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Ajala, Taiwo. "Gender discrimination in land ownership and the alleviation of women’s poverty in Nigeria." International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 17, no. 1 (March 2017): 51–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1358229117700028.
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In Nigeria, gender roles are manifested in social rights and entitlements in a form which denies women equal economic and political empowerment and, in particular, women right to own land. The consequence of gender discrimination in land ownership is women’s lack of access to land which constitutes a major source and means of wealth creation and economic empowerment, hence women’s vulnerability to poverty. This article considers a land redistribution reform which can address the discrimination against women in land ownership and give women access to land for economic empowerment, thereby alleviating poverty among women in Nigeria. The article proposes that an ideal land reform in Nigeria has to fulfil three key objectives of equity, equality and productivity which the article refers to as ‘new equities’. It argues that only a redistributive land reform which integrates these ‘equities’ can adequately address gender discrimination in land ownership, ensure women’s access to land for economic empowerment and alleviate women’s poverty in Nigeria.
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Hassan, Rukhsana, and Saima Keyani. "Gender And Political Participation In Pakistan: Issues And Constraints." Pakistan Journal of Gender Studies 11, no. 1 (September 8, 2015): 141–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.46568/pjgs.v11i1.217.
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In order to achieve the objectives of poverty alleviation, sustainable development, and even human resource development it is imperative that women should be a part of governance and decision making bodies at all levels. In Pakistan too since independence, like other countries of the world, over the period of last six decades different regimes, both civil and military,have attempted to integrate women in the political process of the country. In the year 2000 under the patronage of the military regime, Pakistan has made significant progress in enhancing women’s political participation. In the local government ordinance of 2001 women representation in the different tiers of local government was raised to 33%. Regardless of this progress women access to the political institutions is not without constraints. Data for the research was collected, through interviews and close ended questionnaires, from 20 women parliamentarians. The major constraint, according to the respondents, is the mindset which women have to face in order to participate in the political process. The mindset is based upon the stereotypical division of roles and domain into male and female, which restrict women’s roles to domestic sphere and deter their participation in the public life. Although, women parliamentarian did acknowledge the role of family support in overcoming barriers to women participation in the political process, still in 21st century this support is not available to majority of women in Pakistani society. Apart from it role of media and the support of political parties are two other important dimensions which play an important role in creating barriers to women participation in the political process.
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Guèye, E. F. "Gender issues in family poultry production systems in low-income food-deficit countries." American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 18, no. 4 (December 2003): 185–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/ajaa200350.
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AbstractDespite efforts to develop intensive poultry production, family poultry (FP) is still very important in low-income, food-deficit countries (LIFDCs). In LIFDCs, the keeping of poultry by local communities has been practiced for many generations. FP is an appropriate system for supplying the fast-growing human population with high-quality protein. It can also provide additional income to the generally resource-poor small farmers, especially women. Although requiring low levels of inputs, FP contributes significantly to food security, poverty alleviation and ecologically sound management of natural resources. FP is also a source of employment for underprivileged groups and less-favored areas in LIFDCs. Developing schemes that aim to promote and improve the FP sub-sector in a way that is sustainable must not underestimate the roles and contributions of women. However, getting new information to the front line of production requires more gender-disaggregated data. This paper stresses the need to design, implement, monitor and evaluate FP development programs by taking into account socio-cultural, especially gender, issues.
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Nagoli, Joseph, Lucy Binauli, and Asafu Chijere. "Inclusive Ecosystems? Women’s Participation in the Aquatic Ecosystem of Lake Malawi." Environments 6, no. 1 (December 28, 2018): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/environments6010003.
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Ecosystem services and their role in alleviating poverty are centered on a set of gendered social relations. The understanding of these relations between men and women in aquatic ecosystems can unveil gender-based opportunities and constraints along the value chains of the ecosystem services. A gender discourse perspective on participation of actors of an ecosystem can further facilitate the understanding of the complex and subtle ways in which gender is represented, constructed, and contested. This paper analyses the barriers to the participation of women in the fishing industry. The analysis is based on a study conducted in five fishing villages of Lake Malawi through a structured questionnaire, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and observations. First, it looks at gender and participation from a theoretical perspective to explain how gender manifests itself in participation and interrogates why women have limited benefits from the fishing industry. Second, it highlights the barriers that seem to preclude women from participating, which include institutional embedded norms, financial, socio-cultural, and reproduction roles. In general, women had little influence on the type of fishing sites, markets, and access to financing of their businesses. A gender transformative agenda is therefore required to proactively facilitate changes of some entrenched institutional norms as well as having greater access to financial services and new technologies in order to enhance women’s full participation and equal benefits from ecosystem services.
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Osei, Charles Dwumfour, and Jincai Zhuang. "Rural Poverty Alleviation Strategies and Social Capital Link: The Mediation Role of Women Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation." SAGE Open 10, no. 2 (April 2020): 215824402092550. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244020925504.
