ABSTRACT This project work was on the role of the accountant in poverty alleviation programme of the federal government with particular note on Enugu North local government area. The objectives of the study among others were: To determine the role of the Accountant in the poverty alleviation programme of Enugu North local government area. To determine whether the role of the accountant is of relevant in the planning of programmes and polic...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to establish the extent to which women participation has impacted on poverty alleviation in selected sectors of Kayonza district in Rwanda. Specifically, the study wanted to determine the level of women participation and the level of poverty alleviation in Kayonza district. The study employed a descriptive correlation design and data was collected from 200 respondents using self-administered questionnaire as the key data collection instrument. Data was anal...
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 Village Community Banks (VICOBA) play an important role of enabling the poor save and access credit. Specifically, the current study aimed at identifying factors influencing VICOBA activities in alleviation of income poverty; identifying major challenges facing community participation in VICOBA activities; examining the effectiveness of VICOBA in alleviation of income poverty and determination of the community‟s attitude towards VICOBA. The study used a cross-sectional research de...
ABSTRACT This study examined the impact of mobile money and banking services on poverty alleviation in Ghana. In recent years, mobile money and banking services are argued to increase financial inclusion, especially in developing economies. The penetration of these services is therefore also theorized to reduce poverty significantly. However, despite the increasing penetration of banking and mobile money services in Ghana, there are limited studies assessing how the two impact on poverty a...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to explore resource allocation as a strategy for poverty alleviation using the Counties ofigara and Sheema in Bushenyi District, as a case study. The study targeted 382 residents and 52 officials; 40 development partners (NGOs) and 12 sector heads. The study objectives included; finding out the existence of resource allocation and its relationship with poverty alleviation, identifying the precise policy guidelines used in the allocation of resources; and deter...
ABSTRACT: The study was designed to enable us know the effect of Micro Finance towards Poverty alleviation, credit policy of Micro Finance on the very poor. The study was to establish the impact of micro finance towards poverty alleviation and its performance on the very poor, the weaknesses of interest rate, loan size, short and frequent payment schedules, imposed by micro finance to its clients and difficulties encountered by micro finance institutions. The study was conducted in Kampala D...
ABSTRACT For the purpose of clarity and operational reasons, this study was undertaken to investigate good governance and poverty alleviation programme in Benue State with a focus to six selected local government. Three specific objectives were formulated and three research questions were set to guide the study. The major limitation of the study was that the research was formally intended to study the whole local governments in Benue State because of the cost of covering the whole local gove...
A BSTRACTThe purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between micro finance loans andalleviation of poverty in Uganda and the specific objectives, to establish the effect ofmicrofinance poverty alleviation programs on access to food, to find out the effect ofmicrofinance women empowerment loans on access to shelter and to examine the effect ofmicrofinance school fees loans on access to quality education. The study revealed that MFIshave special loans for women, women have receiv...
ABSTRACT The study on contributions of construction mining materials to poverty alleviation specifically focused on identifying types of construction mining materials present in Dodoma municipality. The study aimed at examining the demand of construction mining materials, contribution of construction mining materials on income earning and lastly, to examined the strategies and policies issues to improve the poverty status of the stakeholders in the study area. The study employed a cross sect...
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ABSRACT In the context of alarming poverty rates in rural Zimbabwe, this research was carried out to assess the contribution of public works programmes on poverty alleviation in ward 14 of Bikita district in Masvingo province. The research has been influenced by personal concerns which i strongly believe have influenced the selection of the research problem. My main concern is the deepening of poverty in the ward despite the prevalence of public works programmes as a policy option for the gov...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted in Arumeru district, Arusha region Tanzania. The study examined the role played by ELCT-DME in poverty alleviation using Mt. Meru Coffee Project as a case study. Specifically the study aimed at (i) identifying key livelihood projects owned by ELCT –DME, (ii) assessing impacts of Mount Meru Coffee Project in coffee production in the study area,(iii) assessing impact of Mount Meru Coffee Project on poverty alleviation in the study area, and (iv) identifying c...
ABSTRACT This study explores the immense role of the microfinance banks in the alleviation of poverty in Nigeria. The researcher revealed that the rate at which rural dwellers deposit their money in their pillows rather than in microfinance banks is high. Data were collected through primary and secondary sources. As regarded to primary sources, questionnaires and interviewed were used. The chi-square (x²) method was used for testing of hypotheses. Responses to the questionnaires were analy...
Absolute poverty deprives part of the society of necessities of life -food, clothing, education, and health. Considerable economic growth must accelerate access to services like education and health for all, especially the marginalized citizens. The objective of the study was to analyze unique strategies leveraging on Kenya’s vision 2030 strategic plan for alleviation of absolute poverty in Bomet County. The specificobjectives were to analyze economic strategies on strategic natural res...