Truth in statistics
The Nigerian agency charged with reducing poverty reports success. The article in THISDAY is vague about the evidence, and I'd have to ask where the numbers come from. How would your students analyze the numbers and what questions would they ask?Poverty Level Now 50 Percent, Says Napep
"National Poverty Alleviation Programme (NAPEP) said yesterday that poverty level in the country is currently at 50 per cent, falling from 54.4 per cent in 2004...
"NAPEP State Coordinators and Secretaries, said the Federal Government had been able to reduce poverty level drastically from 70 per cent in 1999, when the country returned to democratic rule..."
Of course, the NAPEP statistics might be more up-to-date, but the CIA World Factbook has these numbers for Nigeria.
- GDP - per capita (PPP): $2,100 (2007 est.)
- GDP - composition (of the economy) by sector:
- agriculture: 17.7%
- industry: 52.6%
- services: 29.8% (2007 est.)
- Labor force: 50.13 million (2007 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation:
- agriculture: 70%
- industry: 10%
- services: 20% (1999 est.)
- Unemployment rate: 4.9% (2007 est.)
- Population below poverty line: 70% (2007 est.)
Labels: cleavages, economics, Nigeria
posted by Ken Wedding @ 8:29 AM
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