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This article presents a novel insight into the extent to which social capital, social innovation, and women entrepreneurial activities contribute to rural poverty alleviation. Applying the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique through SmartPLS software version 3.0, data from a total sample of 333 women entrepreneurs in the Agribusiness sector from the Sekyere South District in Ghana were empirically analyzed. The findings from the study highlight the transformative potential of rural women entrepreneurs who utilize social capital from both formal and informal social networks toward rural poverty alleviation. Thus, study results revealed that women entrepreneurship growth performance is positively and significantly associated with rural poverty alleviation. Furthermore, the impacts of social innovation and relational social capital on poverty alleviation showed positive. We recommend that policymakers and development practitioners should empower more women into entrepreneurial activities in the agribusiness sector in rural areas to promote rural poverty alleviation in developing countries.
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Li, Mengzhu. "Research on the roles that education plays in Chinese poverty alleviation." Chinese Sociological Dialogue 2, no. 3-4 (October 2017): 193–204. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2397200917733526.
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Human capital investment is important for reduction in poverty. This paper – based on human capital theory, taking rural households in the Wuling Mountain Region as the samples, and adopting binary logistic regression – investigates the influences that education has on poverty alleviation in rural China. The results show that educational attainment plays a crucial role in poverty alleviation. For instance, 65.65% of illiterate or just literate people make less than 2300 yuan a year, while 48.76% of those with a primary education earn money at the same level. With a greater educational level, only 34.17% are at the poverty level. The results of logistic regression further support the argument. Our research suggests that policy-makers in China’s anti-poverty action should allocate more educational resources to the poor rural areas in order to further alleviate poverty in rural China.
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Bhuyian, MA Sayeed, B. Mankhin, SU Tipu, and MM Rahman. "Poverty alleviation through micro-credit: Evidence of BRAC credit program." Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University 13, no. 1 (July 14, 2016): 87–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v13i1.28723.
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The paper presents the extent of poverty alleviation through micro-credit of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) women beneficiaries in upgrading their economic and social status. The study was conducted three villages in Birampur upazila under Dinajpur district. Out of 442 populations, 88 women beneficiaries were randomly selected which constituted the sample. Data were collected during 20th February to 20th March,2009 using interview schedule. Coefficient of correlation(r) was computed in order to explore relationship between the selected characteristics of the women beneficiaries and their poverty alleviation. Only 4.5% population had high poverty alleviation while the highest proportion (61.4%) of the women had moderate poverty alleviation in participating BRAC micro-credit activities. The findings showed that age, family size and duration of involvement with BRAC had no relation with their poverty alleviation. Education, farm size, family income, Cosmo politeness, availability of BRAC micro-credit and attitude towards BRAC had positive relationship with their poverty alleviation. New loan is not issued until final repayment of installment as identified by the beneficiaries as the main problem.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 13(1): 87-92, June 2015
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Edmonds, Eric V., and Norbert Schady. "Poverty Alleviation and Child Labor." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 4, no. 4 (November 1, 2012): 100–124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/pol.4.4.100.
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Poor women with children in Ecuador were selected at random for a cash transfer that is less than 20 percent of median child labor earnings. Poor families with children in school at the time of the award use the transfer to postpone the child's entry into the labor force. Students in families induced to take up the transfer by the experiment reduce paid employment by 78 percent and unpaid economic activity inside their home by 32 percent. Time in unpaid household services increases, but overall time spent working declines. (JEL I32, I38, J13, J22, J82, O12)
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Mohanty, Priyakrushna, and Anu Chandran. "Poverty Alleviation and Women Empowerment through Tourism Development – an Explorative Study of Model Ventures." Atna - Journal of Tourism Studies 13, no. 1 (January 1, 2018): 59–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.12727/ajts.19.5.
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Although research on tourism, poverty alleviation and women empowerment are being carried out extensively, integrative studies linking all three aspects are scant. This paper is an attempt to bridge the existing gap in the literature by connecting the concepts of tourism-driven poverty alleviation and gender empowerment through tourism and feminization of poverty.
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Hafez, Sherine. "women developing women: Islamic approaches for poverty alleviation in rural Egypt." Feminist Review 97, no. 1 (March 2011): 56–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/fr.2010.38.
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Bello, Aduke Olufunmilayo. "An Assessment of Women’s Accessibility to Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Kano State, Nigeria." International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences 73 (September 2016): 54–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ilshs.73.54.
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This study examines the accessibility of women to Poverty Alleviation Programmes (PAP) in Kano State, Nigeria. The aim of the study was to identify the poverty alleviation programmes and assess the difference that exists btetween rural and urban women’s access to them. The results revealed that there was no significant difference between the accessibility of rural and urban women to PAP in the study area (Chi-square value = 9.196 (df) 1, p = 0.002). Consequently, it is recommended that the government should ensure proper periodical assessment and review of the administration and implementation of PAP in the study area. This will make the accessibility of women to the programmes result oriented. This will enhance the achievement of proper awareness among women and increase their accessibility to Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Kano State, Nigeria.
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Nyang'au, Samuel Nyambega, and Valina Nyamwinuka. "Factors influencing Poverty Alleviation among Women Credit Beneficiaries in Tanzania." International Journal of Finance & Banking Studies (2147-4486) 3, no. 2 (April 21, 2014): 48–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijfbs.v3i2.183.
