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At first glance, Nigeria’s recent economic record appears to suggest that development strategies are highly associated with greater conflict. Since 2003, the nation has enjoyed an average annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of over 6 percent; yet Nigeria has been crippled by major insurgencies in the oil-producing Niger Delta region and the religiously/ethnically divided central states that encompass the Middle Belt. Despite the huge agricultural potentials of the country, agriculture currently accounts for roughly 35 percent of its GDP, with heavy reliance on imported food items (African Economic Outlook 2013).
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Kew, D., Kwaja, C.M.A. (2013). Development Strategies and Conflict in Nigeria. In: Ascher, W., Mirovitskaya, N. (eds) The Economic Roots of Conflict and Cooperation in Africa. Politics, Economics, and Inclusive Development. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137356796_7
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