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    Women and political participation in Nigeria

    Taylor and Francis Group, 2010
    The low level of political participation of women is becoming alarming and disturbing. This hampers women from contributing their quota to the development of Nigeria. Empirical observations have shown that women in position of responsibilities are noted to be hardworking and firm in their decision.
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    Federal Ministry of Health of Nigeria

    About the Federal Ministry of Health:Vision
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    Getting rights right - Is access to justice as important as access to health or education?: id21 insights, issue 43

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    A core government function is to provide an effective system of justice for its citizens. Yet many governments fail to deliver on the basic services of protecting physical safety, securing personal property and settling disputes quickly and fairly. Recent studies have highlighted the fact that for poor people, access to justice
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    Saving new born lives in Nigeria: new born health in the context of the integrated maternal, newborn and child health strategy

    Federal Ministry of Health of Nigeria, 2011
    This report contains new data that shows that as the death toll in Nigeria is falling, the percentage of deaths that happen in the first month of life is increasing. The authors report that newborn deaths now make up 28% of all deaths under five years compared to 24% two years ago.
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    Mobile phones and development: id21 insights, issue 69

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    ‘Explosive’ is the only way to describe mobile phone growth.  Half the world’s 6.5 billion people now use a mobile (up from two billion just two years ago). There are more than twice as many mobile owners in developing countries as in industrialised countries. Subscriber growth rates in developing countries are
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    Economic impact of climate change on irrigated rice agriculture in Nigeria

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    Climate change through extreme temperature, frequent flooding and drought and increased salinity of irrigation water is a subject for debate in Nigeria, considering that the country is one of the contributors to global warming. This study examines the relative importance of climate normals in explaining net revenue from Nigerian rice agriculture under irrigation and dry land conditions.
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    New directions for water governance: id21 insights, issue 67

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Water governance is a significant feature of international development policymaking. There is an increasing consensus on the need for improved water governance to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. This edition of id21 insights presents research that moves beyond the principles of good governance to improve our understanding of how governance works in practice.  
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    Vote buying and violence in Nigerian election campaigns

    Afrobarometer, 2008
    Vote buying and political intimidation are important, if epiphenomenal, dimensions of Nigerian election campaigns. According to survey-based estimates, fewer than one out of five Nigerians is personally exposed to vote buying and fewer than one in ten experiences threats of electoral violence.
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    Determinants of inflation in Nigeria: a co-integration approach

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    This study examines the factors affecting inflation in Nigeria, where continuous increases in prices are among the most serious economic problem in the country. Considering the urban, rural and combined consumer price index in Nigeria, the paper shows that all components of price index rose at generally higher rate than previous years.
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    What is the irrigation potential for Africa?: a combined biophysical and socioeconomic approach

    AgEcon Search, 2010
    Irrigation in Africa has the potential to boost agricultural productiviy by at least 50 percent, but at the moment, food production is almost entirely rainfed. This paper analyses large, dam-based and small-scale irrigation investment needs in Africa based on agronomic, hydrologic, and economic factors.

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