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Many credit schemes in Tanzania channel their funds to women with the objective of alleviating poverty among them. Despite this, majority of women in the country continue to wallow in poverty. The present research was carried out among the Foundation for International Community Assistance’s women credit beneficiaries in Mwanza. The study set out to address the following objectives: to analyze the influence of the husband’s cooperation, relevant training and interest rate on poverty alleviation among women credit beneficiaries in Tanzania taking Foundation for International Community Assistance in Mwanza as a case study. Using simple regression model, results showed that cooperation from the husband as well as relevant training influences poverty alleviation among women credit beneficiaries in Tanzania by 56 and 36 percent respectively. But interest rate was found to have no significant influence at all. The paper recommends that seminars be conducted so that husbands can be taught the importance of cooperating with their wives. Above all giving training to women credit beneficiaries will go a long way in sharpening their business skills. Future researchers should research on laziness and complacency among women credit beneficiaries and the influence on poverty.
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Bloom, Paul N. "Overcoming Consumption Constraints through Social Entrepreneurship." Journal of Public Policy & Marketing 28, no. 1 (April 2009): 128–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1509/jppm.28.1.128.
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This essay examines the potential of social entrepreneurship efforts to contribute to poverty alleviation. In analyzing this potential, the author pays particular attention to the roles of marketing thinking and academic research in supporting social entrepreneurial initiatives to combat poverty.
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Science Insights Education Frontiers, Editorial Office. "Poverty Alleviation: The Mission of Education." Science Insights Education Frontiers 6, no. 2 (August 30, 2020): I—II. http://dx.doi.org/10.15354/sief.20.ed006.
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AT the United Nations (UN) General Assembly held in September 2000, all 191 member states unanimously adopted an action plan aimed at reducing the global poverty level by half by 2015 (using the 1990 level as a reference). The action plan promised to reduce the proportions of the world’s population with a daily income of less than one US dollar and those who suffer from hunger by half by the end of 2015, and to reduce the proportion of people who cannot obtain or afford safe drinking water by the same date. It aimed to ensure that by the same date, children from all over the world, regardless of gender, can complete all elementary school courses, and that boys and girls have equal opportunities to receive all levels of education. The action plan also promised to spare no effort to help more than one billion men, women and children around the world get rid of the miserable and indignant state of extreme poverty, and eventually realize the right of individual development, so that all mankind can avoid the situation of lacking.
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Asriani, Putri Suci, and Yessilia Osira. "Poverty Alleviation Through The Role Of Women’s Social Capital." Journal of Agri Socio-Economics and Business 1, no. 1 (November 26, 2019): 39–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.31186/jaseb.1.1.39-44.
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Position and role between men and women according to cultural context is the caused unbalance gender role of husband and wife function. Many cases of female subordinate are being caused women to between and trapped in family discomfort, because women personally need of psychosocial and physical are not fulfilled. Some intellectual potential women will have been able to optimize the potential quality of their human resources for a career and occupation an important position as a public leader. However, because of the dominance of her husband or the system in this situational society does not permit or allow women to work or to improve the quality of their education, the chance that maybe only once in her lifetime will be lost. The women never get a chance to work or to be a public leader. In order to answer the problem, it is necessary to have a model of women, consequently. The contribution of women in various poverty alleviation efforts can be seen and measured. The study done in Bengkulu Province. It is known that women in the research area always try to help men in overcoming economic difficulties. Economic activity in the research area that can be done by women is relatively limited. Women make effort to overcome economic difficulties in their household, among others by diversifying their businesses (agriculture, trade, services, tourism), exerting the power to increase household income or income by mobilizing all household members to work, owe to meet the necessities of life, and saving expenditure. Those saving is beneficial in order to save money, to reduce the quota, to reduce the quality of food consumption, to migrate and get a job, and to ask for help from the family. Adaptive women empowerment model that can be applied as one of pverty eradication efforts through the effective implementation of strategic Gender Responsive Development (GRD).
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Maryam, Effy Wardati, and Ririn Dewanti Dian Samudera Indriani. "Partisipasi Masyarakat Terhadap Upaya Pengentasan Kemiskinan Berbasis Pemberdayaan Perempuan Melalui Program P3EL Kabupaten Sidoarjo." Psikologia : Jurnal Psikologi 3, no. 1 (March 23, 2016): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.21070/psikologia.v3i1.114.
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Women are the group most severely affected by poverty, especially in case of food insecurity. As a result of these conditions, pregnant mothers could malnutrition that can potentially give birth in poor mental or health condition. Poverty reduction is not merely the issue of capital and technical skills, but also how to evoke the feeling of being able to overcome problems of their lives in a dignified manner. Empowerment of poor women do in order to find the effort that poor women can actively participate in any activities for poverty alleviation. This study aims to assess community participation, particularly of women to poverty alleviation efforts based on empowerment. This research was descriptive-exploratory using primary data sources from interviews and secondary data sources of written documents on the implementation of the Programme P3EL in Sidoarjo. Subjects were members P3EL program in 2012 and the BPMPKB (particularly the PUE) as the implementing program. The results showed that the model of participation of members to poverty alleviation efforts based on the empowerment of women through P3EL program were in the form of energy, thoughts, and cooperation. While the participation factors underlying were egoism motivation and collectivism.
