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Petroleum and Structural Change in a Developing Country
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This work explores problems in national development in the Third World using Nigeria during the petroleum boom as a case study. The book explores how historical, political, ideological, economic, social, and cultural factors affected Nigeria's development and policies. Special attention is devoted to the development paradigms that influenced Nigerian development thinking, the national planning apparatus, nationalist ideology, and the role of world market and multinational corporations.Petroleum and Structural Change in a Developing Countryconcludes that Nigeria has experienced growth without change and that unless structural change is implemented, real development will remain elusive.
Title: Petroleum and Structural Change in a Developing Country
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This work explores problems in national development in the Third World using Nigeria during the petroleum boom as a case study.
The book explores how historical, political, ideological, economic, social, and cultural factors affected Nigeria's development and policies.
Special attention is devoted to the development paradigms that influenced Nigerian development thinking, the national planning apparatus, nationalist ideology, and the role of world market and multinational corporations.
Petroleum and Structural Change in a Developing Countryconcludes that Nigeria has experienced growth without change and that unless structural change is implemented, real development will remain elusive.
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