Linkages Between Non-Income Poverty, Growth and Inequality in Nigeria: A Two Stage Least Square Approach
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Poverty alleviation is a major indicator to decide whether economic growth is of benefit to the poor in a society. This study therefore addressed the extent of non-income poverty alleviation between 1999 and 2008, using the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data. The fuzzy method and two stage least square approaches were used to analyze the data. The results show that between 1999 and 2003, non-income welfare highly improved in Nigeria, but this could not be sustained in 2008. The rural areas were found to be more deprived in essential basic social services, while the northern part has highest non-income poverty incidences. The two-stage least square regression results show that growth in composite welfare indicators, literacy, household size and number of trained youth significantly reduced poverty incidences (p<0.10), while unemployment rate, number of robbery cases and annual allocation from the federation accounts significantly increased it. It was recommended that government should ensure pro-poor spending on basic social services like improved water, sanitation, education, and employment schemes. [Oyekale AS. Linkages Between Non-Income Poverty, Growth and Inequality in Nigeria: A Two Stage Least Square Approach. Life Sci J 2012;9(4):3892-3901] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite.com. 580
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