Oil and inequality in rural Nigeria

Collier P.

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper analysing economic implications of the Nigerian petroleum industry bonanza on rural development as reflected in rural areas income distribution - examines trends in both rural-urban areas income and consumer expenditure inequality, in land ownership within rural areas, etc., and concludes that the oil boom failed to transmit properity to the bulk of the rural population. Bibliography pp. 28 and 29 and references.

Keywords: economic implication; petroleum industry.; rural development; rural area; income distribution; trend; urban area; income; consumer expenditure; land ownership; rural population; conséquences économiques; industrie pétrolière; développement rural; zone rurale; répartition du revenu; consecuencias económicas; industria del petróleo; desarrollo rural; zona rural; distribución del ingreso; tendance; zone urbaine; revenu; dépenses de consommation; propriété foncière; population rurale; tendencia; zona urbana; ingreso; gasto de consumo; propiedad de la tierra; población rural (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 P. pages
Date: 1981
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Published in World Employment Programme research working paper. WEP 10-6, Rural Employment Policy Research Programme

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