Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria: Barriers, Prospects and Strategies

ISBN-13: 9780367679415 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 250 str.

Eghosa O. Ekhator; Servel Miller; Etinosa Igbinosa

Opis

This book explores Nigeria’s progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, presenting key country-specific lessons, as well as providing innovative solutions and practices which are transferrable to other emerging economies.

Spis treści

Part I: SDGs Conceptualisation and Evolution  1. Introduction: Evolution of the SDGs Framework  2. The Legal Framework for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria  Part II: Reducing and Ending Poverty  3. Food Security through Technological Innovations in Agriculture: What Role for Law in Nigeria?  4. Implementing the Teaching Manpower Policy in Nigeria: An Imperative for Sustainable Development  Part III: Take Urgent Action to Combat Climate Change and its Impacts  5. The Environment, Climate Change and Underdevelopment of Nigerian Cities  6. Towards Successful Delivery of Clean Drinking Water by 2030 in Nigeria: Dealing with the Challenges of Climate Change and Poor Environmental Practices  7. Examining Global Court Practices in Reducing Climate Change Impacts through Litigation: Lessons for Nigeria  Part IV: Business and Taxation  8. Towards Corporate Sustainability in Nigerian Corporations: Opportunities and Disruptions  9. Taxation and the Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria  10. SDGs and Private Public Partnerships in Nigeria  Part V: Societal and Cultural Dimensions  11. SDG 3 and Maternal Health Rights: A Biosocial Approach to ending the VVF Scourge in Northern Nigeria  12. Churches and the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria  13. Staff Awareness of the Role of Education in Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence from the University of Benin  14. Towards an Inclusive Implementation of Sustainable Oceans, Seas and Marine Resources -SDG14: A Holistic Approach in Nigeria