Nigeria

• What is the regional importance of Nigeria?

  1. 2014 highest GDP in Africa and 3rd largest manufacturing sector

  2. Largest farm output in Africa - 70 % of population in this industry

  3. Potential to lead the way in Africa's development
• What is the Global importance of Nigeria?

  1. NEE - 2014 became worlds 21st largest economy

  2. 12th largest producer of oil in the world

  3. Economy becoming more and more diverse
• What is the political context of Nigeria?

  1. In 1960s - many African countries gained independence from European nations

  2. Civil wars and dictatorships prevented development

  3. Free and fair elections recently

  4. Foreign Companies like microsoft investing
• What is the social context of Nigeria?

  1. Multi-ethnic, multi-faith

  2. Civil war in 1960s when Igbos in Biafra wanted to separate from Nigeria

  3. Economic inequality between the north and the south

  4. Fundamentalist groups made country unstable
• What is the cultural context of Nigeria?

  1. Own music and cinema - Nollywood

  2. 2nd Largest film production globally

  3. Won Afcon 3 times

  4. Several have played in Premier League
• What is the industrial structure of Nigeria?

  1. Primary jobs

  2. Secondary Jobs - making processed foods, textiles

  3. Tertiary jobs - communications, medial, retail

  4. 1999 - 70% in agriculture, 2012 - 30% in secondary jobs
• What are the benefits of manufacturing in Nigeria?

  1. Regular paid work - lets people secure income

  2. Manufactured goods available to buy

  3. Attracts foreign companies to establish and invest in Nigeria
• What is a TNC? Trans National Corporation which invests in LICs
• What are the advantages of TNCs?

  1. Offer jobs to people in Nigeria

  2. Pay taxes which the government can invest
• What are the disadvantages of TNCs?

  1. Can cause problems to evnironment - toxic fumes

  2. Working conditions poor and decreas QoL for workers

  3. Bodo Oil spills
• What are the types of aid Nigeria receives?

  1. Emergency or short term aid

  2. Charitable Aid

  3. Long term or development aid

  4. Multilateral Aid - through organisations form HICs
• What are the advantages of Nigeria's aid?

  1. UK government funded health and HIV programme -  gives education and health in rural areas

  2. Work Bank funded loans to businesses to help diversify
• What are the diadvantages of Nigeria's aid?

  1. Corruption - aid not reaching right people

  2. Donors of aid - may have influence over who receives or not
• What are the social impacts of economic development?

  1. Breathing and lung issues

  2. harmful pollunts

  3. 70-80% of forests destroyed through logging, agriculture and urban development

  4. Services not keeping pace with growing cities

  5. Waste disposal so poor it is dumped on streets
• What are the environmental impacts of economic development?

  1. Soil erosion

  2. Pollution of water supplies

  3. Oil Spills

  4. Fires

  5. Pollution