Nigeria and Horizontal Inequality assignment
The theme of this assignment is linked to a topic to which the global HDRs have given much implicit attention, and which the literature has put in relation to different phenomena with important issues for HD, such as for example conflict. In this assignment you need to go beyond the calculation of disaggregated indexes as featured in the HDRs in addressing the issue, so that you can flesh out which are the relations between horizontal inequalities and HD, and which policy actions could and NHDR advocate in this respect.
Discussing a framework to look at horizontal inequalities and their consequences for HD could represent a useful starting point for the planning process of your team work. You might also find that making a schedule of what you would like to prepare and when might help you planning your team assignment as well as coordinating it with your individual assignments.
The materials provided should enable you to gather information on the general situation of the country, as well as on the more specific horizontal inequalities with which the report is concerned. The selection of materials covered does not aim however at being exhaustive, rather at providing you with pointers on the kind of issues discussed, the kind of actors involved, the processes taking place in the country.
You might use any other source of information from global reports and materials available in the reference unit to web resources to enrich your understanding of the different issues you chose to tackle. You might also want to visit QEH library. Remember also that you can do a search on ELDIS at http://www.eldis.org if you need more inspiration!
Please remember however to time your efforts appropriately. It is more important to deliver all the output you are required, even if based on a narrow informational basis whose shortfalls you might want to point to, than to collect vast amounts of new materials which you will not have the time to process.
NB a useful website to look at inequality is:
