Gender Inequality, Maternal Mortality and Inclusive Growth in Nigeria

Matthew, Oluwatoyin; Adeniji, Anthonia; Osabohien, Romanus; Olawande, Tomike; Atolagbe, Tolulope

doi:10.1007/s11205-019-02185-x

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“…The auto-regressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds test was adopted for this study that draws insight from the empirical studies of Osabohien et al (2018a) and Matthew et al (2019). This research work engages the ARDL based on its uniqueness of being able to accommodate for variables integrated of order zero [I(0)] or order one [I(1)].…”

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Challenges of accountability and development in Nigeria

Matthew

Babajide

Osabohien

et al. 2020

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges of accountability and development in Nigeria. In the literature, corruption is seen as an indicator of a lack of political accountability in most countries of the world, especially in less developed countries such as Nigeria. The Nigerian Government has taken several actions to address the problems of bad governance and corruption that have impeded economic development, but unfortunately these measures have not yielded the desired results. Design/methodology/approach Thus, this study examined accountability and developmental issues in Nigeria using secondary data and then made use of the auto-regressive distributed lag econometric technique to analyze the data. Findings The results from the study found that a rise in total government expenditure poses a danger of reducing Nigeria’s economic development in the long run and that control of corruption and political (the institutional variables) has a direct and significant effect on Nigeria’s economic development. Originality/value Therefore, upon these findings, this paper recommended that for Nigeria to experience development, corruption should be eliminated, and the Nigerian Government should spend on viable projects and economic activities that will be beneficial to the populace and the society at large and hence bring about economic development. Accountability is the hallmark of a prudent government that ensures efficient management of resources and transparency in the utilization of funds by the government. The absence of accountability mechanism allows corruption to thrive, which hinders the developmental process.

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Challenges of accountability and development in Nigeria

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“…These factors of gender disparity have placed most Nigerian mothers in the position of low-income and socio-economic disadvantage (Edjumudo, 2013;Matthew et al, 2020). Women socio-economic empowerment is essential to closing the gender disparity gap (Matthew et al, 2020). Thus, skillbased intervention could be a valuable preventative strategy in developing and promoting sustainable maternal mental health in Nigeria.…”

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“…This systematic review's implicit findings suggest that inequality of gender is one of the most significant issues to maternal mental health in Nigeria. For example, maternal mortality caused by pregnancy-related problems are still relatively high in Nigeria and can be a crucial indicator of gender inequality (Matthew et al, 2020). Gender disparity may include a lack of women's access to education, healthcare, social rights and high child marriages rates (United Nations International Children's Fund, 2019).…”

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“…Child marriage alone cost the Nigerian economy a lost earnings estimate of USD 7.6 billion (World Bank, 2017). These factors of gender disparity have placed most Nigerian mothers in the position of low-income and socio-economic disadvantage (Edjumudo, 2013;Matthew et al, 2020). Women socio-economic empowerment is essential to closing the gender disparity gap (Matthew et al, 2020).…”

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Maternal mental health and child well-being in Nigeria: A systematic review

Jidong

Husain

Ike

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Health Psychology Open

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Maternal mental health distress has a disease burden of severe adverse effects for both mother and child. This review identified maternal mental health concerns, their impact on child growth and the current practice of maternal healthcare for both mothers and their children in Nigeria. The Population, phenomenon of Interest and Context (PICo) model was adopted to formulate the review strategy, and five databases were searched for published articles between 1999 and 2019. Databases include Scopus, PubMed, ProQuest, Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts and Web of Science. Boolean operators (AND/OR/NOT) helped to ensure rigorous use of search terms which include ‘maternal’, ‘pre/peri/postnatal’, ‘mental health’, ‘mental illness’, ‘disorders’, ‘intervention,’ ‘Nigeria’, ‘child’, ‘infant growth’, and ‘wellbeing’. Thirty-four studies met the inclusion criteria, and extracted data were qualitatively synthesised and analysed thematically. Five themes emerged. These include (i) marital difficulties, (ii) relationship status of the mother, (iii) child’s gender, (iv) mode of child delivery and (v) child growth and development. The review showed a significant paucity of literature on the impact of specific maternal mental health problems on child physical growth and cognitive development. We concluded that culturally appropriate and evidence-based psychological interventions for maternal mental health problems would benefit Nigerian indigenous mothers. Therefore, the study recommends randomised controlled trials that are culturally appropriate and cost-effective for distressed mothers with children.

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“…Food security simply means a situation where all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for active and healthy life [9]. Food security goes beyond availability; it includes the ability to possess monetary and non-monetary resources by the population to gain access to adequate quantities and qualities of food [10], [11]. One of the major ways to ensure food security is to engage in agriculture, this will help sustain and increase agricultural production that will feed the teeming population [12].…”

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Enabling Environment and Agriculture in ECOWAS: Implications for Food Security

Osabohien

Olurinola

Matthew

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Wseas Transactions on Environment and Development

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This study examined how enabling environment (proxied by political stability and absence of violence) affect agricultural production and food security in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sub-region. The essence of this study is to ensure that a conducive enabling environment is put in place to boost agriculture, so as to ensure food security in ECOWAS sub-region. The study employed the fixed and random effects econometric method on the data sourced from the World Development Indicators (WDI) and the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) for the period 2000 to 2018. The findings from the study showed that, when there is an enabling environment for farming, agriculture production increased by 1%, while food security increased by about 3%.These findings imply that proper policies and programmes should be put in place towards ensuring an enabling environment for agricultural activities which will increase production and food security within the ECOWAS sub-region.

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Gender Inequality, Maternal Mortality and Inclusive Growth in Nigeria

Cited by 29 publications

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Challenges of accountability and development in Nigeria

Challenges of accountability and development in Nigeria

Maternal mental health and child well-being in Nigeria: A systematic review

Enabling Environment and Agriculture in ECOWAS: Implications for Food Security

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