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The absence of strong accountability turns anti-poverty programmes into symbolic gestures rather than vehicles of real change in Nigeria.
Boosting education and skills training as well as improving transport and strengthening social protection would help people out of extreme poverty.
We need environmentally-adjusted measures that don’t just focus on material goods.
The Fragile States Index leaves more questions than it answers. Like similar global surveys, its credibility hinges on reliable data. But how sound are its statistics and their interpretation?
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Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Geography and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College., University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Conservation, Poverty and Wellbeing, University of Cambridge
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Research Fellow, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Partnerships and Programme Officer, World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), United Nations University
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Professor, UNSW
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Professor of Finance and Economics, UNSW
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