Social factors in economic planning, with special references to Nigeria

Abstract

The present working paper is written by an economist, not an anthropologist or sociologist. It is written primarily from the standpoint of an economic planner who has to deal with an existing situation which is characterized by particular facts and ambitions, by a limited knowledge, and by the need to make decisions in very imperfect circumstances. Although the achievement of economic purposes cannot present an aim in itself but a means for the achievement of other and higher aims, the emphasis must, nevertheless, be economic.