A closer look at Nigeria : security, governance, and trade : hearing before the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, second session, March 29, 2012 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 29 pages) |
Collana | S. hrg. |
Soggetto topico |
Elections - Nigeria
Internal security - Nigeria Terrorism - Religious aspects - Islam - Nigeria Economic assistance, American - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Closer look at Nigeria |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910704332803321 |
Washington : , : U.S. Government Printing Office, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Healthcare and economic restructuring : Nigeria in comparative perspective / / Philip C. Aka and Joseph Abiodun Balogun |
Autore | Aka Philip Chukwuma |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (205 pages) |
Disciplina | 362.109669 |
Soggetto topico | Economic history |
ISBN |
981-16-9542-3
981-16-9543-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Table of Nigerian National and International Laws -- Map of Nigeria -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction -- Argument -- The Abuja Declaration and Its Aftermath -- Nigeria's International Obligations Related to Healthcare -- Several Recent Developments that Inspired this Research -- The COVID-19 Pandemic -- Imminence of Electric Cars -- Within the Context of the Debate on Healthcare in Africa -- What this Book Is Not About -- Organization Of this Book -- 2: Primer on Nigeria, "Giant of Africa" -- Introduction -- Demographic Features -- Wholesale Creature of British Colonialism in Africa -- The Experience of Federalism in Nigeria -- Largest Economy in Africa -- Conclusion -- 3: Features of Nigeria's Healthcare System -- Introduction -- The Huge Burden of Diseases Relative to Resources -- Influence of Private Facilities Relative to Public Initiatives -- Continuing Influence of Traditional Medicine -- Privileging of Curative Healthcare Over Preventive Medicine -- Low Public Trust in Nigeria's Healthcare System Evident in Medical Tourism -- Negative Legacy of Long Military Rule on Nigeria's Healthcare System -- Conclusion -- 4: Restructuring the Nigerian Economy to Generate Revenue for Healthcare Funding -- Introduction -- Overview of Nigeria's Economy -- Survey of the Non-Petroleum Sectors Based on Share of the Labor Force -- Survey of the Non-Petroleum Sectors Based on Contribution to the GDP -- Elements of the Non-Petroleum Sectors -- Agriculture -- Industrialization -- Services -- Factoring in the Ambiguous Role of Petroleum -- Back to Agriculture -- Carcasses of Nigeria's Development Programs -- List of Eight Programs -- Possible Explanation as to Why These Programs Failed to Produce Economic Development -- Impact of the Imminent Shift to Electric Vehicles on Nigeria's Oil-Based Economy.
General Motors (GM) -- The Option for Electric Cars -- Impetus for the GM Announcement -- Diversification as Tool for Restructuring Nigeria's Economy -- Health Services as Diversification Technique -- More Than an Extension of the Service Sector -- Two Possible Roads to the Health-Services-as-Diversification Technique -- Increasing the Contributions of the Industrialization and Service Sectors of Nigeria's Economy without Undermining Agriculture -- Agriculture -- Industrialization -- Service -- Conclusion -- 5: Influence of Politics on Healthcare in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Record Under the Fourth Republic -- Low-Level Awareness on Healthcare among the Lawmakers -- Two Laws on Healthcare as Test Case -- What Needs To Be Done -- Commit the Nigerian Government to the Abuja Declaration on Optimal Budgetary Allocation -- Cut Waste and Make Sure That the Monies Saved Actually Go into Healthcare Services -- Promote Preventive Healthcare, Rather than Curative Medicine -- Stimulate Increased Participation in the National Health Insurance Scheme -- Tackle the Shortage of Healthcare Workers -- Strengthen the Health Information System -- Address the Public Health Consequences of Political Violence -- Promote Research and Development (R& -- D) Within the Healthcare System -- Tackle the Broader Issue of Infrastructure Deficit that Negatively Impacts the Healthcare System -- Conclusion -- 6: Conclusion -- Healthcare and Economic Restructuring in Nigeria -- Introspection on the Theoretical Contributions of this Book -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910743686903321 |
Aka Philip Chukwuma | ||
Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nigeria [[electronic resource] ] : dancing on the brink / / John Campbell |
Autore | Campbell John <1944-> |
Edizione | [Updated ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 966.9054 |
Soggetto topico |
Social conflict - Nigeria
Ethnic conflict - Nigeria |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4422-2158-5
1-4422-2156-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "Un peu d'histoire" -- If Nigeria is so rich, why are Nigerians so poor? -- Who runs Nigeria? -- Faith -- The Niger Delta -- A president for life? -- The "election-like event" of 2007 -- The breakup of the Nigerian political system -- Boko Haram -- Washington and Abuja -- Dancing on the brink. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453936003321 |
Campbell John <1944-> | ||
Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nigeria [[electronic resource] ] : dancing on the brink / / John Campbell |
