Public spending and rural development in Nigeria
1 Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Uyo, P.M.B. 1017, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
2 Department of Economics, University of Uyo, P.M.B. 1017, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 21(02), 1043–1057
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.21.2.0505
Publication history:
Received on 04 January 2024; revised on 13 February 2024; accepted on 14 February 2024
Abstract:
The concerns of modern development have been on the need to boost living conditions which involves reducing poverty, unemployment, and inequality. Statistics has proved that these indices are quite high in the rural areas hence, the need to put up the needed actions to facilitate rural development. In this paper, we explored the role of public spending in fostering rural development in Nigeria from 2000 to 2020. The public spending on economic services and that of social and community services were considered, while the key rural development indicators captured were people practising open defecation, access to drinking water (both basic and safely managed), access to sanitation (both basic and safely managed), and access to electricity. The analysis was conducted using the ordinary least squares estimation technique. Findings of the study indicated that public spending on social community services substantially reduced the proportion of rural Nigerians practicing open defecation; and it increases the proportion of rural Nigerians having access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and electricity. This made the study to conclude that public spending is potent in driving rural development in Nigerian hence, the need for increased spending on social and community services in the country.
Keywords:
Development; Sanitation; Electricity; Rural Nigeria; Public Spendin
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