The study was to establish quantifiable and intractable dimensions of poverty among the rural households; to assess the level of poverty based on the quantifiable and intractable dimensions of poverty identified; to establish the relationship between poverty and marital status, number of members in a family and income levels and to propose solutions based on the findings of the study. This was done following a total sample size of 375 households in the three sub-counties of Bushenyi district....
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 This study has aimed to examine contribution of financial institutions in reducing women poverty taking in Bahi district as a case study. Specifically, the study intended to examine the extent of women empowerment through SACCOS and VICOBA in households in Bahi district, to assess the impact of SACCOS and VICOBA on the member‟s socio – economic situation, to identify obstacles and challenges exist for women in gaining empowerment through micro-credit lending, and assess percepti...
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.
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 this research project was to evaluate the influence of access of microfinance loans on poverty reduction towards growth and improvement of people’s living standards through services offered by Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Kuria west constituency. Microfinance as a tool for poverty alleviation has insufficiently penetrated the poorest strata of the society; the international poverty centre reported that even in relatively successful countries such as Ghana and...
ABSTRACT Successive governments in Nigeria have implemented poverty alleviation programmes and strategies without commensurate reduction in poverty. The near failure of these programmes and strategies has been associated with improper diagnosis of poverty as a static rather than dynamic concept. Poverty dynamics enables a better appreciation of the extent of poverty over time by distinguishing between households exiting and entering into poverty, those never poor and the persistently poor. Th...
ABSTRACT The researcher had noted that there were various practices of child abuse in Embolot Location, Marakwet district. So the study had sought to probe the effects of these abuses on school children. The study was aimed at answering the following research questions: 1. What are the various forms of child abuse that exist in primary schools in Embolot Location7 2. What are the effects of child abuse on school children! 3. What are the ways of alleviating child abuse in schools7 Both qualit...
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...
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...