World Bank2014-04-222014-04-222005-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17991Over two thirds of Nigeria's population resides in rural areas. Increasingly, poverty in the country is wearing a rural face. From 28.3 percent in 1980, poverty among the rural population grew to 51.4 percent in 1985, has since risen to 69.8 percent in 1996. Poverty tends to affect men and women differently. Women are generally less educated, more vulnerable, deprived and powerless than their male counterparts. 1.2 Poor people experience insecurity and vulnerability (drought, desertification, flooding, deforestation, diseases, volatile commodity markets etc.); lack of empowerment to influence public policies according to their priorities; and lack of opportunities for income generation and benefits from markets. Access to education, safe water supply, sanitation, health, modern energy, telecommunications and roads are important in reducing vulnerability and increasing prosperity.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATERACCESS TO SAFE WATERACCESS TO SERVICESACCESS TO WATER SUPPLYADEQUATE WATERALTERNATIVE ENERGYAPPROACHBASIC WATER SUPPLYBIOMASSBIOMASS ENERGYBOREHOLESCAPACITY UTILIZATIONCAPITAL INVESTMENTCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONSCOALCOAL BRIQUETTESCOMMUNITY MANAGEMENTCOMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONCONSTRUCTIONCOST OF WATERCOST RECOVERYCRITICAL INFRASTRUCTUREDIESELDIESEL GENERATORSDISTRIBUTION NETWORKDISTRIBUTION SYSTEMDROUGHTELECTRIC POWERELECTRIC POWER SECTORELECTRICITY SALESELECTRICITY SECTORELECTRICITY SUPPLYENERGY MIXENERGY PLANNERSENERGY POLICYENERGY RESOURCESENERGY SECTORENERGY STRATEGYENERGY SUPPLYENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTEXCRETA DISPOSALFUELGASGAS TURBINEGAS TURBINESGENERATIONGOOD GOVERNANCEGOVERNMENT POLICIESGRID ELECTRIFICATIONGRID EXTENSIONGRID SYSTEMHAND PUMPSHIGH LEVELSHOUSEHOLDSHYDROPOWERINDEPENDENT REGULATORINFRASTRUCTURE SERVICESINVESTMENT COSTSINVESTMENT PROPOSALSKEROSENELEGAL STATUSLOCAL CAPACITYLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL CONTRACTORSMUNICIPAL WATERNATIONAL WATER RESOURCESNATIONAL WATER SUPPLYNATURAL GASOILOIL COMPANYPETROLEUMPETROLEUM PRODUCTSPILOT PROJECTSPIPELINEPOTABLE WATERPOWERPOWER PRODUCERPOWER SECTORPOWER SECTOR REFORMPOWER SUPPLYPOWER TRANSMISSIONPRIVATE FINANCINGPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATIONPRIVATIZATIONPROVISION OF WATERPROVISION OF WATER SUPPLYPUMPINGPUMPSREGULATORSREGULATORY AGENCIESREGULATORY COMMISSIONREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY REFORMSRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIESRIVERSROADSRURAL COMMUNITIESRURAL ELECTRIFICATIONRURAL ELECTRIFICATION SUBSIDIESRURAL ENERGYRURAL WATERRURAL WATER SUPPLYSAFE WATER SUPPLYSANITARY FACILITIESSANITATIONSANITATION FACILITIESSANITATION SERVICESSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSOLAR HOME SYSTEMSPRING WATERSTATE WATERSUPPLY CHAINSUPPLY OF WATERTELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICYTELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICESTOWNTOWNSTRANSFORMERSTURBINESUNBUNDLINGUTILITIESVEHICLESWASTE WATERWATER BOARDWATER BOARDSWATER CONSUMPTIONWATER DEPARTMENTWATER LAWWATER RESOURCEWATER RESOURCESWATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTWATER SECTORWATER SUPPLYWATER SUPPLY SYSTEMSWATER UTILITIESWATER UTILITYWATER WORKSWINDWOOD BIOMASSWOOD FUEL10.1596/17991