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2006 report
Costly “debt relief” and trade agreements
Social Watch Nigeria[1]

The “debt relief” granted to Nigeria by the Paris Club took a heavy toll on the country’s finances: in order to have USD 18 billion in debt cancelled, it was obliged to pay out over USD 12 billion in the space of just seven months, a whopping sum in a country where 70% of the population lives under the USD 1 a day poverty line. In the meantime, negotiations to establish free trade agreements between the EU and the ACP countries are emerging as yet another threat to the capacity of impoverished nations like Nigeria to fund social development.

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About Social Watch in Nigeria  
Progress and setbacks by key indicators see references
Slight progress  Undernourishment Slight progress  People living with HIV/AIDS
Slight progress  Under-5 children malnutrition Significant progress  Infant mortality
Slight progress  Internet users Significant progress  Under-5 mortality
Slight progress  Personal computers Significant regression  DPT Immunized 1-year-old children
Slight progress  Telephone mainlines Slight progress  Polio Immunized 1-year-old children
Stagnant  Information and communication technology expenditure Slight regression  Measles Immunized 1-year-old children
Stagnant  Public health expenditure Stagnant  Tuberculosis Immunized 1-year-old children
Slight progress  Total debt service Stagnant  Women aged 15-49 attended at least once during pregnancy by skilled health personnel
Stagnant  Military expenditure Stagnant  Births attended by skilled health personnel
Slight progress  Population with access to sanitation Slight progress  Contraceptive use among currently in-union women aged 15-49
Stagnant  Population with access to improved water sources Stagnant  Activity rate gap
Slight regression  Malaria Slight progress  Women in decision-making positions in government at ministerial level
Significant regression  Tuberculosis  

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Signatures and ratifications by Nigeria
Human Rights International Treaties Total 9 ; signed 7 ; ratified 7 .
Table of ratifications of fundamental ILO conventions Total 7 ; not yet ratified 0 ; ratified 7 ; denounced 0 .
Treaties mentioned in the Millennium Declaration Total 10 ; signed 7 ; ratified 5 .
151478125 Population
923770 SQ KM
Capital: Abuja
Currency: Naira
Language: English
THE PRESENT SITUATION   see references
Food security   Countries below average
Education   Countries in worse situation
Information, science and technology   Countries in worse situation
Public expenditure   Countries below average
Environment   Countries in worse situation
Health   Countries in worse situation
Children’s immunization   Countries in worse situation
Women’s reproductive health   Countries in worse situation
Gender and education   Countries below average
Gender gap in economic activity and earned income   Countries in worse situation
PROGRESS AND REGRESSION IN FOCUS   see references
Food security   Slight progress
Information, science and technology   Slight progress
Public expenditure   Stagnant
Environment   Slight progress
Health   Slight progress
Children’s immunization   Slight regression
Women’s reproductive health   Stagnant
Gender gap in economic activity and earned income   Stagnant
See general references see references
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