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Five decades of oil production in Nigeria have failed to produce meaningful economic or social development. Instead, the country has become a laboratory for economists proposing policy olutions to the “resource curse.” To increase the benefit accruing to the nation from its resource wealth, Nigeria has adopted “local content” policies, seeking to domicile in Nigeria oil-related economic activity previously located abroad. The stated aim of the Nigerian Content Act (2010) is to promote the utilization of Nigerian human and material resources and services. With passage of the NCA, Nigeria has reached a crucial juncture. “Nigerian content” policies have the potential to succeed where previous policies have failed to translate resource wealth into economic and social development. However, a close reading of the genesis of these policies in light of current unrest in Nigeria suggests that Nigerian content is also a project to direct increased benefit to the domestic elite from the country’s petroleum wealth.
Author(s): Ovadia JS
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Science & Society
Year: 2013
Volume: 77
Issue: 3
Pages: 315-341
Print publication date: 01/07/2013
ISSN (electronic): 1943-2801
Publisher: Guilford Publications, Inc.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/siso.2013.77.3.315
DOI: 10.1521/siso.2013.77.3.315
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