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Small arms, armed violence, and insecurity in Nigeria: the Niger Delta in perspective
Small Arms Survey, 2007This study aims to raise awareness of a number of issues relating to insecurity, armed violence, and the proliferation of illicit small arms in Nigeria since the return to democracy in 1999. It particularly focuses on the mounting challenges that now face the Nigerian government.DocumentHow market institutions shape urban food supply in Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008As the urban share of Africa’s population increases, it is crucial to understand how food supply in cities is shaped by market institutions. This topic has received little attention from policymakers and researchers, however, despite the implications it has for people’s livelihoods and poverty.DocumentNew health systems challenge to build trust and spread knowledge
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008In many parts of Asia and sub-Saharan Africa there is a growing gap between official accounts of how health systems operate and realities on the ground. Many countries have developed innovations to fit a changing health care landscape where informal markets and different sources of information play an increasingly important role.DocumentDecentralisation and conflict management in Indonesia and Nigeria
Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity, CRISE, Oxford University, 2008This paper examines how the history of grievances, demands, and identity has played out in the context of decentralisation in Nigeria and Indonesia.DocumentSocial capital and political trust in West Africa
Afro-Barometer, 2008A great deal of research has been reported on social capital in the advanced industrialised democracies,but not very much is known about the factors that influence social capital in the developing countries,particularly those of Africa. What are the factors that give rise to social capital? Do the factors that giveDocumentRenewable natural resources, sustainable economic and poverty reduction in Nigeria
African Institute for Applied Economics, Nigeria, 2007This paper analyses the role and implications of the management and use of renewable natural resources in economic growth and poverty reduction in Nigeria.DocumentCommunity-based approach to ending public defecation in Nigeria
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008In Nigerian villages people often defecate in surrounding grasslands. Faeces is stepped on by people, animals or flies and transported back into homes. It gets into food and is washed into water sources, spreading disease. Participatory processes can encourage local communities in Nigeria to improve sanitation and hygiene practices.DocumentMigration can contribute to development in Nigeria
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Nigeria is a destination of migration within West Africa and a source of migrants to Europe and the United States. But little data exists that could help policymakers design policies to boost the contribution of migration to national development. Migrants exist in a climate of insecurity that undermines their integration in host countries as well as their contribution to their home country.Documentid 21 natural resources highlights 6: water
id21 Natural Resources, 2008The main focus in id21 natural resource Highlights 6 is water. Five relevant research articles are presented that focus on various issues related to water resources. 1. Increasing the productivity of irrigation systems in ChinaDocumentTeachers' voice: a policy research report on teachers' motivation and perceptions of their profession in Nigeria
Voluntary Service Overseas, 2008It is increasingly recognised that in some countries teachers’ efforts are sometimes unsustainable, due to factors influencing motivation.Pages