2018
DOI: 10.11648/j.ajere.20180301.11
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Empowerment Strategies and Poverty Reduction in Bayelsa State: A Non-Parametric Approach

Abstract: The incidence of poverty in Nigeria is rising despite a plethora of anti-poverty programmes and huge public expenditure. The objective of this study is to evaluate the extent and impact of three major empowerment strategies in the war against poverty namely social mobilization, skill development and capital formation in Bayelsa State. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey of Bayelsa State using structured and semi-structured questionnaire to collect primary data from 380 indigenous adult spread across 40 … Show more

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“…The failure of various anti-poverty policies indicates that poverty is a complex synthesis, so that the poverty situation is not the same in every place (Fiderikumo et al, 2017). Assuming that poverty is a general phenomenon that can be approached in general also with various uniform programs will result in a bias in understanding poverty itself (Durant & Wilson, 2019).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The failure of various anti-poverty policies indicates that poverty is a complex synthesis, so that the poverty situation is not the same in every place (Fiderikumo et al, 2017). Assuming that poverty is a general phenomenon that can be approached in general also with various uniform programs will result in a bias in understanding poverty itself (Durant & Wilson, 2019).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%