BUILDING CAPACITIES OF DEVELOPING NATIONS THROUGH EMPOWERMENT

BUILDING THE CAPACITIES OF
DEVELOPING NATIONS THROUGH

EMPOWERMENT
Valentine Udoh James
Presented by: Barlianti Vavorita
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Nature of Third World Problems
The manifestations of political
instability are not just economic
The increasing foreign debt and problems, but the social malaise of
budgetary problems have the developing countries has direct
crippled the ability of developing and indirect connections with the
countries to manage their political crisis of the Third World
institutions effectively
In order to stabilize the economic Another problem that is growing

climate and encourage foreign in developing countries and that
investment, political stability is a is due to political and economic
prerequisite, and new paradigms problems is the environmental
for encouraging democratization decline.
are needed in developing
countries
Is Capacity Building Necessary?
The industrialized countries
arrived at the position of
commanding the direction
of global affairs because It is necessary to build the capacity of
they built the educational, the people of developing countries in
industrial, and economic order to encourage economic growth
capacities of their societies and improve the general health of the
people and increase life expectancy
For the developing so as to have healthy and productive
countries, the problem of societies
poverty appears to be
perennial. In tackling this
problem, efforts must be
placed on eradicating
hunger and malnutrition
What Should Development Policy Consist of?
Provide government with useful information
It will continue to enhance the capacity of
the citizens to play significant roles in the
economic growth of their countries
Create a positive condition

Building the capacity of a Provide basic investment
community through education Education, health, nutrition,
and information would definitely technology, science or
provide such favorable condition infrastructure
Facilitate privatization
Encourage competition, which creates jobs,

lowers the cost of products to consumers,
stimulate other economic activities
Programs of Action in Capacity Building
In efforts to achieve the goal of
sustaining the capacity building in
developing countries, it is imperative
for trained personnel to coordinate
projects funded by different entities
so that duplication of efforts is
avoided, and efficiency and
effectiveness of projects are attained
In order to sustain development, private

and public sector efforts must concentrate
on rehabilitating and upgrading institutions
of higher learning that deal with policy
analysis and economic management
Ethnicity in the Politics
of a Nation: Nigeria and
the Problems of Social
Transformation
Babatunde Oyinade
Introduction
The most populous The fear of southern

notion in Africa, has domination of the north
been prevented from a was an early concern
normal political, among Nigerians from
economic, and social life the north
due to ethnic strife
The failure or inability of

Nigerian early leaders to
work closely together
after independence
showed the division
created by colonization
Ethnicity
Three political parties:
Northern People’s Congress Ethnic and personal rivalries
(NPC), in north National dominated post independent
Council of Nigeria Citizens in Nigeria
(NCNC) in east, Action Group
(AG) in west
Each of the three parties

faced competition in its
regiaon by forming aliances
with minority groups in other
regions
Political Problems Independence thus
became an opportunity
for Nigerian ruling elites
to steal and cheat
The Ibos dominated the
government at the
ministrial level: six out
of nine ministers were Nigeria’s political
Ibos, with no Yorubas problems remain
unresolved due to the
military officers
becoming civil servants
The Ibos dominated the and their subsequent
government at the rise to the ruling elite
ministerial level also the
big government Northern Nigerians felt
corporations. The police uncomfortable with the
were headed by composition of the
eastener though not an government.
Ibo
Economic Problems
Nigeria is not a poor

country, but poverty is
very severe due to the
economic activities of The postcolonial
the ruling elites (both government in Nigeria
military and civilians) wanted to control the
economy, which was
dominated by foreigners
Wthout a stable political
system and a
sustainable economic
system, Nigeria will
continue to face social
problems that cannot be
controlled by any decree
Social Problems
Under colonial rule, the

police were the tool of
oppression for the
rulers. The society has Investments in
no respect for the police agriculture, private
industries, and
education are the only
solutions to Nigeria’s
There is a bad economic and social
relationship between problems
affluent Nigerians and
the police

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BUILDING THE CAPACITIES OF

DEVELOPING NATIONS THROUGH

Valentine Udoh James

Presented by: Barlianti Vavorita

In order to stabilize the economic Another problem that is growing

Create a positive condition

Encourage competition, which creates jobs,

In order to sustain development, private

The most populous The fear of southern

The failure or inability of

Each of the three parties

Nigeria is not a poor

Under colonial rule, the

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