Nigeria - Towards the Improved Delivery of Social Services

Nigeria possesses a wealth of natural resources including major oil and gas deposits, a variety of solid minerals, good agricultural land, a well developed industrial base, an extensive banking system, a large labor force, and a vibrant private sec...

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Main Author: Woo, Josephine
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/09/12844952/nigeria-towards-improved-delivery-social-services
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spelling okr-10986-99862021-04-23T14:02:48Z Nigeria - Towards the Improved Delivery of Social Services Woo, Josephine ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AFFLUENT AREAS AGE AIDS CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATE CHILDBEARING COMPULSORY PRIMARY EDUCATION DEMAND DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISSEMINATION DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION DRUGS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION SERVICES EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES EQUITY EXPENDITURES FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES FEMALE EDUCATION FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FERTILITY RATES FEWER CHILDREN FINANCING FOOD INSECURITY GENDER DISPARITY GIRLS GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH SERVICES HOSPITAL HOSPITAL BEDS IMPLEMENTATION INCIDENCE INCOME INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS KNOWLEDGE LABOR FORCE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LEADERSHIP LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MARRIED WOMEN METHODS OF FAMILY PLANNING MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL HEALTH NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY NATIONAL POLICIES NATIONAL POLICY NATURAL RESOURCES NUTRITION PARTICIPATION POLICY POPULATION POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION PROGRAMS POVERTY PRACTITIONERS PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROVISION OF SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF SERVICES REHABILITATION RESOURCE ALLOCATION RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS RESOURCE USE SANITATION SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIAL SERVICES STRATEGY TEACHERS TEACHING UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION URBAN AREAS Nigeria possesses a wealth of natural resources including major oil and gas deposits, a variety of solid minerals, good agricultural land, a well developed industrial base, an extensive banking system, a large labor force, and a vibrant private sector. However, the country's tremendous potential for growth and development has yet to be fulfilled. Real income and consumption per capita today are scarcely higher than they were in 1971 before the start of the oil boom. Social indicators have been improving somewhat but remain far acceptable levels. There is an urgent need to put in place, over the medium term, mechanisms that will ensure sustained improvements in the quality and quantity of social services. 2012-08-13T10:03:55Z 2012-08-13T10:03:55Z 1995-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/09/12844952/nigeria-towards-improved-delivery-social-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9986 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 47 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Nigeria
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topic ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
AFFLUENT AREAS
AGE
AIDS
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATE
CHILDBEARING
COMPULSORY PRIMARY EDUCATION
DEMAND
DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISSEMINATION
DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
DRUGS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION SERVICES
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
EQUITY
EXPENDITURES
FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
FEMALE EDUCATION
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATE
FERTILITY RATES
FEWER CHILDREN
FINANCING
FOOD INSECURITY
GENDER DISPARITY
GIRLS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH SERVICES
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL BEDS
IMPLEMENTATION
INCIDENCE
INCOME
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
KNOWLEDGE
LABOR FORCE
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
LEADERSHIP
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MARRIED WOMEN
METHODS OF FAMILY PLANNING
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL HEALTH
NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY
NATIONAL POLICIES
NATIONAL POLICY
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUTRITION
PARTICIPATION
POLICY
POPULATION
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION PROGRAMS
POVERTY
PRACTITIONERS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PROVISION OF SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITY OF SERVICES
REHABILITATION
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESOURCE USE
SANITATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SECTOR
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL SERVICE
SOCIAL SERVICES
STRATEGY
TEACHERS
TEACHING
UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION
URBAN AREAS
spellingShingle ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
AFFLUENT AREAS
AGE
AIDS
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATE
CHILDBEARING
COMPULSORY PRIMARY EDUCATION
DEMAND
DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISSEMINATION
DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
DRUGS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION SERVICES
EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
EQUITY
EXPENDITURES
FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES
FEMALE EDUCATION
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATE
FERTILITY RATES
FEWER CHILDREN
FINANCING
FOOD INSECURITY
GENDER DISPARITY
GIRLS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATIOS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH SERVICES
HOSPITAL
HOSPITAL BEDS
IMPLEMENTATION
INCIDENCE
INCOME
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
KNOWLEDGE
LABOR FORCE
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE
LEADERSHIP
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDREN
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MARRIED WOMEN
METHODS OF FAMILY PLANNING
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
NATIONAL HEALTH
NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY
NATIONAL POLICIES
NATIONAL POLICY
NATURAL RESOURCES
NUTRITION
PARTICIPATION
POLICY
POPULATION
POPULATION GROWTH
POPULATION PROGRAMS
POVERTY
PRACTITIONERS
PRIMARY EDUCATION
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PROVISION OF SERVICES
PUBLIC HEALTH
QUALITY OF SERVICES
REHABILITATION
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS
RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS
RESOURCE USE
SANITATION
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SERVICE PROVISION
SOCIAL PROGRAMS
SOCIAL SECTOR
SOCIAL SECTORS
SOCIAL SERVICE
SOCIAL SERVICES
STRATEGY
TEACHERS
TEACHING
UNIVERSAL BASIC EDUCATION
URBAN AREAS
Woo, Josephine
Nigeria - Towards the Improved Delivery of Social Services
geographic_facet Africa
Nigeria
relation Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 47
description Nigeria possesses a wealth of natural resources including major oil and gas deposits, a variety of solid minerals, good agricultural land, a well developed industrial base, an extensive banking system, a large labor force, and a vibrant private sector. However, the country's tremendous potential for growth and development has yet to be fulfilled. Real income and consumption per capita today are scarcely higher than they were in 1971 before the start of the oil boom. Social indicators have been improving somewhat but remain far acceptable levels. There is an urgent need to put in place, over the medium term, mechanisms that will ensure sustained improvements in the quality and quantity of social services.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Woo, Josephine
author_facet Woo, Josephine
author_sort Woo, Josephine
title Nigeria - Towards the Improved Delivery of Social Services
title_short Nigeria - Towards the Improved Delivery of Social Services
title_full Nigeria - Towards the Improved Delivery of Social Services
title_fullStr Nigeria - Towards the Improved Delivery of Social Services
title_full_unstemmed Nigeria - Towards the Improved Delivery of Social Services
title_sort nigeria - towards the improved delivery of social services
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/1995/09/12844952/nigeria-towards-improved-delivery-social-services
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9986
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