Nigeria's painful paradox of `self-imposed poverty.'

Authors :: Cohen, Roger
Source :: New York Times. 08/23/98, Vol. 147 Issue 51258, p1. 0p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 1 Map.
Publication Year :: 1998
Abstract: Discusses summer 1998 economic and social conditions in Nigeria. Percentage of African population that lives in Nigeria; Impact of the country's failure to develop agriculture; Dependence on an oil-dominated economy; Examples of the decayed infrastructure; Universality of corruption; Spread of poverty.