ABSTRACT This project is a study of community bank as catalyst for rural development using ogui urban community bank as a case study. The research work brought to light the various ways through which the rural areas have been able to benefit and gain development through the existence of community banks. During the course of the research it was seen that the community banks of rural areas through increasing the credit position, mobilizing the savings of the rural dwellers and ...
ABSTRACT Poverty as a social problem can be traced to the undeniable failure of the social institutions; it is a living condition in which an entity is faced with economic, social, political, cultural and environmental deprivations. Considerable efforts have been made in tackling the menace of poverty in Nigeria and among the rural dwellers of Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT in particular, but with no fruition. The aim of this research project is to examine rural development institution...
ABSTRACT Rural banks play enormous role in ensuring socio-economic development in Ghana. However, it is argued that rural banks have been facing some challenges that affect their sustainability. This study examined the sustainability of the Atwima Kwanwoma Rural Bank Limited, the Bosomtwe Rural Bank Limited and the Awabiagya Rural Bank Limited. The cross-sectional survey was used where questionnaires were designed to collect data. The selections of the respondents were done using the snow bal...
ABSTRACT A study on rural development implications of the wireless revolution was conducted in Mberengwa East ward 2, as technology is becoming a powerful force in all facets of life. Gradually the wireless connections are penetrating the rural villages and making an impact in their lives hence the need to verify on how these connections are changing the way of people in the rural areas. Various authorities made their contributions in this study and it was guided by the livelihood framework. ...
ABSTRACT Rural roads are very cardinal to the socio-economic development of the rural population. They enhanced increased agricultural production, facilitate access to educational and health facilities and provide spatial interaction among rural communities. However, in Nigeria, the condition of rural roads is pathetic. More than 70% of rural road network is in deplorable condition, which is due partly to inadequate finance, weak technical knowhow of personnel, the use of heavy equipment, of...
1.0INTRODUCTION 1.1GENERAL BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY A bank is an establishment where money and other valuable are kept in safety. Bank is also described as one of the source from which co-operative organizations and other business enterprises raise capital in the form of loans. The development of co-operatives domestic and international trade is largely dependent on the existence of a strong monetary system in which people have faith and confidence. In modern times, the banking system provide...
Abstract Rural-Urban migration is on daily basis on the increase due to the poor nature of rural communities which tends to push rural dwellers to urban centre. The situation in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State is not an exception as it constitutes a serious issue to the development of the area. The study adopted a purposive research method. A total of 502 respondents were sampled and administered with a questionnaire at Mista-Ali and Gurum villages of Pengana Chiefdom. However, ...
Abstract Public water services are still failing rural Tanzanians. Emboldened by advances in information communication technologies, the Ministry of Water has been developing computing, financial and administrative technologies to update and visualise the status of rural water points. This amalgam of technologies marks the emergence of an information infrastructure for rural water governance. The information infrastructure will enable the ministry to “see” the functionality status of all...
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUTION 1.1 Back ground of the study KRDT (Kenya Rural Development Training) started its operations in 1999; It is a local NGO (non government organization).It started as a training institute but latter expanded its services to include resolving domestic conflicts improved communication; and conflict resolutions under the lands department. It was aimed at improving the women position in communities which is shown by the establishment of a girl’s school which has primary and ...
ABSTRACT This study analysed the response capacity of rural farmers to National Fadama Development Programme (NFDP) and National Special Programme for Food Security (NSPFS) in Imo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to; categorize and describe response capacity of rural farmers, assess the level of knowledge of rural farmers’ to the rural poverty intervention programmes, determine the relationship between behavioural process and response capacity, determine factors that aff...
ABSTRACT Community participation is a concept meant to ensure that community members are an integral part of processes that determine their destination in relation to their development needs. It is a means of empowering people by developing their skills and abilities to enable them to negotiate and make appropriate decisions for their development. Community participation, however, is not without its challenges. Most often, community members are consulted after decisions are made by government...
ABSTRACT In spite of many decades of development planning and assistance, Ghana still has low sanitation coverage. This study therefore assessed the urban-rural variation in sanitation service delivery in the New Juabeng Municipality. Descriptive study design was adopted, using a mixed method approach to select two communities (Koforidua and Akwadum) to represent urban and rural communities respectively. Systematic and purposive sampling methods were adopted to select respondents for the st...
TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 1.3 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 1.4 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS 1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 1.6 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 1.7 DEFINITION OF THE TERMS CHAPTER TWO 2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE INTRODUCTION 2.1 DEFINITION OF CONCEPTS 2.2 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF COMMUNITY BANKING IN NIGERIA 2.3 THE OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMUNITY BANKS 2.4 THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY BANKS IN RURA...
ABSTRACT Even though great progress has been made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals by reducing poverty, people continue to live in extreme poverty and more than two thirds of the world poor reside in rural areas. As a result, spatial inequality in development still exists between rural and urban areas due to lack of economic growth and effective policies for rural development. In order to examine microfinance and poverty alleviation in the Hohoe Municipality, the study empl...
ABSTRACT This research work, the developmental impact of rural banking in Nigeria, a case study of United Bank of Africa (UBA) PLC Agbani Road Branch, Enugu was carried out to measure to what extent the rural commercial banks have been able to involve the inhabitant of the rural areas in economic activities and how successful the bank are measuring up with their major aim of existence. Sequel to this, the researcher employed a population size of 25 staffs of United Bank of African PLC, Ag...