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Social Policy and the Challenge of Development in Nigeria and Ghana: The Cases of Education and Labour Market Policies

In: Social Policy in Sub-Saharan African Context

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  • Bola Udegbe

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The literature on Africa is rife with indices of underdevelopment and abysmal performance and predictions of a bleak future. Some scholars are pessimistic about the future of African development, underplaying the his­torical experience and consequences of centuries of domination and eco­nomic crises. Also overlooked are the retrogressive experiences of structural adjustment and the impact of neocolonialism. Furthermore, incidences of positive development after independence, intra-country and regional dif­ferences in the experiences of growth and general improvement in the well-being of citizens have been ignored. Indeed, in the face of poverty and low growth indices, many of the countries still possess human and mater­ial resources that are relatively untapped — or tapped more for the benefit of the North than the South.

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  • Bola Udegbe, 2007. "Social Policy and the Challenge of Development in Nigeria and Ghana: The Cases of Education and Labour Market Policies," Social Policy in a Development Context, in: ’Jìmí O. Adésínà (ed.), Social Policy in Sub-Saharan African Context, chapter 5, pages 148-170, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:sopchp:978-0-230-59098-4_5
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230590984_5
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