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NGWAKWE COLLINS, C. "Gender equality and extreme poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa." Demography and social economy, no. 4 (December 4, 2020): 56–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/dse2020.04.056.
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This article assesses the link between the four pillars of gender equality and extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Accordingly, the objective of the paper is to empirically examine whether the four pillars of gender equality, namely women’s health, women education, political participation of women and economic participation facilitate extreme poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa. Data were collected from the World Bank development indicators and World Economic Forum Global Gender Gap Index for 25 sub-Saharan African countries whose data appear on both indexes for three years into the SDGs era. Th e paper applied a quantitative approach with secondary data on poverty gap index drawn from the World Economic Forum Poverty Gap Index for sub-Saharan Africa. Data for twenty-fi ve sub-Saharan African countries were analysed using the fi xed-eff ect panel data regression approach using the Hauseman model selection test. Findings from the analysis indicate that, ceteris paribus, an increase in the threegender equity variables namely economic participation of women, education of women and political participation and leadership of women in sub-Saharan Africa has a signifi cant potential to reduce extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa within the sample of study. Since the fi ndings of this study have shown that extreme poverty can be reduced through increased women participation in economic activity, education and leadership, the SDG of poverty alleviation can be improved in sub-Saharan Africa through better government provision of economic, educational and leadership opportunities for women such as providing women with free-interest small business start-up funds, free education for women and supporting women to ascend and survive in political and leadership positions in sub-Saharan Africa through a balanced quota for female leadership positions. Given that the women’s health variable did not prove to be signifi cant on extreme poverty, further research is recommended to separate the health variable into rural health and urban health variables in order to examine the possibility that either of the health clusters might contribute signifi cantly to reducing extreme poverty. Th is paper contributes to existing literature by providing an empirical evidence to show that gender equality in sub-Saharan Africa is a viable policy strategy for achieving the SDGs 2030 Agenda of extreme poverty eradication in sub-Saharan Africa; the paper also provides empirical model for future study.
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Ozoh, Joan N., Amaka G. Metu, Chukwuka Stephen M., and Chinwe Madueke. "Poverty Alleviation Programme and Poverty Reduction in Anambra State. Evidence from Women Business Ownership." Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal 7, no. 1 (January 22, 2020): 217–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/assrj.71.7546.
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The fight against poverty is one of the key components of the development of any country. If the percentage of poor people is high, there will be slow development. The government policies and program such as YOUWIN, Better Life is aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship and supporting women into business. Despite these efforts, poverty incidence still increases among women in micro business. This study examined government alleviation programs and dimension of poverty among women into micro business in Anambra state, Nigeria. It is a descriptive survey research. Probability and non- probability sampling technique were employed in which the samples were drawn using multi-stage sampling and purposive sampling technique. Questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square and Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). The findings of this study showed that most women participating in micro business are not aware of poverty reduction programs and do not have access to such programs. The study also found out that most of the women still experience hardship, no access to infrastructure, no good health care system and low standard of living which indicates that poverty has not reduced. The study recommended among others that the government should target its reduction policies towards the multidimensional indicators (good infrastructure, good health care system etc.) of poverty in order to eradicate poverty.
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Farooq, Umar, Munir Ahmad, and Abdul Wahid Jasra. "Natural Resource Conservation, Poverty Alleviation, and Farmer Partnership." Pakistan Development Review 46, no. 4II (December 1, 2007): 1023–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v46i4iipp.1023-1049.
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Agriculture has now been seen in its multiple roles like contributing to development as an economic activity, source of livelihood, provider of environmental services and a unique instrument to overall development. As an economic activity, it is a source of growth for national economy, food security, foreign exchange as well as provider of investment opportunities for agro-based industries and rural non-farm economy. As source of livelihood, it provides jobs to majority of the people, especially the small holders, landless and the poor. In terms of environmental services, being the major player in underground water depletion, agrochemical pollution, soil exhaustion and global climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions, agriculture can create good and bad environmental outcomes. Its environmental contributions in managing watersheds and preserving biodiversity are generally unrecognised and unremunerated. Agriculture has well established record as an instrument for poverty reduction1 as well as a leading sector for overall growth in the agriculture-based countries of the world [World Bank (2007)]. In future, agriculture has to commit more promises (e.g. bio-fuel) to the nation without compromising over primary responsibility of food security along with poverty alleviation, conservation of natural resource base, environment protection etc. Unfortunately, the agriculture has been vastly underused for development.
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Kafle, Sirjana. "Role of Rural Development Bank in Women Empowerment: A Poverty Alleviation Perspective." Nepalese Journal of Development and Rural Studies 16 (December 2, 2019): 75–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njdrs.v16i0.31574.
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The study seeks to explain role of Rural Development Bank (RDB) for empowering women from poverty alleviation perspective. More so, this study was conducted in Shankarnagar located in Rupendehi District. Under quantitative case study methodology, necessary data are collected from 120 respondents selected randomly. The results show that Shankarnagar area office of RDB has played remarkable role in reducing poverty in the study area. The social and financial programmes implemented this bank has helped to alleviate poverty in some extent. It has also contributed to increase family income, self employment opportunities, better health and hygiene, better living standard, saving and credit activities and access to quality child education. Hence, better to make further social/financial plans/programmes for reducing poverty in general and empowering women in particular.
