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标题：Trade Liberalization and Poverty Reduction in Nigeria: A study of selected Communities in Edo State
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作者：Aiya Fidelis ; Amos O. Arowoshegbe
期刊名称：Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development
印刷版ISSN：2222-2855
电子版ISSN：2222-2855
出版年度：2014
卷号：5
期号：10
页码：40-48
语种：English
出版社：The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
摘要：Trade liberalization is a global public policy intended to stimulates growth incentives that could be translated into poverty reduction. The growing economy of the developing Nations contend with this fact, as they grow sluggishly under the weight of trade liberalization without growth, and where growth exist it has not been translated to poverty reduction inspite of government efforts in poverty reduction practice in Nigeria. This study investigated the influnce of trade liberalization on poverty reduction programmes in Nigeria while focusing on Edo state. To achieve this, primary and secondary data were utilized. With simple random sampling, nine(9) Local Governments were selected across the three senatorial districts in the state. Through multi stage sampling, 1,350 respondents were selected across 27 communities and they were adminstered questionnaires on the core subject areas. Questionnaire served as the research instrument used in this study. The collected data were analysed by simple percentage and chi-square statistical instrument. In the analysis, it was revealed that trade liberalization hinders the followings: the growth of infant industries, skill acquisition, self-reliance due to increase inflow of foreign products and self-employment which are the core objectives of poverty alleviation programmes in Edo state, Nigeria. On the aggregate, the study revealed that trade liberalization has limiting effects on the performance of poverty alleviation programmes in the study areas in Edo state in particular and Nigeria in general. Against this background, the following recommendations among others were adopted, that: small scale industries should be protected; safe net should be provided for the poor against the harsh effects of trade liberalization; provision of better and modern infrastructure to stimulate growth; etc.
关键词：Trade liberalization; Poverty reduction; Programmme; uneven-development; communities