… The development of the informal sector follows closely the general pattern of urban development
in Nigeria. Each phase in the development of Nigeria's cities and economy has its own …

… economic activities not only contribute to the economic growth … This study assesses the effect
of urban informal economic … areas of the metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria. It adopts a case study …

… implications of the present state of urbanization for economic development in the country. …
concerning urban centers and economic activities in much of what is now Northern Nigeria. …

… Abstract This study is on influence of socio-economic development of urban centers on
intra-city trip generation in Ogun state, Nigeria. The proportion of the aggregate socio-economic …

… longer a problem in the economic development of Nigeria but how to manage it. Before the
… Thus, the main disadvantage of the oil boom was over dependence of the economy on one …

… services are more efficiently utilized in the urban environment.17 It would seem most … :
Nigeria has experienced rapid urban growth, and the more efficient use of services in the urban …

… and emphasizes urbanization as essential ingredients to economic development, modernization,
physical development, human resources development and all forms of societal growth (…

… Another effect of this transformation of the Nigerian economy was rural–urban migration,
which has led to soaring populations in the cities. Given the oil boom in the early 1980s, there …

… with it complex urban problems in the … -urban migration lead to the explosive growth of the
cities but unfortunately, there is no corresponding change in the rate of economic development…

… 2 Structural transformation is a defining feature of economic development. It is the process
… and trends of Nigeria’s rural-urban transformation (Section 2). Then we explain Nigeria’s …