Autore | Campbell John <1944-> |
Edizione | [Updated ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 966.9054 |
Soggetto topico |
Social conflict - Nigeria
Ethnic conflict - Nigeria |
ISBN |
1-4422-2158-5
1-4422-2156-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "Un peu d'histoire" -- If Nigeria is so rich, why are Nigerians so poor? -- Who runs Nigeria? -- Faith -- The Niger Delta -- A president for life? -- The "election-like event" of 2007 -- The breakup of the Nigerian political system -- Boko Haram -- Washington and Abuja -- Dancing on the brink. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779773903321 |
Campbell John <1944-> | ||
Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nigeria [[electronic resource] ] : dancing on the brink / / John Campbell |
Autore | Campbell John <1944-> |
Edizione | [Updated ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
Disciplina | 966.9054 |
Soggetto topico |
Social conflict - Nigeria
Ethnic conflict - Nigeria |
ISBN |
1-4422-2158-5
1-4422-2156-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "Un peu d'histoire" -- If Nigeria is so rich, why are Nigerians so poor? -- Who runs Nigeria? -- Faith -- The Niger Delta -- A president for life? -- The "election-like event" of 2007 -- The breakup of the Nigerian political system -- Boko Haram -- Washington and Abuja -- Dancing on the brink. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807059803321 |
Campbell John <1944-> | ||
Lanham, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Nigeria's struggle with corruption : hearing before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, May 18, 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 70 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Political corruption - Nigeria
Transparency in government - Nigeria Crime - Nigeria |
Soggetto non controllato |
Political corruption
Crime Nigeria Public administration Political science True crime Business & economics |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Nigeria's Struggle with Corruption |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694196403321 |
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Perspectives on Nigeria's economic development . Volume II [[electronic resource] /] / Pascal G. Dozie |
Autore | Dozie Pascal G |
Edizione | [New edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan, Nigeria, : Safari Books, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Nigeria
Economic policy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 978-8431-53-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Globalisation and the Nigerian economy -- Managing the Nigerian economy -- Strengthening the Nigerian banking sector -- Entrepreneurship and corporate governance -- Key sectors and issues. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452592503321 |
Dozie Pascal G | ||
Ibadan, Nigeria, : Safari Books, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Perspectives on Nigeria's Economic Development . Volume I [[electronic resource] /] / Pascal G. Dozie |
Autore | Dozie Pascal G |
Edizione | [New edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan, Nigeria, : Safari Books, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Nigeria
Economic policy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 978-8431-52-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The way forward -- Planning and economic development -- The private sector in development -- Issues on budget and fiscal policy -- The Nigerian financial system -- The Nigerian banking system -- The Nigerian capital market. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463168103321 |
Dozie Pascal G | ||
Ibadan, Nigeria, : Safari Books, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Perspectives on Nigeria's economic development . Volume II [[electronic resource] /] / Pascal G. Dozie |
Autore | Dozie Pascal G |
Edizione | [New edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan, Nigeria, : Safari Books, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (338 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Nigeria
Economic policy |
ISBN | 978-8431-53-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Globalisation and the Nigerian economy -- Managing the Nigerian economy -- Strengthening the Nigerian banking sector -- Entrepreneurship and corporate governance -- Key sectors and issues. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790569403321 |
Dozie Pascal G | ||
Ibadan, Nigeria, : Safari Books, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Perspectives on Nigeria's Economic Development . Volume I [[electronic resource] /] / Pascal G. Dozie |
Autore | Dozie Pascal G |
Edizione | [New edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ibadan, Nigeria, : Safari Books, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Nigeria
Economic policy |
ISBN | 978-8431-52-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The way forward -- Planning and economic development -- The private sector in development -- Issues on budget and fiscal policy -- The Nigerian financial system -- The Nigerian banking system -- The Nigerian capital market. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787683603321 |
Dozie Pascal G | ||
Ibadan, Nigeria, : Safari Books, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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