Development governance in West Africa: the way forward in the 21st century

[摘要] The thesis provides a comparative analysis of governance and development in West Africaand South Asia.It examines Nigeria specifically to find answers and scientific understanding to grasp howthe country, with its abundant human, natural and mineral resources, could still be wallowingin poverty and remain in a state of underdevelopment in the 21st century.It provides the nexus between good governance and development and draws an examplefrom the Southeast Asian economic 'miracle', a sub-region similar to West Africa in terms ofpolitical, economic and socio-cultural development post-independence in the 1960s.This is in order to deduce a way to propose a sustainable good governance structure andfunction, on an implementation strategy towards the achievement of sustainabledevelopment in Nigeria.This, in turn, will serve as a pacesetter for the whole of West Africa, which can be profferedas a model or guide towards achieving sustainable development in the sub-region.

[发布机构] University of the Free State