Empowering Women and Youth in Micro- And Small-Scale Enterprises (MSSEs) For Wealth Creation

Akpan, Godwin E.

doi:10.18488/journal.1/2015.5.2/1.2.52.63

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“…Therefore, the unprecedented challenge of raising capital for small venture growth have inspired microentrepreneurs or small-scale business owners to exploit the benefits of coming together with others to form cooperative societies. Such cooperatives will help them to finance their business ventures and to share other resources, including knowledge, skills and business information (Akpan, 2015). Oladejo (2013) accentuates the importance of cooperatives as an informal capital market for entrepreneurship.…”

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“…They have relatively simple administrative processes and transaction costs are small and shared. They provide pragmatic solutions to cooperative members in achieving a goal that is beyond the resources of an individual when working together (Akpan, 2015). There are numerous types of cooperative societies in Nigeria, including agricultural or farmers, marketing, producers, employees, trade or artisans, and credit and thrift (EInA, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Simultaneously, in the saving mobilisation activities, the cooperative financing model can broaden the microfinance depositor base and make the linkage with savings and investment in national development process. Generally, the members of the cooperative seem to exhibit greater confidence in themselves than working as individuals (Akpan, 2015). They believe that their cooperative actions can lead to desired outcomes, including easy and better access to credit as well as increased microenterprise performance in the form of growth, revenue, profitability and number of jobs.…”

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The Role of Financing on the Performance of Cooperative Societies in Damaturu Metropolis, Yobe State, Nigeria

Adeyemi

2023

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The study focused on the role of financing in the performance of cooperative society in Damaturu. The work adopted descriptive research design in order to generalize the findings to a larger population. Primary and secondary data and questionnaire were used to source data. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a subset of participants from a population. The selection focused on the cooperatives and businesses that are connected to the cooperatives, which totalled ten, and the organization got ten each. The researcher used population of 100 respondents. Hypothesis 1 was tested using chi-square statistics, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient Analysis with SPSS software was used to test hypothesis 2. From the results of the analysis using chi-square, the significant value of 0.026 and chi-square value of 196.87, the null hypothesis is rejected and the alternate is accepted. From the results of the analysis, the challenges faced in financing significantly relate with the productivity of cooperative societies with the correlation coefficient of 0.876 and the significant value of 0.041, which shows that the relationship is significant. The study revealed that the government’s involvement encourages SMEs as they support cooperative organizations, by creating enabling atmospheres for financial delivery. It is therefore recommended that government should strengthen cooperative society to enhance more productivity of the institution.

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The Role of Financing on the Performance of Cooperative Societies in Damaturu Metropolis, Yobe State, Nigeria

Adeyemi

2023

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“…The aim of women empowerment is to enhance the socio-economic status of women through creating an economic culture that will address the technical know-how in the pursuit of women's multifaceted roles, retooling them with various economic ventures as well as enhancing the emancipation of women from poverty. This is because women are "generally poor" and constitute majority of the population thus, targeting them will be a fundamental prerequisite for any poverty reduction strategy to be effective (Akpan, 2015;Danjuma et al, 2013).…”

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Women Barriers and Empowerment Opportunities in The Nigerian Context

Omang¹,

Okpa²,

Okoi³

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This study examines women barriers and empowerment opportunities in Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. The study design was exploratory using quantitative and qualitative data. Data is obtained from 660 women from Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. The research used a multi-stage sampling technique. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics such as percentages and frequency tables, while the Chi-square was used to test the significance of relationship between the two hypotheses stated. The findings of the study revealed that 58.3% of the respondents’ report that they were aware of the availability of women empowerment programmes in their community. While, 31.9% of the respondents reported the provision of agricultural facilities as the widely available empowerment programme for women, 38.4% indicated that non-governmental organizations were the major benefactors of women empowerment programmes. The findings of the study further showed that 39.5% of the respondents acknowledged that they had benefitted from women empowerment programmes. Equality for all can be achieved when women are allowed to make their own decisions on issues that concern them and act on those opportunities without fear.

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Lack of educational access, women's empowerment and spatial education inequality for the Eastern and Western Africa regions

Frola,

Delprato,

Chudgar

2024

International Journal of Educational Development

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Empowering Women and Youth in Micro- And Small-Scale Enterprises (MSSEs) For Wealth Creation

Abstract: Contribution/ OriginalityThis study is one of very few studies which have explored the means through which women and youth in MSSEs can be empowered for wealth creation and sustainable poverty alleviation, using a state in Nigerian as a referenced case.

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The Role of Financing on the Performance of Cooperative Societies in Damaturu Metropolis, Yobe State, Nigeria

The Role of Financing on the Performance of Cooperative Societies in Damaturu Metropolis, Yobe State, Nigeria

Women Barriers and Empowerment Opportunities in The Nigerian Context

Lack of educational access, women's empowerment and spatial education inequality for the Eastern and Western Africa regions

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