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Abstract This study was on poverty reduction and sustainable development in Nigeria. Three objectives were raised which included:  To identify the factors responsible for poverty in Nigeria, to assess how successful the various policies and programmed initiated to reduce poverty in Nigeria, to ascertain the level of whether Nigeria will be able to meet millennium development goals (MDGs) by 2015 and to recommend policy response and suggest how to reduce ...

Abstract This study assesses the following factors which may figure prominently in explanation of women’s increasing empowerment (1) social-economic development (2) rising gender equalization attitudes that transform economic development into cultural process of human development (3) historical legacies stemming from a society’s cultural and political traditions and (4) institutional design factors. This study compare the influence of these factors across some aspects of gender equality, gain in basic living conditions, ...

Abstract The study will investigate impact of women empowerment on poverty reduction in Lagos state. The study will use selected women in Ikorodu local government. The following objectives will be used for the study: To determine the degree of women empowerment through poverty reduction programme in Lagos state, to examine the nature and dimension of women poverty in Lagos State, to determine the problem encountered in the course of implementing ...

Abstract This study was on an assessment of the impact of women’s education on poverty reduction. Three objectives were raised which included:  To role of women’s education on women’s empowerment, to examine the relationship between women’s education and poverty reduction in Navrongo and to examine if educational levels attained can lead to access to employment in Navrongo. A total of 77 responses were received and validated from the enrolled participants ...

Abstract This study was on the impact of small and medium enterprises financing on poverty reduction in Nigeria. Three objectives were formulated which include:  To ascertain whether SME development affect Poverty Alleviation, to ascertain how SME reduce poverty in Nigeria and to ascertain whether SME create job employment. A total of 77 responses were received and validated from the enrolled participants where all respondents were drawn from SMEs in Lagos ...

Abstract This study was on the effects of agricultural extension on poverty reduction among rural cassava farmers in Uyo agricultural zone Akwa Ibom state. Four objectives were raised which included: Determine the factors influencing cassava production in Uyo agricultural zone, determine the information disseminated to farmers by agricultural extension agents in uyo agricultural zone of Akwa ibom State, determine the benefits derived by cassava farmers from agricultural extension service delivery ...

ABSTRACT This project work is brought up to investigate the impact played by agricultural extension agent in the development of agriculture in the nation using Egor Local Government Area  of Edo State as a case study. Four research questions were raise to capture the impacts played by agricultural extension agents and questionnaires is used to elicit information from the respondents which are farmers in the study area. the questionnaire is ...

ABSTRACT This 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 ...

ABSTRACT This 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 ...

ABSTRACT This work examined the impact of microfinance bank in poverty reduction using Cosmopolitan microfinance bank as a case study.  A cross sectional data was used to carry out this impact analysis.   The ordinary least squares result revealed that savings is the only major determinant of income level in Port Harcourt community.  Even though Cosmopolitan microfinance bank does not extend financial services as a result of high interest rates on borrowing and other impediments inherent ...

ABSTRACT Developing countries all over the world are competing to attract foreign direct investment with a belief that it can be a tool for poverty reduction because it serves as supplements to domestic savings and it is often accompanied with technology and managerial skills which are indispensable in economic development. Foreign direct investment can contribute in significant ways to breaking of growth – poverty vicious circle and there lies Nigerian ...

  ABSTRACT Poverty reduction is a function of many factors which include funding by microfinance banks. The effort to transform innovations into economic goods certainly would require reasonable level of funding which appears elusive due to global economic recession. Accessing credit from conventional money deposit banks has proved irrational due to its attendant cost, hence the need for micro financing which is deliberate initiative to enhance the performance and sustenance of poverty ...