عنوان

Examination of Maternal Mortality in Military and Civilian Administrations in Nigeria, 1960-2015: A Case Study

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TL50818

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Examination of Maternal Mortality in Military and Civilian Administrations in Nigeria, 1960-2015: A Case Study

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Oluwade, Bukola

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Lukongo, Onyumbe

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2019

Text of Note

147 p.

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Body granting the degree

Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

Text preceding or following the note

2019

Text of Note

Over the past five decades, Africa development has received tremendous attention at the global level. Maternal mortality as one of the outcome indicators of development has reached unacceptably high rates. As an example, about 830 women die from pregnancy- or childbirth-related complications around the world every day. Authors and policymakers including Inglehart (1997), Birdstall and Fukuyama (2011), and others have used models as modernization and neo- liberalization theories together with indicators such as life expectancy, mortality rate, economic growth, cultural values, and political changes-to measure and to explain global development across countries. Despite numerous factors that have been suggested in the existing literature to explain maternal mortality rates in Nigeria, little or no attempt has been made to know: (1) Why does civilian or military administration matter to the maternal mortality in Nigeria and (2) Is there any difference in maternal mortality rates based on the type of administration (civilian or military)? The study aims to better understand changes noted in maternal mortality rates in Nigeria and its relation to civilian or military administrations for the period 1960-2015. The study uses secondary data maintained by the World Bank and the Central Bank of Nigeria. The study uses the analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the Levene's test as well as other robust tests of equality of variance/means to analyze the variability in maternal mortality rates among different civilian or military administrations. Overall, results indicate that the democratic/civilian type of administration performs better than the military/autocratic system of governments or administrations in terms of development outcome. Furthermore, the study shows that there is a significant difference in the economic development outcomes based on the presidency, either civilian or military, in Nigeria. The study recommends that the policymakers and international peace-keeping advocates (i.e., the United Nations) promoting and educating the Nigerian citizens on the benefit of constitutional arrangement of peaceful transfer of power or civilian type of government or administration in order to ensure growth and development. The study further recommends application of Ayittey's theory of democracy (Ayitte G, 2012), which proposes decentralized, democratic government based on indigenous principles to counter tribalism, a problem examined too briefly. Arguing that the West can best help Africa by promoting freedom of expression, Ayittey calls upon Africans to author their own intellectual, political and economic reforms to ensure growth and development.

Subject Term

Economics

Subject Term

Health care management

Oluwade, Bukola

Lukongo, Onyumbe

Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

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