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Assessment Of The Contribution Of Non- Farm Activities On Poverty Alleviation Among Women In Mbalizi Ward- Mbeya Rural District, Tanzania

ABSTRACT This study aimed at assessing the contribution of non- farm activities on alleviating poverty among women. In order to alleviate poverty, women in Mbalizi have resorted to the taking of non- farm activities that are marketed throughout the region. Mbalizi ward was a case study and the research was conducted among women. Data were collected through questionnaire and focus group discussions and processed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Judgmental procedure was...

The Role Of Agro Based Industries In Poverty Alleviation Programme (A Case Study Of Phinomar Oil Industry Nigeria Limited Enugu)

ABSTRACT Due to the economic situation of the country the writer decided to carryout a comprehensive study to find out those solutions to the obstacles that disrupt the economic situation.  The study also reveals the role of Agro-based industries to poverty alleviation programme, family support programme and family economic advancement programme. Its therefore hoped that recommendation offered in this project will be of great relevant to the individual, Agro-based industries and the society...

Poverty And The Quality Of Education In The Selected Secondary Schools In Kalungu County Masaka District Uganda

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between poverty and the quality of education in secondary schools in Kalungu county, Masaka District Uganda. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate the relationship between the effects mentioned and academic performance in primary schools in Kalungu county, Masaka District Uganda , and to investigate the role of the community on alleviating poverty and improving education in secondary schools in Kalungu co...

An Assessment of Poverty Reduction Programmes in Enugu State (2003-2011)

ABSTRACT Since independence in 1960, successive governments in Nigeria have come up with various poverty alleviation strategies aimed at empowering Nigerians in rural and urban areas. Several of these programmes not withstanding, poverty in Nigeria remains an issue of great concern as over 75 per cent of the citizens live below poverty line. The study is an assessment of poverty reduction programmes in Enugu State from 2003 to 2011. The research sought to find out among others, if the various...

Participatory Development And Pov Alleviation In Bududa Town Council Bududa Uganda

ABSTRUCT The study was carried out in Bududa Town Council, Bududa District with the focus on relevancies of Participatory Development to poverty alleviation. Therefore, chapter one gives the over view of the topic of the study in the background at International, Regional, National and finally at the Local context. However the general objectives of the study may include; analysis on the relevancies of Participatory Development to Poverty Alleviation in Bududa Town Council, however it was revea...

International Funding Mechanisms for Kenya’s Big Four: The Case of Food Security

Abstract: A vibrant agricultural sector is very crucial and critical for alleviating Kenya's food security problem, poverty alleviation, and for laying the foundations for sustained future economic growth. Indeed, food security is one of the Big Four Agenda that should be the plan to take Kenya across the frontier into the next development level. Efforts for food security growth and recovery, often through structural adjustment lending, have suffered from inadequate information about country...

The Assessment of the Role of N-Power in Poverty Alleviation in Niger State Using Lapai Local Government N-Power Participants

ABSTRACT This study assess the role of N-Power in poverty alleviation in Niger State using Lapai Local Government N-power participants. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study.  The study used a survey design.  The sample of the study constituted 100 N-power beneficiaries from Lapai Local Government Area. A questionnaire was used to gather data while table, percentage and t-test were used to analyze the data. Major findings revealed that slow economic growth and inadeq...

Assessment Of The Impacts Of Personal Loan On Poverty Alleviation: A Case Of Capital Development Authority Employees

ABSTRACT  This study assessed the impacts of personal loans on livelihoods of workers, in particular Capital Development Authority workers. The study assessed the socio-economic, legal environments and policies, as far as personal loans are concerned in an attempt to raise the life standard/economic well-being of a worker and his/her dependants.     In its execution, the study employed qualitative approach through structured interviews and questionnaires to enable the collection of inform...

The contribution of the Church of God-Kenya teachings to people’s participation in poverty alleviation in Emuhaya District, Western Kenya

Abstract/Overview Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine the contribution of the CoG-K teachings to people‟s participation in poverty alleviation in Emuhaya District, Western Kenya Methodology: This study was a cross-sectional research that sought to give an examining and descriptive scrutiny of the CoG-K‟s activities in Emuhaya District of Western Kenya. This study sampled a total of 312 respondents (1 Bishop, 1 General Secretary, 1 General Assembly Trustee, 1 General Ass...

THE ROLE OF MICRO FINANCE BANKS IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN NIGERIA.

Abstract Poverty connotes deprivations or denials of certain needs, services and denials of all attributes of human development. Poverty crashed the human spirit, three billion people, half the world’s population lives in less human needs. Poverty traps future generation in a vicious cycle with hope or opportunity, in an increasingly globalize world on one is immune to these. The objective of this research work is to examine how microfinance bank will help in poverty alleviation in Nigeria....

Millennium Development Goals (Mdgs) And Poverty Reduction In Anambra State, Nigeria, 2006-2015.

Abstract This study has critically examined the Millennium Development Goals and poverty reduction in Anambra State, Nigeria. Specifically, the study examined how lack of good governance in the management of Millennium Development Goals funds undermined poverty reduction in Anambra State, and how the state implementation of neo-liberal economic policies impeded the programme of poverty reduction in the State. Literature reviewed are deficient in explaining the link between lack of good gover...

The Impact of Microfinance Institutions On Poverty Alleviation in Uganda Case Study: Brac Microfinance Bugiri Branch, Uganda.

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THE IMPACT OF MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTIONS ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION: A CASE STUDY OF BAWKU MUNICIPALITY

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of micro finance institutions on poverty alleviation in the Bawku Municipality. The aim of the literature review was to analyse critically the existing knowledge on the impact of micro finance institutions on poverty alleviation.Qualitative research method was used employed in the study. Case study design was used. Purposive sampling technique was used to select twelve (12) community members from twelve different households in the Bawku Muni...

Micro Finance Credit And Poverty Eradication In East Africa A Case Study Of Uganda

The purpose of the study seeks to examine the relationship between micro financed and poverty eradication in Uganda. The study is guided by research objectives of examining the causes of poverty in Uganda, examining the contributions of micro finance credit services provided to the poor and establishing the relationship between micro finance credits and poverty eradication .this is accomplished using secondary data sought from sources such as journals news papers reports publications fr...

Micro-Finance and Poverty Alleviation of Rural Agricultural Households in the Hohoe Municipality

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...


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