Agricultural Public Spending In Nigeria

Author : Mavrotas, George
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agricultural public expenditures, sector performance, and welfare in Nigeria: A state-level analysis written by Mavrotas, George and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the work of earlier studies that looked at trends in and returns to federal public expenditures on agriculture in Nigeria, this paper explores spending patterns at the sub-national state level over a nine-year period, as well as trends in agricultural and economic performance and indicators of household welfare. Our examination focuses on two groupings of states – the full 37 state units of Nigeria (the 36 states, plus the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja); and the seven states that are the focus in Nigeria of the Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) of the United States Agency for International Development. Sub-national agricultural spending as a share of aggregate agricultural spending in Nigeria is large, given the stronger role for sub-national governments in agriculture than is the case in other sectors. However, we find that the share of state-level expenditures on agriculture as a share of aggregate state-level expenditures is still relatively low, an average of 3.86 percent over the period 2007 to 2015. While the prioritization of agriculture spending varies greatly year by year, the variation over time does not have a discernible long-run upwards or downwards trend. We also find that agricultural expenditures are more capital intensive than are overall public expenditures at state level, but that capital expenditures as a share of total agriculture spending has decline over the last decade, as is the case overall in Nigeria’s industrial sectors. We conclude that efforts to strengthen state-level agricultural spending in Nigeria merits greater attention, while putting in place measures to ensure improved effectiveness in any such spending.

Author : Nwoko, Chinedum
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Federal government support for agriculture in Nigeria: Analysis with a public expenditure lens written by Nwoko, Chinedum and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper provides a broad view of public sector support to agriculture in Nigeria, through the lens of the allocation of public expenditures by the federal government in support of the sector. We consider the adequacy and stability of agricultural public spending during the period of 2007 to 2016, drawing on data from the Ministry of Finance, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, and other sources.

Author : Tewodaj Mogues, Michael Morris, Lev Freinkman, Abimbola Adubi, and Simeon Ehui, with Chinedum Nwoko, Olufemi Taiwo, Caroline Nege, Patrick Okonji, and Louis Chete
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Agricultural Public Spending in Nigeria written by Tewodaj Mogues, Michael Morris, Lev Freinkman, Abimbola Adubi, and Simeon Ehui, with Chinedum Nwoko, Olufemi Taiwo, Caroline Nege, Patrick Okonji, and Louis Chete and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mogues, Tewodaj
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 27 pages
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Download or read book Institutions and public agricultural investments written by Mogues, Tewodaj and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper makes a contribution to this literature by drawing on the framework of actor-centered institutionalism (Scharpf 1997) to empirically examine how political and budget institutions affect the incentives of actors involved in the public agricultural finance process, structures the interactions between them, and ultimately shapes expenditure allocations

Author : Mink, Stephen D.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Findings across agricultural public expenditure reviews in African countries written by Mink, Stephen D. and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines whether the consensus reached by the late 2000s among African Union member countries and their external partners on the need to reverse the decades-long decline in spending for essential public goods and services in agriculture has begun to result inimproved levels and quality of national expenditure programs for the sector. It synthesizes evidence from 20 Agriculture Public Expenditure Reviews (Ag PERs) that have been carried out in countries in Africa South of the Saharan (Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia) with World Bank assistance during 2009–2015. This synthesis focuses on several measures: (1) the level of expenditures on agriculture, with particular reference to the explicit target by African heads of state in the 2003 Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security (reconfirmed in the Malabo Declaration) to allocate 10 percent of national budgets to the sector; (2) the composition and priorities of expenditures with respect to stated national strategies, evidence of impact, and sustainability; and (3) budget planning and implementation that aims to strengthen public financial management in general, and budget coherence, outputs, outcomes, and supporting mechanisms, such as procurement and audit, in particular. This paper uses Ag PERs to analyze budgetary trends across countries, identifies major expenditure issues, and synthesizes lessons regarding spending efficiency. The analysis results in evidence-based recommendations that address, inter alia, budget planning, budget execution, and monitoring for accountability; the creation of a reliable database; more effective intra-and intersectoral coordination; and the cost-effectiveness of different spending policies for meeting various objectives

Author : Tewodaj Mogues
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book Agricultural Public Spending in Nigeria written by Tewodaj Mogues and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public spending on agricu ...

