Niger Delta

Constraints and Pathways to Development

Edited By: Ibaba Samuel Ibaba

£39.99

Since the 1970s, Nigeria's Niger Delta has been engulfed by oil-related conflicts. This book explores the complex constraints and pathways to development in the region, bringing to the fore the challenges and options for a sustainable future.

The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has, since the 1970s, been engulfed by oil-related conflicts that have passed through different phases. The transformation of the…

The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has, since the 1970s, been engulfed by oil-related conflicts that have passed through different phases. The transformation of the conflict from one phase to another, despite development interventions by the Nigerian government, has elicited the concern of scholars and researchers who have engaged in an exciting debate on the challenges and opportunities for development in the region. The focus on development in conflict resolution is informed by the centrality of development to the conflict in the region. Thus, Niger Delta: Constraints and Pathways to Development explores the complex constraints and pathways to development in the region. Divided into eight chapters, and writing from the perspectives of the environment and sustainable development, good governance, public expenditure, public policy and participatory community development, the book attempts to explain and bring to the fore, the challenges to and options for development.

Ibaba Samuel Ibaba is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Niger Delta University, Nigeria, and the Acting Director of the Centre for Niger Delta Studies at the same institution. He engages in research focused on conflict analysis and resolution, peace building and sustainable development with the Niger Delta as a region of interest, and has published books and articles on these areas. As Chair of the Department of Political Science, Niger Delta University, he convened an international conference on Natural Resources, Security and Development in the Niger Delta in 2010, and has also featured as guest editor of African Security and the Journal of African Development. Ibaba is on the Board of the Africana Journal, and is also editor-in-chief of Niger Delta Research Digest. His most recent publication, a book co-edited with Okechukwu Ukaga and Ukoha Ukiwo, is Natural Resources, Conflict, and Sustainable Development: Lessons from the Niger Delta, published by Routledge in 2012. Ibaba’s professional affiliations include the International Political Science Association (IPSA), and the International Studies Association (ISA).