A great many people will agree that the individual is to society what people are to human development. Society comprises clusters of individuals while human development is positive change in the lives of people. Development academics, practitioners, and researchers have roundly highlighted human capital as crucial to a country’s journey on the path to development.Continue reading “Sociology and its imperatives for human development in Africa”
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New directions in social policy: lessons from and for Nigeria
Social policy is a package of public interventions that aim to guarantee adequate and secure livelihoods, income and well-being, and that enable all individuals to strive for their own life goals. When the Structural Adjustment Programme introduced in 1986 was adopted and implemented by Nigeria at a time of depressed oil prices as social policyContinue reading “New directions in social policy: lessons from and for Nigeria”
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