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Millennium development goals (mdgs) and poverty reduction in anambra state, nigeria, 2006-2015

 

Table Of Contents


Title Page         –           –           –           –           –           –           –           i

Approval   Page               –           –           –           –           –           –           ii

Dedication       –           –           –           –           –           –           –           iii

Acknowledgement             –           –           –           –           –           –           iv

Table of Contents –       –           –           –           –           –           –           v

List of Tables –             –           –           –           –           –           –           –           viii

List of Abbreviation –       –           –           –           –           –           –           ix

Abstract –       –       –           –           –           –           –           –           –           x

Chapter ONE

: INTRODUCTION

1.1.     Background of the Study       –           –           –           –           –           1

1.2.     Statement of the Problem     –           –           –           –           –           7

1.3.     Objectives of the Study         –   –           –           –           –           –           12

1.4.     Significance of the Study   –           –           –           –           –           13

Chapter TWO

: LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1.     Literature Review     –           –           –           –           –           14

Chapter THREE

: METHODOLOGY

3.1.     Theoretical Framework         –           –           –           –           –           48

3.2.     Hypotheses     –       –           –           –           –           –           –           53

3.3.     Research Design         –             –           –           –           –           –           53

3.4.     Method of Data Collection   –     –           –           –           –           –           54

3.5.     Method of Data Analysis         –           –           –           –           –           56

3.6.     Logical Data Framework         –           –           –           –           57

Chapter FOUR

Good Governance in the
Management of MDGs and Poverty Reduction in Anambra State

4.1. Structure of MDGs office in Anambra state   –           –           –           60

  •  Lack of accountability             –           –           –           –           63
    • Lack of transparency           –           –           –           –           69
    • Non-participation             –           –           –           –           72
    • Absence of Rule of Law         –           –           –           –           73
    • Absence of Responsiveness —           –           –           –           75
    • Non-consensus Oriented         –           –           –           –           77
    • Lack of Equity and Inclusiveness   –         –           –           78
    • Absence of Effectiveness and Efficiency         –           –           80

Chapter FIVE

The State Implementation of Neo-liberal Economic Policies and Programme
of Poverty Reduction in Anambra State

5.1 Privatization       –         –           –           –           –           –                       86

5.2 Removal of State Subsidies       –      –           –           –           –           92

5.3 Deregulation       –           –           –           –           –           –           100

CHAPTER SIX

6.1.  Summary             –           –           –           –           –           –           106

6.2.  Conclusion         –           –           –           –           –           –           108

6.3.  Recommendations           –           –           –           –           –           109

 Bibliography               –           –           –           –           –           111

List of Tables

Table 1: Total value of MDGs Conditional Grants Scheme projects by State, 2007-09 (amounts in Naira)   –         –           –           67

Table 2: Distribution of MDGs
projects in Anambra State by year and type     –           68

Table 3: Functionality of Projects   –        –           –           –           71

Table 4: Indices
Showing Poverty Rate in Nigeria in the Six Geo-Political

Zones and States           –           –           –           –           –           –           82

Table 5: Transfers
to parastatals and agencies, 1998 amount (Nbn) % of Total           87

Table 6: Number of Retrenched workers in Nigeria       –           –           89

Table 7: Price Fluctuation of
Premium Motor Spirit From 1977-2012   –           –           95

Table 8: 2012 Annual Distribution of SURE-P Allocation Shares to Nigerian States and their Local Governments –   –           98

Table 9: Showing
the incidence of poverty by geopolitical zones between
 1980 to 2010 –     –           –           –           –           –           –           104

Table 10: Showing Poverty Trends in Anambra State     –           –           104

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ADP                                       Agricultural
Development Programmes

AGCS                                     Agricultural
Credit Guarantee Scheme

ANIDS                                   Anambra
Integrated Development Strategy

BLP                                       Better
Life Programme

DFRRI                                   Directorate of Food, Road and Rural
Infrastructure

IMF                                       International
Monetary Fund

LEEDS                                   Local
Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy

MDGs                                     Millennium
Development Goals

NALDA                                 National
Agricultural Land Development Authority

NAPEP                                 National
Poverty Eradication Programme

NDE                                       National
Directorate of Employment

NEEDS                               National Economic Empowerment and
Development Strategy

NIPOST                                 Nigerian
Postal Service

NITEL                                   Nigerian Telecommunication Limited

OECD                                               Organization
for Economic Cooperation and Development

OFN                                       Operation Feed the Nation

RBDA                                               River Basin Development Authority

RES                                       Rural Electrification Scheme

SAP                                       Structural
Adjustment Programme

SEEDS                                   State
Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy

SURE-P                                 Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme

UN                                         United
Nation          

UNDP                                     United
Nations Development Programme                        

WTO                                                 World
Trade Organization


Thesis Abstract

Thesis Overview

This study has critically examined the Millennium Development Goals and poverty reduction in Anambra State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined how lack of good governance in the management of Millennium Development Goals funds undermined poverty reduction in Anambra State, and how the state implementation of neo-liberal economic policies impeded the programme of poverty reduction in the State. Literature reviewed are deficient in explaining the link between lack of good governance in the management of resources relating to MDGs which undermined poverty alleviation in Nigeria and also did not explain how the implementation of neoliberal economic policies impeded the enormous programmes put in place by the governments for poverty alleviation in Nigeria. Hence, this was the problematique of the study. Theory of Post-colonial state was adopted in arguing that the Millennium Development Goals was a cover for the accumulation of capital by the West and the comprador bourgeoisie, and as such did not conduce to poverty reduction in Nigeria. The study relied mainly on secondary data. Using qualitative descriptive methods of data analysis, the study discovered inter alia: (i) that lack of good governance in the management of MDGs funds undermined poverty reduction in Anambra State, and (ii) that the state implementation of neo-liberal economic policies impeded the programme of poverty reduction in the State. Arising from the above findings, the study recommended among other things that Anambra state government should adopt policies that favour and encourage transparency, accountability and rule of law in the management of fund that accrues to the state.

Keywords: MDGs, Poverty, Good
governance, Development, Neo-liberal economic policies.


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