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Seferiadis, Anastasia A., Sarah Cummings, Jeroen Maas, Joske GF Bunders, and Marjolein BM Zweekhorst. "From ‘having the will’ to ‘knowing the way’: Incremental transformation for poverty alleviation among rural women in Bangladesh." Action Research 15, no. 1 (January 18, 2017): 57–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476750316685876.
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Short-term, linear, externally funded, project-based approaches to complex problems like women's poverty in rural Bangladesh are often unsuccessful. Taking a different approach, this paper documents a transdisciplinary action-research methodology that led to sustainable poverty alleviation for rural Bangladeshi women, gradual changes in gender relations at the household and community level and strengthened women's capabilities while simultaneously developing an approach to social entrepreneurship. Defining characteristics of this research process were clear articulation of objectives in which poverty alleviation always received priority, learning cycles in which women were the central actors of the research-action process, and fluid and changing leadership among different stakeholders at different stages in the process. The project demonstrates the strength of action-research in addressing complex challenges, such as poverty alleviation and unequal gender relations. Key lessons for development practice include the need for interventions that take place over a longer time-frame and for a vision of development that is not transformational but comprising small incremental, locally embedded changes and which recognises the role of social capital.
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Usaini, Muhammad, and Sunday Elijah. "The Role of Small Business in Economic Growth and Poverty Alleviation in Nothwest Nigeria." International Journal of Accounting and Finance Studies 3, no. 1 (June 5, 2020): p53. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/ijafs.v3n1p53.
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The great aim of this research is to empirically assess small business-critical roles in economic development and poverty reduction in northwest Nigeria. There is a positive relationship between small enterprise and economic growth in the OLS regression analysis. There is also a clear inverse association between poverty incidence, small business and economic growth. The empirical result thus established the connection between small business, economic growth and poverty incidence.
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Maulana, Indah Dwi, Jainuri Jainuri, and Hevi Kurnia Hardini. "“Good Governing Poverty Alleviation” through the PKH Policy - Independent Women's Groups in Poverty Reduction in Batu City (Study at Batu City Social Service)." Journal of Local Government Issues 2, no. 2 (September 30, 2019): 193. http://dx.doi.org/10.22219/logos.vol2.no2.193-209.
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Good Governing Poverty Alleviation is a poverty reduction program by implementing a model of Good Governance in this context in the Family Hope Program - Independent Women's Group involving actors in the state, society and private sector. Handling the poverty problem of the Batu City Government in accordance with the Good Governance model through a partnership pattern established with the private sector, KPM and Batu City Social Service is expected to be able to create independent women's groups that are able to try to develop their creativity to rise from poverty for themselves and their families . This research uses descriptive qualitative method with data collection techniques such as, observation, interviews and documentation and other data that supports this study both primary and secondary. Based on the results of the study of "Good Governing Poverty Alleviation" through PKH Policy - Independent Women's Groups in Poverty Alleviation in Batu City where there are several problem formulations namely Independent Women's Groups in Poverty Alleviation, Implementation and Dynamics of alleviation Good Governing Poverty through PKH Policy - KPM in Poverty Alleviation Women's Empowerment through Independent Women's Groups in Batu City. The results of this study, namely this policy has actually been well-integrated but in the implementation or implementation at the regional level in this case Batu City has not shown an integration model because there is something that has not been realized normative. What is intended is that the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has not been regulated in this policy, there are dynamics such as the KPM human resource capacity that is still below the standard so that the policy implementation and private enthusiasm in implementing this policy very, empowering women through KPM is one of the efforts to improve the economy of KPM through a partnership scheme with entrepreneurs in Batu City.
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Sarah Kamala , Uma Jyothi, Sarah Kamala ,. Uma Jyothi. "Poverty Alleviation Through Income Generation, Role of Women Self Help Groups." International Journal of Educational Science and Research 7, no. 6 (2017): 73–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.24247/ijesrdec20179.
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Zhibin, Lin. "Chinese Women and Poverty Alleviation: Reflections and Prospects for the Future." Chinese Sociology & Anthropology 40, no. 4 (July 2008): 27–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.2753/csa0009-4625400402.
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Thun, Phen Huang, and Tran Duy Manh. "Poverty Alleviation in the Aspect of Government Collaboration with NGOs." Journal of Asian Multicultural Research for Social Sciences Study 2, no. 2 (May 5, 2021): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.47616/jamrsss.v2i2.128.
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This report addresses the government's and non-governmental organizations' roles in resolving poverty issues. Several of the government's positions in poverty alleviation are classified according to fiscal, health, academic, technical, and social factors. Collaboration between non-governmental organizations and the government will result in community welfare. This is shown by the many empowerment initiatives undertaken by the private sector and government to solve the issue of poverty. For example, growing children's education by requiring them to attend school and increasing women's empowerment by promoting different aspects of education and empowerment, such as free schooling and others. Apart from the economic field, the government and non-governmental organizations offer training to allow citizens to be more innovative in their raw material production. Additionally, in the health field, it is important for NGOs to protect the community's health in order for them to live by delivering free medical care and so on.
