ABSTRACT This report documents the findings of a study on the role of decentralization in community empowerment for poverty alleviation. Endinzi Sub County in Isingiro district was taken as a case study. The study’s main objective was to examine the role of government decentralization in empowering communities for sustainable development. The study adopted questionnaires and interviews as key research instruments. These were administered on the key respondents who included local people and ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to show the relationship between micro finance and pove1iy reduction and how microfinance has led to reduction of poverty in Kenya. The main or general objective of the research was: I. To establish the contribution of micro-finance services in pove1iy reduction in Kenya. II. To identifY the various micro-finance services offered by micro-finance institutions in Kenya.. To identifY the problems that hinder micro-finance services in Kenya. The target popul...
This chapter contains the background to the study followed by the statement of the problem, the objectives of the study, the significance of the study, the scope and limitations of the study and lastly, the scheme of chapters.
The research study examined the role of financial institutions in poverty reduction in Kigali City with special reference to Fumbwe Umurenge SACCO. Questionnaires, interviews and documentary review methods were used to gather data from respondents. The findings of the study indicated that financial institutions play the role of offering long and short term loans, business counselling, education, money transfers and insurance. The results show that provision of long and short term loans was th...
ABSTRACT The study is on the effects of Microfinance in poverty reduction in Narok County, a case study of Vision Fund (VF), Narok Branch. This study was focused on investigating the outcomes and impacts of microfinance services in efforts of eradication of poverty in Narok County. This was with reference to Vision Fund microloans. The research outlined evidence of poverty, loan disbursement criterion, potential of poverty reduction and the achievements of Vision Fund services to the Maasai c...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the effects of poverty on pupil~s academic performance of the selected primaIy schools in Bomet Central Division , Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate the relationship between the effects mentioned and academic performance in Bomet Central Division , and to investigate the role of the community in alleviating poverty and improving education in Bomet Central Division. The study employed a descriptive research desig...
ABSTRACTS The study Assessed the tourism on Poverty Alleviation, its case study was Taken in Urban West Region of Zanzibar with three specific objectives, analyzes the contribution of tourism towards employment, to evaluate the involvement of tourism in foreign exchange earning in Zanzibar, and to find the linkage between tourism and other sectors of economy in Zanzibar. A case study method was used as research design. Deductive approach was opted and to sample the population of the study a...
Abstract Goat production has been argued to offer an alternative and potentially lucrative livelihood option to poor subsistent farmers in Southern Africa. Many small-scale farming families raise indigenous goats which are considered to be the poor-man’s cattle due to their relative importance to the asset base of poor farming households. The practical implementation of poverty alleviation and reduction interventions at community level however often falls short of expectations and this stud...
Abstract This study took critical examination and evaluation of the Ebonyi State Community Based Poverty Reduction Agency and youth skill acquisition in Ebonyi State from 2005 to 2015. The study aimed broadly at establishing relationship between EBCPRC and poverty alleviation in the rural communities of Ebonyi State and specifically ascertaining whether the management of EBCPRA’s fund encouraged the provision of skill acquisition centres in Ebonyi State from 2005 to 2015 and to evaluate th...
ABSTARCT The study focused on the persistence of poverty among ethnic minorities in Zimbabwe using the San Community as a case study. Four objectives guided the research and these were: assessing the extent of poverty levels among the San community, understanding the reasons for the persistence of poverty among the San community, examining the gestures that government has made towards addressing the state of extreme poverty among the San community and examining the gestures that NGOs and ot...
ABSTRACTThis work was done to analyze the impact of public spending on poverty eradication in Nigeria from (1980-2011). In this research work, multiple regression analysis was used and five variables were used in the empirical analysis. They are government expenditure on agriculture and water resources (AGWR), health (HTH) education (EDU) transportation and communication (TRCM) and Housing and environment. The data used in this research was collected from secondary data obtained from National...
ABSTRACT The poor are not evenly distributed within the country and they do not share the same socio-economic and demographic characteristics. It is against this background that analysis of the characteristics that differentiate the poor from the non-poor in Ghana cannot be underestimated. Poverty indicators make it possible to analyze the likely determinants and are, therefore, essential for formulating policy interventions that may contribute directly or indirectly to its alleviation. This ...
The purpose of this study was to establish the effects of poverty on pupil's academic performance of the selected primary schools in Garsen Central Zone, Tana Delta District Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate the relationship between the effects mentioned and academic performance in Garsen Central Zone, and to investigate the role of the community in alleviating poverty and improving education in Garsen Central Zone. The study employed a descriptive research desig...
Abstract Microfinance has been one of the strategies for poverty alleviation in developing countries. Following the success of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, the microfinance revolution has stormed the developing countries today. Although micro credit programmes in Uganda date from 1980s, the proliferation of micro credit scheme or microfinance institutions began after restoration of economic freedom in the 1990s. Today, Uganda has several governmental and non-governmental organizations offe...
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