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Contribution Of Public Infrastructure In Community Development
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1.7 LIMITATIONS AND DELIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This
research work was constrained by academic work load, finances, time,
paucity of data and other ancillary problems were the handicaps that
limit the scope of the study. The responses from agencies and
organization visited were not encouraging as many of them were public
sector which is associated with bureaucracy and re-tape in the
operations and deliveries. Nevertheless, it is hoped that the study will
represent the financing alternatives available for urban infrastructure
development not in Nigeria but in other community development of the
world. It will also show a time and fair view and position of those
cities studies so that any conclusion drawn from them will have
empirical relevance not only to Nigeria but the world in general.
Because
of these limiting factors encounter the researcher is limiting his
study to the contribution of public infrastructure and services in
developing countries. An empirical evidence form selected Nigeria cities
(of Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Port Harcourt and Onitsha).
1.8 DEFINITION OF TECHNICAL TERMS
Infrastructure:
social goods such as road, electricity, water supply, sewage, drainage,
solid waste collection, telecommunications, public housing,
transportation, educations, and health facilities.
Developing
countries:- sometimes known as LDCs (Less Developed countries), they
comprise those countries which for some reasons have been backward in
developing their economic resources with the result that their peoples
have a much lower standard of living.
IDF – Infrastructure Development fund
SPO- Standing payment other
FMF – Federal ministry of finance
CBN – Central bank of Nigeria
SEC – Securities and exchange commission
Federation account – account of the federal government where all collectable revenues are deposited.
UDBN
– Urban development bank of Nigeria federal statutory allocation-
allocation made to levels of government through the federation account.
FMW&H – Federal ministry of works and housing.
PIU – Project implementation units.
PFI – Participating financial institutions.
Population – number of inhabitants of an area.
GDP
– (Gross Domestic product) the money value of all the goods an services
produced within a country but excluding net income from abroad.
GNP –
(Gross National Product)- the money value of all the goods and services
produced in a country during one year at factory cost, i.e excluding
taxes such as VAT.
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