Economic Diversification in Nigeria The Politics of Building a Post-Oil Economy

Nigeria has for long been regarded as the poster child for the ‘curse’ of oil wealth. Yet despite this, Nigeria achieved strong economic growth for over a decade in the 21st century, driven largely by policy reforms in non-oil sectors. This open access book argues that Nigeria’s major development ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Usman, Zainab
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published London Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 2022
Bloomsbury Academic
ZED
Edition1
SeriesPolitics and Development in Contemporary Africa
Subjects
African Studies
Breitenwirksames Wachstum
Development economics and emerging economies
Development studies
Diversifikation
economic diversification
Economics
Economics, Finance, Business and Management
Energy industries and utilities
Erdöl
Industry and industrial studies
Interdisciplinary studies
Landwirtschaft
Nigeria
Petroleum, oil and gas industries
Political science and theory
Politics and government
Politische Faktoren
Produktivität
Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects
Reform
resources
Sicherheitssektorreform
Society and Social Sciences
Soziale Integration
Soziopolitischer Wandel
Strukturpolitik
Strukturwandel
Subsistenzwirtschaft
Trade, Business and Economics in Africa
Vorschlag/Initiative
Wirtschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen
Wirtschaftliche Strukturpolitik
Wirtschaftspolitik
Wirtschaftsstruktureller Wandel
Öffentlicher Sektor
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Table of Contents:
  • The Challenge of Achieving Economic Diversification - Economic Diversification: Concept, Application, and State–Market Relations - Unpacking Politics: Power, Actors, and Institutions - The Transition to Becoming Africa’s Top Oil Producer - The Transition to Becoming Africa’s Largest Economy - The Successful and Failed Policy Choices of Becoming Africa’s Largest Economy - Lagos: The Political Foundations of Economic Diversification in Nigeria’s Commercial Capital - Kano: The Political Foundations of Nigeria’s Failed Agro-industrial Transition - Conclusion - Notes - Annex 1: Nigeria’s Thirty-Six States and Six Geopolitical Zones - Annex 2: Nigeria’s Heads of States since Independence - Annex 3: Nigeria’s Development Plans and Economic Strategies