This book focuses on the problem of poverty globally, within a multi-dimensional context, with specific interest on its prevalence in Nigeria, especially the Northern region and the several attempts by successive Governments to alleviate, reduce and subsequently eradicate poverty through various programmes and strategies at various tiers of Government. The depth of research makes this book a necessity for not just undergraduate and postgraduate students in the field of social sciences and management but an aid to public policy makers, international and local Non-Governmental Organizations...