Agriculture Public Expenditure Review at the Federal and Subnational Levels in Nigeria (2008-12)
Agricultural expenditure is critical to the transformation of the agricultural sector in Nigeria. Yet spending on agriculture remains at low levels in spite of the sector’s huge potential for wealth creation, employment generation, and poverty redu...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24746388/agriculture-public-expenditure-review-federal-subnational-levels-nigeria-2008-12 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22345 |
| Summary: | Agricultural expenditure is critical to
the transformation of the agricultural sector in Nigeria.
Yet spending on agriculture remains at low levels in spite
of the sector’s huge potential for wealth creation,
employment generation, and poverty reduction. This report is
a summary of the findings of the Nigeria agricultural public
expenditure review (AgPER) at the federal and subnational
levels. The main objectives of this review are to (1)
examine the extent to which the size and composition of
public spending on agriculture is consistent with national
and subnational agricultural policies and development
priorities, (2) analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of
public resources allocated to agriculture, (3) understand
the cross-tier fiscal and planning relationships between the
federal government and subnational governments, (4) develop
a database of public agricultural expenditures at the
federal and subnational levels, and (5) provide
recommendations on how to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of public agricultural spending to advance
Nigeria’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA). In
addition to the federal-level analysis, the review analyzes
agricultural public expenditures in three case study states:
(1) cross river, (2) Niger, and (3) Ondo, and three case
study local government areas (LGAs): (1) Akamkpa, (2)
Wushishi, and (3) Odigbo. The analysis at the federal level
covers the period 2008-12, while the subnational-level
analysis covers the period 2000-12. |
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