Nigerian poverty and progress
The Economist published a graph comparing poverty in Africa during the 1990s with poverty there in the first five years of the 21st century.
Part of commentary on the graph was, "The proportion of very poor Africans fell from 47% in 1990 to 41% in 2004. On present trends, it is set to fall to 37% by 2015. Nigeria's poverty rate of 70.8% is the highest among the countries covered by the report."
The graph gives more power to the statistics about Nigerian poverty because it offers the numbers in an African context.
Nigeria has made progress in reducing poverty, but for a country as rich in oil and gas as Nigeria is, the progress is not a lot to cheer about.
Is this a demonstration of the failure of the Nigerian state?
Labels: economics, Nigeria, political culture, politics
posted by Ken Wedding @ 5:35 AM
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