Implementing The Sustainable Development Goals In Nigeria Barriers Prospects And Strategies | African Studies

This book explores Nigeria’s progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals presenting key country-specific lessons as well as providing innovative solutions and practices which are transferrable to other emerging economies. Despite all of Nigeria’s potential and substantial oil revenues poverty remains widespread and the country faces many challenges. The contributors to this book provide comparative historical and contemporary analysis of the main challenges for achieving progress in the SDGs and make recommendations for the most effectives ways of developing adopting disseminating and scaling them. Starting with the conceptualisation and evolution of the SDGs the book goes on to consider the goal on ending poverty and the urgent need to combat climate change and its impacts. The book also reflects on the role of business and taxation and the cultural and societal dimensions of the SDGs including education gender and the role of the church. Overall the book focuses on knowledge/implementation gaps and the role of collaborative partnerships and disruptive technologies in implementing the framework in general. This book will be of interest to scholars policy makers and practitioners of sustainable development and African studies as well as those with a particular interest in Nigeria. |Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria Barriers Prospects and Strategies | African Studies