Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/129468 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2015/132
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Nigeria has recorded impressive growth in the last decade, yet the impact of this growth on poverty reduction remains unclear. This paper appraises spatial and temporal non-monetary multidimensional poverty in Nigeria using the first-order dominance approach. It examines five welfare indicators: education, water, sanitation, shelter, and energy. While the analysis is sensitive to indicator definitions, the overall results are robust and lend support to the view that poverty reduction has not kept pace with the rapid economic growth attained in the last decade. The analyses indicate that regional inequalities remain profound with huge disparities between the urban and rural sectors as well as between the far south and the rest of the country.
Subjects: 
Nigeria
economic growth
poverty reduction
first-order dominance approach
multidimensional welfare
JEL: 
I30
I31
I32
O12
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-021-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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