About CPED

The Centre for Population and Environmental Development (CPED) is an independent Think Tank organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development and reducing poverty and inequality through policy oriented research and active engagement on development issues. CPED is located in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. The Organisation was formally registered in Nigeria by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in 1999. CPED is a member of different Think Tank Networks including the “Southern Voice Network, West Africa Think Tanks Network (WATTNet)”, and also a beneficiary of the Think Tank Initiative (TTI), a multi-donor program of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. The Centre’s Executive Director is Professor Emeritus Andrew Godwin Onokerhoraye, vice chancellor University of Benin (1992-1998).

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FEEDING OTHERS BUT HUNGRY: THE IRONIC STORY OF PASTORALIST IN NIGERIA

Written by Mercy Edejeghwro Growing up as a young child in the southern part of Nigeria, I occasionally saw a particular group of people whose source of livelihood was cattle rearing. Their form of...

CAN MARGINALISATION BE WORSE OFF? THE STRUGGLES OF PASTORALIST WOMEN IN NIGERIA

Written by Mercy Edejeghwro I have seen and heard stories of people being marginalized but I never imagined that it could occur to the extent that it appears too bad to be true. This is the case for...

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