FOREIGN AID AND CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: NIGERIA; 2018-2023

OBI-UBAKA, KAMSIYONNA NMESOMA (2025) FOREIGN AID AND CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA: NIGERIA; 2018-2023. Other thesis, GODFREY OKOYE UNIVERSITY, ENUGU.

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Abstract

This study examines foreign aid effectiveness and development challenges in Nigeria from 2018 to 2023. The main objective was to assess aid effectiveness in addressing Nigeria's development challenges, with specific objectives examining aid inflow patterns, development impact, and utilization challenges. Data sources included OECD Development Assistance Committee statistics, World Bank databases, government reports, and international organization publications. The independent variable was foreign aid inflows while dependent variables included economic growth indicators, social development outcomes, and institutional effectiveness measures. The study covered Nigeria's national territory during the study period using documentary research design. Documentary analysis and thematic content analysis techniques examined aid patterns, sectoral allocations, and development outcomes. Variables were analyzed through correlation analysis between aid volumes and development indicators, effectiveness ratio calculations, and comparative regional assessments. Foreign aid inflows exhibited cyclical patterns with consistent sectoral prioritization of health, governance, and education sectors. Aid achieved significant positive impact on social development including substantial health improvements and education sector progress. Infrastructure improvement secured primary tasks including transportation and power centers. Economic improvement effect remained confined with continual boom and poverty challenges. Implementation demanding situations blanketed widespread corruption instances, bureaucratic delays, and protection disruptions affecting assignment transport. Aid effectiveness overall performance ranked beneath nearby comparators indicating institutional weaknesses and boundaries of governance. It is concluded thatwhile the resource achieved extremely good social development and infrastructure enhancements, dependency relationships and implementation challenges confined financial transformation effectiveness. Establishing included useful resource coordination frameworks with blockchain-primarily based monitoring systems can decorate usage efficiency and decrease corruption vulnerabilities.

Item Type: Thesis (Other)
Subjects: J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Uchenna Eneogwe
Date Deposited: 03 Jul 2026 14:33
Last Modified: 03 Jul 2026 14:33
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5879

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