countries are advised to perform an in-depth cost-benefit analysis and due considerations. Some developing (and several developed) countries have already unilaterally implemented a “provisional” DST system. Other developing countries are on the process of implementing DST or have simply announced that they will implement a DST soon. Although most of the countries so far actively working on DST (are rich countries, a growing list of developing countries are joining the process. Some examples include the following: Malaysia, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Argentina and, Chile. It is important to mention that the literature on DST is very limited – although growing, and the evidence base around the economic impacts is particularly scarce. This is partly due to the quite recent nature of DST implementation. The evidence is even scarcer for developing countries – Due to these limitations, this rapid evidence review looks at different types of available literature – including reports and blogs issued by international financial institutions and development agencies. The rest of the report will give an overview of key proposed approaches to tax the digital economy, provide a very brief account of the economic impact of DST, provide a brief mapping of the implementation of digital service taxes in developing countries, provide a brief description of each DST system and about the economic impact of the DST, finally a brief account or attributes of a “good” DST system.
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Wilson, Nicole, and Leah Rosenzweig. Growth or Goods: Examining Tax Morale Among Property Owners in Lagos. Institute of Development Studies, November 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ictd.2022.016.
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What motivates property owners to pay taxes in places where state enforcement is weak? Using an online experiment among property owners in Lagos, Nigeria, we evaluate the extent to which different appeals increase respondents’ tax morale, their willingness to pay taxes if there is no enforcement, and attitudes about government enforcement of tax collection. Respondents were randomly assigned to read either a vignette emphasising the role of property tax revenue in contributing to economic growth and increased property values, or one highlighting that tax revenue is used for public goods and services benefiting all residents. The growth message made respondents significantly more favourable towards enforcement of tax collection, but there was no difference in willingness to pay between the two treatment conditions. We also look at heterogeneity across class identification and attitudes toward redistribution, and find that support for a more equal society reduces the advantage of the growth appeal.
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‘Understanding developmental cognitive science from different cultural perspectives’ – In Conversation with Tochukwu Nweze. ACAMH, October 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.13056/acamh.13666.
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Tochukwu Nweze, lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and, PhD student in MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge talks about his recent paper on parentally deprived Nigerian children having enhanced working memory ability, how important is it to study cultural differences in cognitive adaption during and following periods of adversity, and how can mental health professionals translate this understanding of difference into their work.
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Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Nigeria. Population Council, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy21.1093.
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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Nigeria 2003. Population Council, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy18.1008.
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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Nigeria 1999. Population Council, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy21.1032.
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The Population Council initiated its work on adolescents in the mid-1990s. At that time, those advocating greater attention to adolescent issues were concerned about adolescent fertility—particularly outside of marriage—and adolescent “risk-taking” behavior. As an international scientific organization with its mandate centered around the needs of developing countries, the Council sought a more nuanced and context-specific understanding of the problems confronting adolescents in the developing world. In working with colleagues inside and outside the Council, it became clear that information on adolescents, and the way data are organized, were limiting the ability to understand the diversity of their experiences or to develop programs to address that diversity. In the absence of data, many adolescent policies were implicitly based on the premise that the lives of adolescents in developing countries were like those of adolescents in Western countries. In fact, significant numbers of young people in the West do not fit this description, and even larger groups within the developing countries. The Council created tables to more clearly describe the diversity of the adolescent experience by drawing on Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey data. The tables, presented in this report, are intended to be used as a basis for developing programs.
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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Nigeria 1990. Population Council, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy21.1031.
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The Population Council initiated its work on adolescents in the mid-1990s. At that time, those advocating greater attention to adolescent issues were concerned about adolescent fertility—particularly outside of marriage—and adolescent “risk-taking” behavior. As an international scientific organization with its mandate centered around the needs of developing countries, the Council sought a more nuanced and context-specific understanding of the problems confronting adolescents in the developing world. In working with colleagues inside and outside the Council, it became clear that information on adolescents, and the way data are organized, were limiting the ability to understand the diversity of their experiences or to develop programs to address that diversity. In the absence of data, many adolescent policies were implicitly based on the premise that the lives of adolescents in developing countries were like those of adolescents in Western countries. In fact, significant numbers of young people in the West do not fit this description, and even larger groups within the developing countries. The Council created tables to more clearly describe the diversity of the adolescent experience by drawing on Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey data. The tables, presented in this report, are intended to be used as a basis for developing programs.
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Selected DHS data on 10–14-year-olds: Niger. Population Council, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy21.1092.
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Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey—Statistical tables for program planning: Niger 1998. Population Council, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.31899/pgy21.1030.
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The Population Council initiated its work on adolescents in the mid-1990s. At that time, those advocating greater attention to adolescent issues were concerned about adolescent fertility—particularly outside of marriage—and adolescent “risk-taking” behavior. As an international scientific organization with its mandate centered around the needs of developing countries, the Council sought a more nuanced and context-specific understanding of the problems confronting adolescents in the developing world. In working with colleagues inside and outside the Council, it became clear that information on adolescents, and the way data are organized, were limiting the ability to understand the diversity of their experiences or to develop programs to address that diversity. In the absence of data, many adolescent policies were implicitly based on the premise that the lives of adolescents in developing countries were like those of adolescents in Western countries. In fact, significant numbers of young people in the West do not fit this description, and even larger groups within the developing countries. The Council created tables to more clearly describe the diversity of the adolescent experience by drawing on Niger Demographic and Health Survey data. The tables, presented in this report, are intended to be used as a basis for developing programs.