Effects of Social Investment Programme (N-Power) on Standard of Living of Business Education Graduates in Kano State

Ireland’s hybrid welfare system was extended in the period of economic growth from the early 1990s to 2008, and there were some efforts to provide tailored services. A social investment perspective emerged as an overlapping consensus within the social partnership system. The crisis forced a massive fiscal consolidation and ended the partnership approach. After 2008, some reforms had a social investment element, but it remains unclear whether the organizational structures are being created to deliver tailored capacitating services. The Irish case prompts thought about the relation between piecemeal cases of tailored services and a wider, well-articulated, social investment programme. It also illustrates a shift from service provision through non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the 1990s, to a focus on reform of state services since the crisis. There is potential for a broad coalition in support of social investment, but this raises political risks and poses profound organization challenges.

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Impact of National Social Investment Programmes on Poverty and Youth Unemployment in Plateau State, 2016-2019

Annals of the Social Science Academy of Nigeria ◽

10.36108/ssan/191802.22.0150 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Daskyes Y. Gulleng ◽

Plangshak M. Suchi

Keyword(s):

Conditional Cash Transfer ◽

Cash Transfer ◽

Primary Data ◽

Social Investment ◽

Poverty Level ◽

Government Enterprise ◽

Plateau State ◽

The Government ◽

Investment Programme ◽

The Impact

Poverty and unemployment are on the increase in Nigeria. In recognition of this situation, the Federal Government in 2016 introduced four key social investment programmes which include the Conditional Cash Transfer, N-Power, Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme, and the Home-Grown School Feeding Programme to reduce the poverty level and promote inclusiveness. However, there are questions about the adequacy and transformative capacity of the programmes because they are alleged to be shrouded in controversies of politics, corruption, and defective implementation strategies. Against this backdrop, the essay examined the impact of these programmes on poverty and youth employment in Plateau State. Secondary and primary data were obtained from the State office of the social investment programme and two major markets in the Jos North and South Local Government areas respectively. Findings revealed inconsistencies in the implementation as it was characterised by fraudulent and sharp practices on the part of officers in charge of disbursement of funds; cumbersome bank process in accessing the Marketmoni component of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme and non-involvement of market officials for adequate flow of information. The study recommends less cumbersome and more transparent processes to check corrupt practices and other excesses of officials.

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TERRITORIAL HEALTH MAPS AS A TOOL FOR BUILDING A REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

Population and Economics ◽

10.3897/popecon.2.e36052 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 175-189

Author(s):

Z Ziganshina

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Management ◽

Quality Of Healthcare ◽

Standard Of Living ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Medical Services ◽

Social Investment ◽

Healthcare Model ◽

Innovative Potential

The article is dealing with the issues of creating a new method of public health management in the context of realization of innovative potential of the healthcare sector by means of motivating providers of medical services towards creative activity, positive attitude to implemented innovations, and as a result — transformation of consumers of medical services to patients with an “innovative attitude to their own health”. Targeting future incomes, raising the standard of living of the population, increasing accessibility and quality of healthcare provided when investing capital are essential features that distinguish social investment in healthcare. The healthcare model of the future, based on an accurate diagnosis of the health status of people, the prediction of diseases, and taking into account all the factors of the surrounding reality, should be of an investment nature, contributing to the preservation and development of human capital, providing an eﬀective mechanism for managing public health.

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