Special Report: Oyo State

Special Report: Oyo State

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Publisher: The Business Year

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Total Pages: 26

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This 26-page publication, featuring a range of interviews and analysis, places Nigeria's Oyo State under the spotlight. Since entering office as Oyo State's Executive Governor in May 2019, Engr Seyi Makinde has been the subject of many political conversations and has established a reputation as a respectable and ambitious politician who has big dreams for his state and who is passionate about improving the life of its people. Leveraging on our status as a leading international media platform and on our vast track record of special reports globally, we partnered with Makinde and his team to compile an extensive special report on Oyo State, shedding light on the investment opportunities in the economy's key sectors, the ongoing projects enhancing the investment profile of the state, and the current administration's vision to make this region the fastest-growing economy in Nigeria.


The Business Year: Nigeria 2021/22

The Business Year: Nigeria 2021/22

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Publisher: The Business Year

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Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1912498855

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The Business Year: Nigeria 2021/22 analyzes the main challenges faced by the West African economy as a consequence of the global COVID-19 pandemic, and how innovation, new ideas and solutions, diversification, and, above all, the country's resilience are helping Nigeria move forward with a positive economic outlook. In this 114-page edition, which features interviews with top business leaders from across the economy, as well as news and analysis, we cover: finance, green economy, energy, industry, agriculture, ICT, transport, real estate, construction, and transport.


Good Governance in Nigeria

Good Governance in Nigeria

Author: Portia Roelofs

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-03-31

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 100923546X

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Drawing on original fieldwork in Nigeria, Portia Roelofs argues for an innovative re-conceptualisation of good governance. Contributing to debates around technocracy, populism and the survival of democracy amidst conditions of inequality and mistrust, Roelofs offers a new account of what it means for leaders to be accountable and transparent. Centred on the rise of the 'Lagos Model' in the Yoruba south-west, this book places the voices of roadside traders and small-time market leaders alongside those of local government officials, political godfathers and technocrats. In doing so, it theorises 'socially-embedded' good governance. Roelofs demonstrates the value of fieldwork for political theory and the associated possibilities for decolonising the study of politics. Challenging the long-held assumptions of the World Bank and other international institutions that African political systems are pathologically dysfunctional, Roelofs demonstrates that politics in Nigeria has much to teach us about good governance.


Global Sustainability, Cultural Perspectives and Challenges for Transdisciplinary Integrated Research

Global Sustainability, Cultural Perspectives and Challenges for Transdisciplinary Integrated Research

Author: Benno Werlen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-05-28

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 3319164775

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This book offers new perspectives of transdisciplinary research, in methodological as well as theoretical respects. It provides insights in the two-fold bio-physical and the socio-cultural global embeddedness of local living conditions on the basis of selected empirical studies from Latin America, Asia, Africa, Australia and Europe. The theoretical foundations of ecological research and sustainability policies were developed at the end of the nineteenth century. They are largely based on investigations of living spaces and the evolution and differentiation of varied life forms. This perspective is embedded in the practical and theoretical European problem situations of the past and lacks social and cultural differentiation. The transformation of spatial and natural relations as a result of the globalization process is so radical that new theories are needed to solve 21st century ecological problems. Moreover, in view of the lack of an ontologically sound and promising strategy for transdisciplinary problem solving, as well as an acceptable consideration of the power of cultural schemas relating to natural living’s interpretations, there is a strong need to focus on sustainable social practices, habits and routines, rather than on predominantly living spaces or eco-topes. This book elaborates on the transdisciplinary approach by reflecting on the theoretical heritage and a global perspective of sustainability, by focusing on the primary role of a social approach in sustainability research and by putting emphasis on cultural dimension of sustainability. It postulates that global sustainability is grounded in a global understanding of our everyday activities.