Nigeria Poverty Assessment 2022
THREE IMMEDIATE POLICY PRIORITIES CAN HELP NIGERIA RECOVER
FROM THE COVID-19 CRISIS IN THE SHORT TERM
Ward-level poverty map for Nigeria, developed using
Big Data and machine learning techniques
1. Roll out vaccines quickly and equitably: tackling the
direct health effects of the virus remains critical,
especially given uncertainty around new variants
2. Recoup the learning lost from school closures:
encouraging physical school attendance is essential,
but low-tech remote solutions that work for the poor
should be ready just in case
3. Expand social protection: new data and techniques
could enable rapid geographical targeting to reach
the right people quickly and transparently; in the
long-run this could help households undertake
higher-risk higher-productivity activities
NIGERIA
THE WORLD BANK
IBRD ⚫IDA | WORLD BANK GROUP
Note: Darker areas have a higher concentration of poverty.
Source: 2018 DHS, 2018/19 NLSS, National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office for
shapefile, and Chi, Fang, Chatterjee, and Blumenstock (2021) for poverty estimates.
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