Industrial Clusters, Institutions and Poverty in Nigeria The Otigba Information and Communications Technology Cluster /

• Main Author: Oyeyinka, Oyebanke (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development,
• Subjects: Political economy.; Industrial organization.; Social policy.; Labor economics.; Development economics.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economics.; Development Economics.; Political Economy.; Labor Economics.; Regional/Spatial Science.; Social Policy.; Industrial Organization.

This book provides a systematic examination of the relationship between industrial clusters and poverty, which is analyzed using a multidimensional framework. It examines the often-neglected concept of social protection as a means of mitigating the risks and vulnerabilities faced by workers and citi...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Industrial Clusters, Institutions and Poverty in Nigeria
• 2 The Nexus of Industrial Clusters and Poverty
• 3 Living Standards and Industrial Clusters in Nigeria
• 4 Industrial Cluster Impact on Employment and Poverty: Analysis of Living Standards
• 5 Social Protection and Living Standards in Informal Industrial Clusters
• 6 The State, Institutions and Policy Support for Clusters
• 7 Conclusion: Industrial Clusters and Poverty.