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  Trade liberalization and poverty in Nigeria: lessons from the past

  Global Development Network, 2005

  With increasing evidence showing that openness is beneficial to growth, Nigeria, along with other Less Developed Countries, is being encouraged to reduce tariffs in an attempt to be more open. Presently the Nigerian government is making efforts to fully participate in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) trade liberalisation scheme (TLS).
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  Women in the Global Economy

  International Trade Centre, 2003

  Women make up the majority of entrepreneurs in 'marginal' economic areas such as micro enterprises and the informal economy. But these make up a large percentage of total economic activity in many poor countries. Yet women's roles as producers and consumers of goods and services and providers of employment are often invisible.
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  Organization and management of extension services for women farmers in south-western Nigeria

  Global Development Network, 2003

  In comparison to men, rural women lack access to necessary agricultural information and services.
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  Internal displacement in Nigeria: a hidden crisis

  Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2005

  With a history of ethno-religious conflict in Nigeria, the past year has witnessed an alarming upsurge in the level of violence and its impact on civilians.
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  Nigeria ten years on: injustice and violence haunt the oil Delta

  Amnesty International, 2005

  This report by Amnesty International calls for a need to establish universally recognised standards applicable to international companies.
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  International migration and livelihoods in southeast Nigeria

  Global Commission on International Migration, 2005

  This study identifies and examines factors leading to international migration from Nigeria, looks at the consequences on rural livelihoods in selected states in the country as well exploring the implications of international migration in the context of its perceived impacts on the Nigerian economy as a whole.Key findings from the study include:there is a very high degree of rural-urban
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  Dying to be Men: Youth, Masculinity and Social Exclusion

  Routledge, 2005

  Young men are on the front lines of civil unrest, riots and gang warfare worldwide. The principal causes of death for young men are violence and traffic accidents, both of which are directly related to how boys are socialised (i.e., taught how to become a member of society). Because they are trying to live up to certain rigid models of masculinity they are, literally, dying to be men.
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  Selling insecticide re-treatment of mosquito nets in Nigeria: at what price?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Insecticide-treated bed nets are a cost-effective way to prevent malaria, but they need re-treatment with insecticides at least once a year. Re-treatment programmes based on user-fees will only work if people are willing and able to pay for re-treatment. Governments and donors must find ways to reduce the price of re-treatment for the poorest households.
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  Making insecticide treated nets available to the poorest households in Nigeria

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005

  Insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) are a cost-effective way to control malaria, especially among young children. But without equity in access to nets, this powerful public health tool will have limited impact. In Achi, Nigeria, the factors affecting people’s willingness to pay for ITNs were examined.
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  The digital dump: exporting re-use and abuse to Africa

  Basel Action Network, 2005

  This report reveals that large quantities of obsolete computers, televisions, mobile phones, and other used electronic equipment exported from USA and Europe to Lagos, Nigeria for “re-use and repair” are ending up gathering dust in warehouses or being dumped and burned near residences in empty lots, roadsides and in swamps creating serious health and environmental contamination from the toxic leac

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