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
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
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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