Rural and urban interdependencies in Nigeria: survey results from two Igbo villages

Rural–Urban ‘Symbiosis’, community self-help, and the new planning mandate: Evidence from Southeast Nigeria

“…More recent studies (such as Iorgulescu, 2003;Onyeiwu, Polimeni, & Polimeni, 2007;Polimeni, 2006) emanating from Economics, are beginning to apply ruraleurban linkages in the bid to clarify certain core economic assumptions. Iorgulescu (2003: 68) and Polimeni (2006) used game theory e the Ultimatum and the Dictator Games e to establish how 'cultural content is a better predictor of human behaviour than is the abstract model of rational economic man' in two 'kindred-communities' of Umuluwe and Obigbo (Southeast Nigeria).…”

“…Iorgulescu (2003: 68) and Polimeni (2006) used game theory e the Ultimatum and the Dictator Games e to establish how 'cultural content is a better predictor of human behaviour than is the abstract model of rational economic man' in two 'kindred-communities' of Umuluwe and Obigbo (Southeast Nigeria). The latter study (Onyeiwu et al, 2007), emanating from the same researchers and same case studies, applied logit regression to establish, among other things, the differential impact of globalization on the poor rural dwellers and new urban migrants.…”

“…The paper explores myriad dimensions of this ruraleurban 'symbiosis' (after Polimeni, 2006) in the evolving ruraleurban nexus in Southeast Nigeria. Specifically, the paper focuses on the rural-centric trends orchestrated by circular (ruraleurban) migration coupled with the people's associational life and how this is contributing to community development.…”