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Yang, Xiaotao, and Kam Hung. "Poverty alleviation via tourism cooperatives in China: the story of Yuhu." International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 26, no. 6 (August 5, 2014): 879–906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijchm-02-2013-0085.
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Purpose – This study aims to understand whether poverty alleviation can be realized in tourism via tourism cooperatives. As a fast growing industry in the world, tourism has accelerated economic development in many participating places. A large number of tourism cooperatives have emerged to capture conspicuous economic benefits from tourism in many rural areas of China. The role of tourism cooperatives has not yet been explored from the poverty alleviation perspective. Design/methodology/approach – Two field trips to Yuhu Village, Lijiang, China, which included in-depth interviews, were conducted during August and December 2011, aiming at understanding the roles of tourism cooperatives in poverty alleviation. In-depth interviews with villagers (45) and mangers of tourism cooperative (5) were conducted. A systematic coding procedure including open, axial and selective coding was conducted with the software assistance of ATLAS.TI6.2. Findings – Evidence from Yuhu suggested that resources and power changes, both of which are further divided into both individual and collective levels, are the main contributors to substantial improvements of the poor. Material and social resources were significantly accumulated. In addition, empowerment, referring to the improvements in status, legitimacy and capability/knowledge, facilitated villagers to obtain favorable policies. By embracing a more broad understanding of poverty, the tourism cooperative is proven to effectively alleviate the poverty suffering of Yuhu villagers. Originality/value – Understanding poverty from a multi-dimensional perspective is deemed to be critical to reveal the actual story, as evidenced in this study, with analyzing resource flows and power changes at different stages of tourism development. By embracing a more broad understanding of poverty, the role of tourism cooperatives in poverty alleviation was able to be noticed and emerged from in-depth interviews. A systematic scrutiny has been carried out to examine the pro-poor effects brought about by tourism cooperatives.
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Solomon*, Rejoice, and Dr Ranu Sharma. "Dimensions of Women Empowerment Through Microfinance." International Journal of Management and Humanities 5, no. 9 (May 30, 2021): 41–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijmh.g1272.055921.
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Microfinance institutions’ plays a crucial role for the upliftment of rural women. Women are the key of a nation development. So in order to attain the development of a nation there is need to empower the women of our nation. Microfinance institutions have always seen as a tool of poverty alleviation as they provide the facility of financial services to the needy and the weaker section of the society without any collateral security. And it proved itself as a tool of poverty alleviation. Thus it also a vaccine for women empowerment. Empowerment of women can be done with the help of Self-Help-Group. Where 10-12 women form a group with same socio-economic background and they were trained, educated so they may uplift their family, their society and ultimately the nation as whole. The objective of this paper is to understand the different dimension of women empowerment with the help of microfinance. And from the study it was seen women should be psychologically, economically and Socially Empowered and it all comes with the help of microfinance. And microfinance proved that it a vaccine for the empowerment of women.
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Fredericks, L. J. "Managing Sustainable Development and Poverty Alleviation in the Islamic World." American Journal of Islam and Society 26, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 158–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v26i1.1431.
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The Centre for Poverty and Development Studies (CPDS), Faculty of Economicsand Administration, University of Malaya, hosted an internationalconference, “Managing Sustainable Development and PovertyAlleviation inthe IslamicWorld,” on 14-15 October 2008 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Thisevent attracted around 100 participants and eighteen presenters.The thematic foci reflected the understanding that the Islamic worldexhibits significant and disturbing variations in its levels and magnitudes ofsocioeconomic development, poverty incidence and prevalence, income distributionpatterns, literacy, employment, and economic growth.As these areinconsistent with Islam’s principles and ethics of distributive justice andequity, unity, and social responsibility, Muslim researchers and concernedindividuals must join the quest to devise concerted and collaborative Islamicsolutions to the challenges of sustainable development, as well as of povertyalleviation and eradication, in the Islamic world.Within an Islamic framework, the presenters analyzed poverty as asocioeconomic phenomenon from multiple perspectives. One perspectivejustifies the instrumentality of empowerment in overcoming poverty inIslamic societies. As the poor are powerless, the universal principles ofequality and justice imply a more equitable power distribution in society,and collective social action implies consultation strategies to resolve socialimperfections. InMalaysia’s three poverty-focused organizations, empowermentwas analyzed using a framework of determinants, including trustingthe organizer, local working culture, participants behaving like friends, thegovernment’s role, importance of the organization, belief in and trusting theorganization, and roles at all levels. It was established that individuals, thecommunity, and the organization widely acknowledge empowerment as asignificant determinant for success ...
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Siddique, MAJ, MM Salehin, JU Ahmed, and AHMS Islam. "Poverty Reduction Through Self Employment of Women : A Study on Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS)." Progressive Agriculture 19, no. 1 (December 18, 2013): 155–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v19i1.17366.
