Nigeria : Expanding Access to Rural Infrastructure Issues and Options for Rural Electrification, Water Supply and Telecommunications

Nigeria : Expanding Access to Rural Infrastructure Issues and Options for Rural Electrification, Water Supply and Telecommunications

Over two thirds of Nigeria's population resides in rural areas. Increasingly, poverty in the country is wearing a rural face. From 28.3 percent in 1980, poverty among the rural population grew to 51.4 percent in 1985, has since risen to 69.8 p...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	ESMAP Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER ACCESS TO SAFE WATER ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCESS TO WATER SUPPLY ADEQUATE WATER ALTERNATIVE ENERGY APPROACH BASIC WATER SUPPLY BIOMASS BIOMASS ENERGY BOREHOLES CAPACITY UTILIZATION CAPITAL INVESTMENT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COAL COAL BRIQUETTES COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONSTRUCTION COST OF WATER COST RECOVERY CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DIESEL DIESEL GENERATORS DISTRIBUTION NETWORK DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DROUGHT ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR ELECTRICITY SALES ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ENERGY MIX ENERGY PLANNERS ENERGY POLICY ENERGY RESOURCES ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY STRATEGY ENERGY SUPPLY ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT EXCRETA DISPOSAL FUEL GAS GAS TURBINE GAS TURBINES GENERATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNMENT POLICIES GRID ELECTRIFICATION GRID EXTENSION GRID SYSTEM HAND PUMPS HIGH LEVELS HOUSEHOLDS HYDROPOWER INDEPENDENT REGULATOR INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES INVESTMENT COSTS INVESTMENT PROPOSALS KEROSENE LEGAL STATUS LOCAL CAPACITY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL CONTRACTORS MUNICIPAL WATER NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY NATURAL GAS OIL OIL COMPANY PETROLEUM PETROLEUM PRODUCTS PILOT PROJECTS PIPELINE POTABLE WATER POWER POWER PRODUCER POWER SECTOR POWER SECTOR REFORM POWER SUPPLY POWER TRANSMISSION PRIVATE FINANCING PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION PRIVATIZATION PROVISION OF WATER PROVISION OF WATER SUPPLY PUMPING PUMPS REGULATORS REGULATORY AGENCIES REGULATORY COMMISSION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REFORMS RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES RIVERS ROADS RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION SUBSIDIES RURAL ENERGY RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SAFE WATER SUPPLY SANITARY FACILITIES SANITATION SANITATION FACILITIES SANITATION SERVICES SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SOLAR HOME SYSTEM SPRING WATER STATE WATER SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY OF WATER TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TOWN TOWNS TRANSFORMERS TURBINES UNBUNDLING UTILITIES VEHICLES WASTE WATER WATER BOARD WATER BOARDS WATER CONSUMPTION WATER DEPARTMENT WATER LAW WATER RESOURCE WATER RESOURCES WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT WATER SECTOR WATER SUPPLY WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WATER UTILITIES WATER UTILITY WATER WORKS WIND WOOD BIOMASS WOOD FUEL
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6757356/nigeria-expanding-access-rural-infrastructure-issues-options-rural-electrification-water-supply-telecommunications http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17991

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Summary:	Over two thirds of Nigeria's population resides in rural areas. Increasingly, poverty in the country is wearing a rural face. From 28.3 percent in 1980, poverty among the rural population grew to 51.4 percent in 1985, has since risen to 69.8 percent in 1996. Poverty tends to affect men and women differently. Women are generally less educated, more vulnerable, deprived and powerless than their male counterparts. 1.2 Poor people experience insecurity and vulnerability (drought, desertification, flooding, deforestation, diseases, volatile commodity markets etc.); lack of empowerment to influence public policies according to their priorities; and lack of opportunities for income generation and benefits from markets. Access to education, safe water supply, sanitation, health, modern energy, telecommunications and roads are important in reducing vulnerability and increasing prosperity.