Research
ACTION RESEARCH ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE WETLAND AND COASTAL REGIONS
Despite the challenge posed by climate change to development in Nigeria, there is as yet no national policy on climate change, especially with respect to vulnerability and adaptation which a
ACTION RESEARCH ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT
Gender equality and empowered women in particular are catalysis for multiplying development efforts. While gender inequality is a universal phenomenon, and aspects of gender inequality exist
ACTION RESEARCH ON HEALTH SYSTEMS AND HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
Despite Nigeria’s recent interest in the improvement of the country’s health care situation, the health care system is characterized by a myriad of problems. Health services throughout Niger
ACTION RESEARCH ON EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
Nigeria recognizes the need to provide secondary education on a larger scale and build on the primary education gains connected to the millennium development goals and education for all init
ACTION RESEARCH GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND EQUITY
In the 1970s, a new wave of development thinking generated the “basic needs” approach which focused on the direct provision of “essential” commodities and services, thus providing a counterw...
ACTION RESEARCH ON NIGER DELTA REGION, PEACE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT
When oil exploration began in the Niger Delta region in the late 1950s, the people expected that it would make a huge difference to their lives. The machines and technology that they saw ind...