Author : Olofinbiyi, Tolulope
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who influences government spending in agriculture? written by Olofinbiyi, Tolulope and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study contributes to filling the knowledge gap on the determinants of public spending. It draws on the frame-work of actor-centered institutionalism to empirically examine how the characteristics, incentives, and exchanges of different actors affect the prioritization of public investments. The study also provides insights into how the characteristics of public investments interface with actors’ incentives to influence expenditure choices.

Author : Tolulope Onadipe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Actors and Institutions written by Tolulope Onadipe and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation examines how and to what extent the interplay of actors and institutions shape public agricultural budget outcomes in Nigeria, within the framework of actor-centered institutionalism. Through a single-case study of agricultural public expenditure decision-making in Nigeria with within-case analysis, this dissertation examines: i) how the structure of intergovernmental relations affects the roles and incentives of government tiers in the joint provision of public agricultural goods and services; ii) how formal budget rules and informal budget practices affect the roles and incentives of key actors in the federal agricultural budget process, the nature of the interactions between actors in the budget process, and the features of the budget process itself; iii) how and to what extent actors' perceptions, preferences, capabilities, constellations, and mode of interactions within the institutional architecture that governs public expenditure decision-making processes shape subnational agricultural budget outcomes in Nigeria. The dissertation employs in-depth, semi-structured interviews with over 100 key informants at the federal and subnational levels, including government officials, donors, policy analysts, and policy advocates to explain public agricultural budget outcomes in Nigeria, focusing on the interplay of actors and institutions. By doing so, it tried to shed light on the puzzle of underinvestment and misinvestment in African agriculture. This dissertation contributes theoretically, empirically, and methodologically to literature on the political economy of public expenditure decision-making in Africa. Implications for research and policy as well as potential avenues for future research are provided.

Author : Tewodaj Mogues
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136445390
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Expenditures for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa written by Tewodaj Mogues and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whereas there is plenty of work looking at macroeconomic effect of public spending on growth and poverty in Africa as well as studies of the impact of spending or investment in one economic sector on outcomes in that sector or on broader welfare measures, this book fills a much needed gap in the research looking how the composition of public spending affects key development outcomes in the region. The book brings together recent analysis on the trends in, and returns to, public spending for agricultural growth and rural development in Africa. Case studies of selected African countries provide insights on the contributions of different types of public expenditures for poverty, growth and welfare outcomes, as well as insights into the constraints in gaining development mileage from investments in the agricultural sector.

Author : Takeshima, Hiroyuki
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Effects of Public Expenditures on Agriculture at Subnational Levels on Households’ Welfare and Economic Resilience in Nigeria written by Takeshima, Hiroyuki and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2020-07-29 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural development has long been considered an important driver of overall economic development in developing countries such as Nigeria. Whether increasing public expenditures on agriculture (PEA) can directly improve broad dimensions of household well-being has continued to be debated. In addition, there has been growing interest in the economic flexibility of households to switch between nonfarm and farming activities. Such flexibility can potentially enhance the resilience of households to shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic in today’s rapidly changing socioeconomic environments. Direct evidence of the impact of PEA on broad development outcomes is also important in informing regional initiatives aiming to use PEA as an instrument for overall food security enhancement and poverty reduction in Africa. Using state- and local government area (LGA)-level PEA figures and household data in Nigeria, this study aims to provide initial evidence at the household level in Nigeria. The findings suggest that greater PEA shares have positive effects on various development outcomes at the household level, including consumption, poverty reduction, nonfarm capital investments, and household dietary diversity. The findings also suggest that greater PEA shares are likely to help farm households enhance their economic flexibility. These findings are consistent with the hypotheses of positive linkages between PEA and agricultural outcomes, and linkages between agricultural and nonagricultural outcomes, often advocated in the literature. PEA should be increased by increasing its share of total public expenditures through conscious efforts to reallocate existing resources, rather than trying to increase it by increasing the overall size of public expenditures. Furthermore, it remains important to identify the appropriate sources (for example, spending by LGA or state) and types of PEA (for example, recurrent or capital spending) for particular development outcomes.