The Governance of Nigeria’s Social Protection: The Burdens of Developmental Welfarism?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Social Protection as a compelling Social Policy tool
3. Conceptualising Social Protection
4. Defining Developmental Welfarism and Developmental State
5. Contesting Developmental Welfarism and Reimagining Its Logic
6. Nigeria: A Muddled Site of Social Policy Failures or an Experiment in Burdened DSW?
7. Interrogating the Governance of Nigerian Social Protection (2016 to date)
8. Addressing Governance Challenges and Reconfiguring Nigerian Social Protection
9. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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