Abstract
This study has critically examined the Millennium Development Goals and poverty reduction
in Anambra State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined how lack of good governance in
the management of Millennium Development Goals funds undermined poverty reduction in
Anambra State, and how the state implementation of neo-liberal economic policies impeded
the programme of poverty reduction in the State. Literature reviewed are deficient in
explaining the link between lack of good governance in the management of resources relating
to MDGs which undermined poverty alleviation in Nigeria and also did not explain how the
implementation of neoliberal economic policies impeded the enormous programmes put in
place by the governments for poverty alleviation in Nigeria. Hence, this was the problematique
of the study. Theory of Post-colonial state was adopted in arguing that the Millennium
Development Goals was a cover for the accumulation of capital by the West and the comprador
bourgeoisie, and as such did not conduce to poverty reduction in Nigeria. The study relied
mainly on secondary data. Using qualitative descriptive methods of data analysis, the study
discovered inter alia: (i) that lack of good governance in the management of MDGs funds
undermined poverty reduction in Anambra State, and (ii) that the state implementation of neoliberal
economic policies impeded the programme of poverty reduction in the State. Arising
from the above findings, the study recommended among other things that Anambra state
government should adopt policies that favour and encourage transparency, accountability and rule of law in the management of fund that accrues to the state.
VITUS, I (2021). Millennium Development Goals (Mdgs) And Poverty Reduction In Anambra State, Nigeria, 2006-2015.. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/millennium-development-goals-mdgs-and-poverty-reduction-in-anambra-state-nigeria-2006-2015
VITUS, IKWUAMAEZE "Millennium Development Goals (Mdgs) And Poverty Reduction In Anambra State, Nigeria, 2006-2015." Afribary. Afribary, 13 May. 2021, https://track.afribary.com/works/millennium-development-goals-mdgs-and-poverty-reduction-in-anambra-state-nigeria-2006-2015. Accessed 27 Nov. 2024.
VITUS, IKWUAMAEZE . "Millennium Development Goals (Mdgs) And Poverty Reduction In Anambra State, Nigeria, 2006-2015.". Afribary, Afribary, 13 May. 2021. Web. 27 Nov. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/millennium-development-goals-mdgs-and-poverty-reduction-in-anambra-state-nigeria-2006-2015 >.
VITUS, IKWUAMAEZE . "Millennium Development Goals (Mdgs) And Poverty Reduction In Anambra State, Nigeria, 2006-2015." Afribary (2021). Accessed November 27, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/millennium-development-goals-mdgs-and-poverty-reduction-in-anambra-state-nigeria-2006-2015