Local Capacity Empowerment and Rural Livelihoods in Nigeria

The nexus between local capacity empowerment and rural livelihoods is examined in this book.. Local capacity empowerment in terms of building local district capability, promoting social capital, engendering community participation, awareness creation and social entrepreneurship promotion are found to be crucial issues in strengthening rural livelihoods. Decades of development experiences have exacerbated disparities among communities in Sub-Sahara Africa with some recording greater level of socio-economic wellbeing compared to others. Thus creating alternative paradigm becomes developmentally expedient. The local capacity empowerment as a strategy empowers rural dwellers by strengthening livelihood diversification that encourages system interdependence and cooperation with development actors within the community.