ABSTRACT The main purpose of microfinance credit programme is to break the vicious cycle of poverty among the rural women by providing them with capital. Poverty is a global problem; more than 1.3 billion people worldwide live below the poverty line, 70% of them being women. In Keiyo North Sub-County, 48% of the population lives below the poverty line with women constituting 65% of those living below the poverty line. However, few rural women (220) in Keiyo North Sub-County participate in the...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the causers of poverty and school drop out of students selected in schools in Kambuga Sub-county, Kanungu District, Uganda. The specific objectives of the study were to find out the cause of school dropout, to find out the impact of poverty on school dropout and establish solutions to the school dropout problem in Kambuga Sub-county, Kanungu District, Uganda. The methods used for data collection was interviews for the parents and questionn...
ABSTRACT Successive Administration in Nigeria have been faced with the phenomenon of poverty and unemployment in Nigeria and various attempts have been made to tackle this problem. Bayelsa State is worst hit with this monster of unemployment and poverty in the state. This research is an attempt to evaluate the various measures put in place to eradicate poverty and the issue of unemployment in Bayelsa State. This research has X-rayed how skill acquisition was used as a tool for poverty reduct...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to find out the extent the intervention put in place by the Lawra/Nandom District Assembly to reduce poverty and empower women groups socially and economically through the implementation of poverty reduction programme has been achieved. The design for the study was descriptive survey design. The study used questionnaire to obtain data from all beneficiary women groups and interviews from officials. In all, 134 respondents and two interviewees were selec...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to find out the extent the intervention put in place by the Lawra/Nandom District Assembly to reduce poverty and empower women groups socially and economically through the implementation of poverty reduction programme has been achieved. The design for the study was descriptive survey design. The study used questionnaire to obtain data from all beneficiary women groups and interviews from officials. In all, 134 respondents and two interviewees were selec...
TABLE Of CONTENTS DECLARATION .............................................................................................................. . APPROVAL .................................................................................................................... .ii DEDICATION .............................................................................................................. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .....................................................................................
ABSTRACT This study set out to examine the impact of financial inclusion in poverty reduction in SubSaharan Africa. Using a representative sample of 40 countries from the region covering a period from 2010 to 2014, the study examines the level of financial inclusion among the countries in the region. Sarma’s (2008) approach was used in computing the index of financial inclusion for the 40 countries in the study. The study also examines the factors that determine financial inclusion in Sub...
Abstract Household livelihood across Africa 50 years after independence have recorded lean improvements especially in terms of access to essential production inputs. Household rate of land access, means of access, Household rate of land access, means of access, welfare and investment capacities, land cost and the linkage between access to land and the above measured parameters were investigated using a set of questionnaires administered to urban and rural settlements. Descriptive results show...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the role of poverty, gender and perception of HIV/AIDS on students sexual risk behaviour. Participants were 600 students enrolled in different courses (NCE1-111) in College of Education, Jalingo, Taraba State, Nigeria. The independent variables were poverty, gender and perception of HIV/AIDS, each having two levels, while the dependent variables was sexual risk behaviour measured with the sexual risk scale participants’ condom use and number of sexual partner...
ABSTRACT The study was designed to investigate the effect of family poverty on pupil’s performance in primary schools in Thika district with Kamwangi division as a case study. The purpose of the study was to assess the level of family poverty and its relationship with academic performance of primary school pupils. The specific objectives therefore ranged from assessing the level of family poverty among different households in Kamwangi division Thika District Kenya to examining the level of ...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to assess the contribution of Primary education on poverty reduction in Tanzania. Specifically, it provides an overview of education provided to pupils, and identifies subjects taught in primary schools linked to poverty reduction. Another objective besides were examining the contribution of primary education to poverty reduction, and to identify the challenges facing primary education in contributing to poverty reduction. The study employed interv...
ABSTRACT Poverty at the individual, household and community levels distorts and diminishes the capacity and capability to attain and live a life of well being. Its persistence presence and duration is a threat to national stability and global peace. Rwanda as a country has come to accept this fact and has adopted Vision 2020 Umurenge Program as a way of walking the people out of extreme poverty. The study was about the Implementation of Vision 2020 Umurenge program and reduction of extreme po...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATION iAPPROVAL iiDEDICATION iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ivTABLE OF CONTENTS vLIST OF TABLES viiiLIST OF ACRONYMS ixABSTRACT xCHAPTER ONE 1INTRODUCTION 11.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 11.1 .2Theoretical Perspective of the study 31.1.3 Conceptual Perspective of the study 31.1.4 Contextual Perspective of the study 41.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 51.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 61.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 61.5 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 61.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 61.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 71.7.1 C...
ABSTRACT This is the abstract for the study titled: CSO’s contribution to poverty reduction in Bosaso, Puntland. The research questions were what is the contribution of CSOs towards poverty reduction in Bosaso. Secondly, what is the contribution of CSOs towards food security, household incomes, infrastructure development and service delivery in Bosaso? Third, what is the extent of the effectiveness and efficiency of CSOs in Bosaso? Finally, what are the challenges faced by CSOs and how do t...
DECLARATION ............................................................................................................... iAPPROVAl ..................................................................................................................... .iiDEDICATION ............................................................................................................... iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................................. ii...