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Nigeria's Street Children
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the lives, challenges, and aspirations of street children across different regions of Nigeria. Drawing on insights from a range of disciplines and research methods, including extensive fieldwork and interviews as well as quantitative analysis, the book assesses the socio-economic, cultural, and structural factors that contribute to the prevalence of street children in Nigerian cities. The book considers themes such as categorization, socio-economic and health challenges, substance abuse, public perceptions, and the roles of government and community interventions. It assesses the effectiveness of current policies and interventions, before proposing innovative solutions for rehabilitating and reintegrating street children into society. This book’s comprehensive, yet localized, account of Nigeria’s street children across different regions and urban contexts will be of interest to researchers across the fields of sociology, urban studies, public health, social work, development, and policy studies, as well as practitioners and policy-makers looking for actionable recommendations.
Reimagining Nigeria's Educational System
This book assesses the challenges within the Nigerian educational system and provides a concrete plan to revitalize the low-performing system by strengthening high-stakes testing at all levels. In Nigeria, many citizens believe that the solution to the country’s low performance in education is to eliminate high-stakes standardized testing. High-stakes testing refers to applying standardized student achievement tests as a primary mechanism to evaluate students, teachers, and their school’s performance. This book argues that the poor quality of education and low ranking of Nigeria’s educational system is not related to the negative consequences of high-stakes testing, but rather is due t...
Nigeria Year Book
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Modern Nigeria
Discover Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, in this thematic encyclopedia that covers everything from geography and economics to etiquette and pop culture. Part of Bloomsbury's Understanding Modern Nations series, this volume takes readers on a tour of contemporary Nigeria, helping them better understand the country and the many cultures, religions, and ethnicities that call it home. Chapters are organized thematically, examining a variety of topics, including geography, history, government, economics, religion, ethnic and social groups, gender, education, language, etiquette, food, literature and the arts, and pop culture. Each chapter begins with an overview essay, followed by a sele...
Nigeria
In this overview of Africa's most populous country, Ambassador John Campbell and Matthew T. Page assess the socioeconomic, political, and security challenges that Nigeria is facing, as well as the country's future potential.
Nigeria
"This report describes what steps might be taken by Nigerians and the international community to avoid a breakdown of democracy, and possibly stability, in the wake of Nigeria's April 2007 electoral contest and to tackle Nigeria's fundamental challenges of governance, security, and development in the longer term."--Publisher.
