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Conflict Entrepreneurs, Informal Economies and Structural Reforms in the Niger Delta

Authors: OSAH Goodnews

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Journal Of International Politicsand Development

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The Niger Delta is endowed with oil and gas resources on which Nigeria's economy has rested for over five decades. This same geopolitical zone has been a centre of increasingly violent agitation. Conflict in the Niger Delta is not only hydra-headed but also is complicated by underground economies of conflict entrepreneurs. This article adopts the 'resource curse', 'greed and grievance' and the 'predatory state' theories to explain the sustained armed conflict and informal economies thriving in the Niger Delta region. The article relied mainly on secondary data. The central argument is that structural reforms are sine qua non to sustainable development in the Niger Delta region. The article recommended that the Nigerian state should focus on providing youth employment as a more enduring solution to the Niger Delta challenge; institutions that enforce and interpret laws and policies should be strengthened and made more vibrant to reflect the present realities of a modern state; and that a massive socio-economic reconstruction of the Niger Delta region should be embarked upon urgently by all stakeholders implicated in the Niger Delta challenge.

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OSAH,G. . (2017). Conflict Entrepreneurs, Informal Economies and Structural Reforms in the Niger Delta, 15 (), 65-65.

OSAH,G. . "Conflict Entrepreneurs, Informal Economies and Structural Reforms in the Niger Delta" 15, no (), (2017): 65-65.

OSAH,G. and . (2017). Conflict Entrepreneurs, Informal Economies and Structural Reforms in the Niger Delta, 15 (), pp65-65.

OSAHG, . Conflict Entrepreneurs, Informal Economies and Structural Reforms in the Niger Delta. 2017, 15 ():65-65.

OSAH,Goodnews , . "Conflict Entrepreneurs, Informal Economies and Structural Reforms in the Niger Delta", 15 . (2017) : 65-65.

O.Goodnews , "Conflict Entrepreneurs, Informal Economies and Structural Reforms in the Niger Delta" vol.15, no., pp. 65-65, 2017.

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