Delving deeper into child poverty and its drivers in sub-Saharan Africa: A multidimensional approach for Nigeria
Using the 2013 Demographic Health Survey data, this chapter revisits the debate on child poverty drivers in Nigeria by employing a multidimensional poverty approach. The empirical results reveal that the poverty measures decrease with the level of dimension used. The majority of children are deprive...
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| author | Ogunniyi, Adebayo Mistura, Rufai Mavrotas, George Kehinde, Olagunju Kabir, Salman Kayode Fadare, Olusegun |
| author_browse | Fadare, Olusegun Kabir, Salman Kayode Kehinde, Olagunju Mavrotas, George Mistura, Rufai Ogunniyi, Adebayo |
| author_facet | Ogunniyi, Adebayo Mistura, Rufai Mavrotas, George Kehinde, Olagunju Kabir, Salman Kayode Fadare, Olusegun |
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| description | Using the 2013 Demographic Health Survey data, this chapter revisits the debate on child poverty drivers in Nigeria by employing a multidimensional poverty approach. The empirical results reveal that the poverty measures decrease with the level of dimension used. The majority of children are deprived of at least one of the basic needs. The child poverty indicators revealed that most of the under-five children in Nigeria are living below accepted standards of well-being. The situation is more prevalent in rural areas and the northern region of the country. Our findings therefore suggest that investing in the development and protection of Nigerian children is not a choice, but rather a priority. Investing in children does not mean separating out children with special needs. Instead, this requires an integrated and holistic approach supporting the communities in which children live, their basic needs, and the participatory development which will not only produce active citizens of the future but will also provide sustainable solutions to child poverty in Nigeria, a country under immense demographic pressure in the coming years. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1435262024-10-25T08:05:42Z Delving deeper into child poverty and its drivers in sub-Saharan Africa: A multidimensional approach for Nigeria Ogunniyi, Adebayo Mistura, Rufai Mavrotas, George Kehinde, Olagunju Kabir, Salman Kayode Fadare, Olusegun gender policies indicators measurement socioeconomic development children poverty Using the 2013 Demographic Health Survey data, this chapter revisits the debate on child poverty drivers in Nigeria by employing a multidimensional poverty approach. The empirical results reveal that the poverty measures decrease with the level of dimension used. The majority of children are deprived of at least one of the basic needs. The child poverty indicators revealed that most of the under-five children in Nigeria are living below accepted standards of well-being. The situation is more prevalent in rural areas and the northern region of the country. Our findings therefore suggest that investing in the development and protection of Nigerian children is not a choice, but rather a priority. Investing in children does not mean separating out children with special needs. Instead, this requires an integrated and holistic approach supporting the communities in which children live, their basic needs, and the participatory development which will not only produce active citizens of the future but will also provide sustainable solutions to child poverty in Nigeria, a country under immense demographic pressure in the coming years. 2020-09-01 2024-05-22T12:14:51Z 2024-05-22T12:14:51Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143526 en Open Access Practical Action Publishing Ogunniyi, Adebayo; Mistura, Rufai; Mavrotas, George; Kehinde, Olagunju; Kabir, Salman Kayode; and Olusegun, Fadare. 2020. Delving deeper into child poverty and its drivers in sub-Saharan Africa: A multidimensional approach for Nigeria. In What Works for Africa’s Poorest Children: From measurement to action, eds. David Lawson, Diego Angemi, and Ibrahim Kasirye. Chapter 5, Pp. 95-115. Warwickshire, UK: Practical Action Publishing. https://orca.cf.ac.uk/133707/1/37_59.pdf#page=113 |
| spellingShingle | gender policies indicators measurement socioeconomic development children poverty Ogunniyi, Adebayo Mistura, Rufai Mavrotas, George Kehinde, Olagunju Kabir, Salman Kayode Fadare, Olusegun Delving deeper into child poverty and its drivers in sub-Saharan Africa: A multidimensional approach for Nigeria |
| title | Delving deeper into child poverty and its drivers in sub-Saharan Africa: A multidimensional approach for Nigeria |
| title_full | Delving deeper into child poverty and its drivers in sub-Saharan Africa: A multidimensional approach for Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Delving deeper into child poverty and its drivers in sub-Saharan Africa: A multidimensional approach for Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Delving deeper into child poverty and its drivers in sub-Saharan Africa: A multidimensional approach for Nigeria |
| title_short | Delving deeper into child poverty and its drivers in sub-Saharan Africa: A multidimensional approach for Nigeria |
| title_sort | delving deeper into child poverty and its drivers in sub saharan africa a multidimensional approach for nigeria |
| topic | gender policies indicators measurement socioeconomic development children poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143526 |
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