Development planning and decolonization in Nigeria

482 Pages·1996·1.12 MB·English

by  Toyin Falola

Development Planning and Decolonization
title:
in Nigeria
author: Falola, Toyin.
publisher: University Press of Florida
isbn10 | asin: 0813014220
print isbn13: 9780813014227
ebook isbn13: 9780813019475
language: English
Nigeria--Economic policy, Nigeria--
Economic conditions--To 1960, Great
subject
Britain--Colonies--Economic policy,
Decolonization--Nigeria.
publication date: 1996
lcc: HC1055.F35 1996eb
ddc: 338.9669
Nigeria--Economic policy, Nigeria--
Economic conditions--To 1960, Great
subject:
Britain--Colonies--Economic policy,
Decolonization--Nigeria.
Development Planning and Decolonization in
Nigeria
Toyin Falola
University Press of Florida
Gainesville/Tallahassee/Tampa/Boca Raton
Pensacola/Orlando/Miami/Jacksonville
Copyright 1996 by the Board of Regents of the State of Florida
Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper
All rights reserved
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Falola, Toyin.
Development planning and decolonization in Nigeria / Toyin Falola.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8130-1422-0
1. NigeriaEconomic policy. 2. NigeriaEconomic conditionsTo 1960. 3. Great
BritainColoniesEconomic policy 4. DecolonizationNigeria. I. Title.
HC1055.F35 1995
338.9669dc20 95-46423
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Page v
For Dolapo Omobola Martin Falola, my son
Page vii
Contents
List of Tables ix
Preface xi
Introduction xv
Chapter One 1
Investment in Colonial Nigeria before World War II
Chapter Two 23
Colonial Development and Welfare, 19401945
Chapter Three 47
The Ten-Year Plan: Contents, Philosophy, and
Development Institutions
Chapter Four 77
The Ten-Year Plan: Implementation and Evaluation,
19461950
Chapter Five 97
Midterm Reflections and Revisions, 19501955
Chapter Six 127
"An Integrated Development Programme," 19551960
Chapter Seven 155
Two Decades of Planning: An Overview
Notes 179
Bibliography 195
Index 211

Page ix
Tables
1.1. Expenditures for assisted schemes 13
1.2. Grants to 1938
15
2.1. Summary of schemes for all colonies, 19401945
39
3.1. Financial allocations to colonies, 19461956
57
3.2. Expenditures by annual phasing and projects,
59
19461956
3.3. Finances for the Ten-Year Plan
63
3.4. Estimated aid from the Colonial Development and
63
Welfare Fund, 19461951
3.5. Planned expenditures of estimated loan funds, by
64
annual phasing and project type
3.6. Planned expenditures of estimated revenues from
65
Nigerian sources for the first five years of the Ten-Year
Plan, by annual phasing and project type
4.1. Expenditures for selected years
94
5.1. Sources of financing for Revised Ten-Year Plan
107
5.2. Estimated expenditures, 19511956
107
5.3. Estimated expenditures, Northern Region, 19511956
108
5.4. Estimated expenditures, Eastern Region, 19511956
109
5.5. Estimated expenditures, Western Region, 19511956
109
5.6. Allocations in the Revised Ten-Year Plan
110
5.7. Phases 1 and 2 of the Ten-Year Plan
112
5.8. Allocations by sources of revenue 113
5.9. Schemes scheduled for loans fund allocations
115
5.10. Annual expenditures of Colonial Development and
115
Welfare Fund grants
5.11. Estimated total expenditures, 19511956
116
5.12. Overall development, 19501956
118
6.1. Financial summary, 19561960
141
6.2. Sources of Development Fund
143
6.3. Funding for approved schemes, 19551960
145
6.4. Key proposals and projects, 19551960
147
6.5. Expenditures, 19561960
148
7.1. Economic indicators
164
7.2. Gross domestic product of manufacturing, in constant
165
prices
7.3. Crops grown primarily for domestic use
166
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7.4. Major export products, 19501960 166
7.5. Government services
167
7.6. Gross domestic product, by category of expenditure
168
7.7. Postwar economic changes
169
7.8. Gross domestic product, 19501960
171