Overview
- Constitutes a critical review of Nigeria’s attempts to achieve rapid industrial development since independence
- Provides an exhaustive history of Nigeria’s economic development
- Includes policy recommendations for sustainable industrial development
Part of the book series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development (AAESPD)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book constitutes a critical review of Nigeria’s attempts to achieve rapid industrial development since independence from Britain in 1960. It details the issues, challenges, and hard choices confronted by Nigerian political leadership and highlights the reasons why the country ultimately failed to achieve industrial take-off in spite of its abundant human and material resources.
Chapters take a retrospective look at government industrial development policies and programs, including the steel industry, agro-allied and forest-based industries, and the industrial estate development program. The book also discusses tariff and trade policies, incentives and disincentives to foreign direct investment (FDI) in the manufacturing sector, and small and medium enterprise (SME) development. The book concludes with a look at the recent drive towards regional integration as well as the potential impact of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and sixteen countries of West Africa. Providing an exhaustive history of Nigeria’s economic and industrial development, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students of African economics, development studies, and industrial organization, as well as policy makers in both the public and private sectors.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Oyeyemi Adegbite has a PhD in Strategic Management from Cranfield University (UK). Dr. Adegbite is founder and former CEO of Enterprise Consulting Group (ECG). During the course of his consulting career, Dr. Adegbite undertook several high profile assignments on behalf of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of both the Federal and State Governments in Nigeria. He also consulted widely for several international organizations and agencies including the World Bank Group, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the European Commission (EU). His work has been published in several international journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Perspectives on Industrial Development in Nigeria
Book Subtitle: Issues, Challenges and Hard Choices
Authors: Oyeyemi Adegbite
Series Title: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84375-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84374-8Published: 20 December 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84377-9Published: 21 December 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-84375-5Published: 01 January 2022
Series ISSN: 2198-7262
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7270
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 336
Topics: African Economics, Economic Growth, Industrial Organization, Development Studies