P2 SECTION B : THE CHANGING ECONOMIC WORLD - NIGERIA Flashcards
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NIGERIA: BACKGROUND
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- Nigeria economy = 80% oil (Shell capitalized)
- Mechanization of agriculture productivity+ modernizing
- Work force went from dominated by primary (70% in 1999) to increase in secondary and tertiary (primary only 23% in 2021): showcases development
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NIGERIA: TNCs
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- A large company operating in several countries.
- Operate due to:
-> Tax incentives
-> Cheaper labor
-> Laxer environmental laws - Nigeria has 40: Shell, Unilever, KFC, etc
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NIGERIA: SHELL (POSITIVE IMPACTS)
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- Provides 65 000 direct jobs
- Provides 250 000 related jobs
- 91% of contracts given to Nigerian companies
- GMOU: develop partnership with rural areas- helping schools and hospitals- reducing development gap
- Health insurance $25/yr to locals
- Miro-credit schemes: taxi drivers and 500 small scale money boosting projects
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NIGERIA: SHELL (NEGATIVE IMPACTS)
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- Bodo oil spill (2013): poorest people losing income and jobs
- Corruption: costing government $20billion/yr (not invested in Nigeria)
- Boko Haram: several attacks on oil pipelines in recent years
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NIGERIA: AID
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Aduwan (Kaduna State): had no health centers- high cases of AIDS and a high IMR
-> ActionAid: funds from World Bank for new health clinic in 2010
-> Trains local women to educate mothers on vaccinations against deadly diseases
-> Tests for HIV and other infections
HDI: 0.46 to 0.53 (2006 to 2019)
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NIGERIA: CONSEQUENCES OF DEVELOPMENT
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- Tin mining led to soil erosion + polluting water supplies
- Extracting oil from Niger Delta has polluted the landscape- fires + acid rain
- Growth of squatter settlements- urban growth (moving for jobs)- services cannot cope
- Commercial farming: increasing deforestation and desertification in central and north Nigeria, 500 species of plant extinct
- Industrial growth: 5000 registered industrial plants + 10 000 illegal small-scale businesses
