PERCEIVED SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND RELIGIOUS CAUSES OF STREET BEGGING IN NIGERIA
Abstract This study attempts to unveil the cultural, socio- political and socio-economic correlates of begging in cities, particularly of developing countries. With illustrations from Islamic and Christian scriptures, and examples from cities across the world, with a particular emphasis on, Nigeria, the paper establishes the impacts of the different composite factors of religion, culture, polity, and socio-economy on begging. The paper sees poverty and other socioeconomic factors as central issues ...
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