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The study was designed to present the issues of self-employed women of Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS) in Shajahanpur Upazila of Bogra district considering their participation in different programmes of TMSS for poverty alleviation. The impact of the study was assessed in terms of economic and social gains accrued by the womens and their family activities. Data were collected randomly from four villages under Shajahanpur Upazila of Bogra district. Sixty members from ten societies consisted of 292 members were selected randomly. The test of mean difference, head count ratio, poverty gap were used towards poverty alleviation. The study revealed that per household annual average income was positively changed. The expenditure and saving pattern indicated a shift of positive attitude towards life and improvement in the standard of living due to womens contribution. The poverty situations also improved as compared with that of the national level. This small effort is an addition to the knowledge about the essential contribution of the self employed women in different programmes to their role and status in the society which helps to reduce poverty. Finally, some recommendations were also made by the study.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v19i1.17366 Progress. Agric. 19(1): 155 - 168, 2008
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Thiam, Djiby Racine. "Renewable energy, poverty alleviation and developing nations: Evidence from Senegal." Journal of Energy in Southern Africa 22, no. 3 (August 1, 2011): 23–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2011/v22i3a3219.
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The desire to increase energy access remains a strong driving force for poverty alleviation in rural areas of developing countries. The supply of modern energy facilitates the improvement of human living conditions and the productivity of sectors. It also contributes by reducing the time spent, mainly for women and children, in collecting biomass and therefore can provide an opportunity for an increase in the education level of children and for women empowerment. This paper shows how renewable energy facilitates the improvement of the standard of living in a Sahelian developing country of Senegal. Using a life-cycle-cost approach while integrating an assessment of the environmental externalities, I argue that in remote rural areas where grid-connection is non-existent, photovoltaic (PV) renewable technologies provide suitable solutions for delivering energy services although wind technology has been considered as well. In this framework, policies promoting the adoption of clean technologies in developing nations like Sen-egal could be considered as being the main components on the agenda of poverty reduction.
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Sato, Mine. "Empowering women at home and beyond: applying Japanese experiences for poverty alleviation." Development in Practice 24, no. 7 (September 30, 2014): 840–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2014.952273.
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Acharya, Sanjaya. "Poverty alleviation and the industrial employment of women (the case of Nepal)." Journal of International Development 20, no. 5 (July 2008): 670–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.1447.
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Radhika, K. P. "Role of SHG in Women Empowerment and Poverty Alleviation - A Case Study." HuSS: International Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences 5, no. 1 (June 12, 2018): 26. http://dx.doi.org/10.15613/hijrh/2018/v5i1/177848.
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K, Nithya Kala, Vidya Kala K, and Poornima S. "Micro finance – an anti poverty vaccine for rural india." Journal of Management and Science 1, no. 2 (June 30, 2011): 88–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.26524/jms.2011.11.
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Micro- finance interventions are well-recognized world over as an effective tool for poverty alleviation and improving soc ioeconomic status ofrural poor.In India too, micro- finance is making headway in its effort for reducing poverty and empowering rural women. The need of micro finance arises because the rural Indiarequires sources of finance for poverty alleviation, procurement of agricultural and farms Micro finance is a programme to support the poor rural people to pay its debt and maintain social and economic status in the villages. As we know that India is agriculturebased economy, micro finance may be a tool to empower the farmers and ruralpeoples to make agriculture profitable. This research paper is highlighting a picture rural India as a developing segment for micro finance institutions.
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Hossain, Md Amzad. "Target of Improving Poverty Alleviation Trek: A Case of Bangladesh." Asian Journal of Social Science Studies 2, no. 2 (May 26, 2017): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.20849/ajsss.v2i2.162.
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Though Bangladesh has achieved considerable progress in reducing head count poverty and poverty gap ratio but hunger poverty reduction and employment generation should be given more attention at the present time. According to MDG report last 2014, Bangladesh has made commendable progress in respect of eradication of poverty and hunger. It has sustained a GDP growth rate of 6 percent or above in recent years that has played a positive role in eradicating poverty. The robust growth has been accompanied by corresponding improvements in several social indicators such as increased life expectancy and lower fertility rate despite having one of the world’s highest population densities. This inclusive growth has resulted in impressive poverty reduction from 56.7 percent in 1991-92 to 31.5 percent in 2010; the rate of reduction being faster in the present decade than the earlier ones (MDG report last, 2014). The latest HIES 2010 data shows that the incidence of poverty has declined on an average 1.74 percentage points in Bangladesh between 2000 and 2010 against the MDG target of 1.20 percentage points. The estimated poverty headcount ratio for 2013 is 26.2 percent. Bangladesh has already met one of the indicators of target 1 by bringing down the poverty gap ratio to 6.5 against 2015 target of 8.0 (HIES Survey, 2010) .The study aims to provide a systematic overview of Bangladesh’s development progress since its independence in 1971 to the present epoch regarding poverty alleviation trek. The main objective of the study is to investigate some important issues like poverty, inequality, unemployment scenery and social instability in the context of Bangladesh. The method of the study has been used to identify and review of Bangladesh government and UN published report analytically. In conclusion, the challenges with regard to the dropping income disparity and the low economic involvement of women also remain as major concerns. In addition, reducing inequality, accelerating poverty lessening, moreover how to change the nature of the growth process should be prioritize for Bangladesh to consider sincerely.
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Senadjki, Abdelhak, and Jamalludin Sulaiman. "An empirical study on the influence of Islamic values in poverty alleviation." Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research 6, no. 2 (September 14, 2015): 222–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jiabr-05-2012-0027.
