In recent years, particularly since the Salamanca Statement (UNESCO, 1994), considerable attention has been given to inclusive education. The concept of inclusive research has also emerged (Walmsley and Johnson, 2003). Initially this was associated with people with learning disabilities but now has a wider application. The two concepts have some shared values and the links between inclusive edu...

Nigeria’s economic aspirations have remained that of altering the structure of production and consumption patterns, diversifying the economic base and reducing dependence on oil, with the aim of putting the economy on a part of sustainable, all-inclusive and non-inflationary growth. The implication of this is that while rapid growth in output, as measured by the real gross domestic product (GDP...

There is an emerging consensus that the well-being of rural households improve with the blending of farm activities with non-farm economic activities. The diversification of rural livelihood positively impacts the well-being of the rural households. Eastern states however remained laggard in rural transformation due to myriad of endogenous as well as exogenous factors. With uneven distribution ...