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Evaluating Multi-Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Community Development in Nigeria

Canadian Social Science

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Title Evaluating Multi-Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Community Development in Nigeria
 
Creator Amadi, Bede Obinna
Abdullah, Haslinda
 
Subject
Partnership; Poverty Reduction; Sustainable Community Development; Oil Multinational Companies; Bottom-up

 
Description More than ever, multi-sector partnerships are being seen as a key community development approach, with many governments, corporate bodies, and international agencies viewing them as an effective way of addressing complex development challenges that have defied single-sector interventions. In Nigeria, corporate bodies have, before now, demonstrated their commitments towards community development directly and independently. But presently, the attention has shifted to partnership approach for sustainable community development. The aim of this paper is to have an insight on the multi-sector partnerships employed by Shell Petroleum Developing Company – the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, aimed at poverty reduction, and sustainable community development in their host communities. The paper uses a qualitative approach through exploring of relevant secondary sources and content analysis to evaluate the company’s partnership initiatives. It argues that such partnerships have impacted more positively on the people by empowering community members, enhancing community well being, and solving community problems than the company’s previous approaches to community development.Key words: Partnership; Poverty Reduction; Sustainable Community Development; Oil Multinational Companies; Bottom-up
 
Publisher Canadian Research & Development Center of Sciences and Cultures
 
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Date 2011-12-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article

 
Format application/pdf
application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/j.css.1923669720110706.053
10.3968/j.css.1923669720110706.053
 
Source Canadian Social Science; Vol 7, No 6 (2011): Canadian Social Science; 272-279
1923-6697
1712-8056
 
Language eng
 
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