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Purpose – This study aims to shed some light on the roles of Islamic values and principles in encouraging households to enhance their livelihood and, therefore, alleviate their poverty. Design/methodology/approach – A structured and tested socio-economic questionnaire instrument was randomly distributed to 102 randomly selected households from the state of Penang in Malaysia. Data collected were analysed using one-way ANOVA tests. Findings – The results indicated that poverty can be fought with commitment, faith and guided principles based on faith. While the self-reliance degree remains indispensable in the development progress of individuals, communities and societies, dependence on others leads to disappointment and failure. Research limitations/implications – This study has its own limitations. First, the study did not consider the gender factor in the analysis. Second, only cash transfer (role of the government) was considered in the study, although other roles such as taxation and social services are probably equally important. Third, the discussion did not pay attention to how the proposed three constructs (Micro, Meso and Macro) are related. Lastly, as proposed by an anonymous reviewer, the present study did not take in consideration how Islamic philosophy perceives the share of responsibility to the three proposed constructs. Does Islam give similar weight to each of them? Practical implications – Sadakah and Waqf should be integrated with the financial systems to halt any misuse of the financial assistance offered to the poor. Social implications – Government assistance remains indispensable through providing the necessities of comfort and well-being to the hardcore poor such as housing, health-care facilities and cash transfer. Originality/value – This study enhances the understanding of how religious adherence and Islamic values influence households’ well-being and paves the way for further research on this crucial issue.
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Amofah, Seth. "Indigenous Women Social Entrepreneurship; Poverty Alleviation Tool Used by Development NGOs in Ghana." ATHENS JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES 8, no. 2 (February 1, 2021): 151–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.30958/ajss.8-2-4.
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This research paper examines the role of Non-Government Organizations (NGO) in the use of indigenous women social entrepreneurship as a means of reducing poverty in Northern Ghana. The study focused on an Estonian NGO working in significantly poor-rural districts of Northern Ghana. The study employed case study design where face to face semi-structures interviews were used to gather data from local women entrepreneurs, NGO staff and local government officials. A sample of twenty-one (21) respondents was gathered purposefully to achieve the aim of the study. The study found out that, most poor communities in Northern Ghana are endowed with resources needed for production. What are however lacked are managerial training, financial and technical support as well as market access. Development NGOs connect indigenous resources such as raw materials, human capital and social capital together through provision of equipment and skills training to produce internationally certified products for both local and international market. The study found out that producing local products for international market increases the rate of poverty alleviation since many local people get involved and the financial returns is higher than producing for the local market. The study also identified the creation of new macro-micro international relations between the NGO’s home country and the indigenous communities. Keywords: Indigenous Social entrepreneurship, Women, Poverty alleviation, Development NGOs, Northern Ghana.
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Pomi, Shakina Sultana. "Impact of Microcredit on Rural Poverty Alleviation in the Context of Bangladesh." International Journal of Economics and Finance 11, no. 6 (April 25, 2019): 70. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijef.v11n6p70.
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Microcredit and poverty alleviation have become the two sides of a coin as the role of microcredit on poverty alleviation is well accepted in the arena of economic development. This study is an attempt to analyse the impact of microcredit on poverty alleviation in the rural areas namely Hathazari, Mirsharai and Sitakunda upazilla (sub-units of district ) of Chittagong district, Bangladesh. A cross sectional survey was conducted on the rural part of these three upazillas. Data have been collected through a well-structured questionnaire from 100 microcredit-recipients/borrowers of Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and Association for Social Advancement (ASA) - two giant microcredit providers in Bangladesh and from 50 non-borrowers of the study areas. Respondents were selected randomly. Tabular method was used to describe the data. Hypothetically, the outcomes were found significant resulted from chi-square test (X ² -test) and ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) without an exception for clothing expenditure. The study revealed that microcredit disbursed through BRAC and ASA, plays a dynamic role to reduce poverty in the study areas by income generating activities of the poor women borrowers and by improving their living standard. It is found from the study that microcredit has positive impact on income, expenditure, condition of dwelling house, education, health and decision making ability of the poor women borrowers who spent at least five years in BRAC and ASA comparing to the non-borrowers.
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Elmenofi, Gehan A. G., and Shereen Maher Waked. "SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISES AS A MECHANISM TO EMPOWER RURAL WOMEN FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION." Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences 21, no. 2 (September 1, 2013): 99–120. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/ajs.2013.14750.
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Chen, Lanyan. "Women and Informal Work in China: Reflections on Two Poverty Alleviation Pilot Projects." Canadian Journal of Development Studies / Revue canadienne d'études du développement 21, no. 2 (January 2000): 233–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02255189.2000.9669896.
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Zhao, Weibing. "The Nature and Roles of Small Tourism Businesses in Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Guangxi, China." Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research 14, no. 2 (June 2009): 169–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10941660902847229.
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Mafukata, Mavhungu Abel, Grace Kancheya, and Willie Dhlandhara. "Factors Influencing Poverty Alleviation amongst Microfinance Adopting Households in Zambia." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478) 3, no. 2 (April 22, 2014): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v3i2.95.
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The main objective of this paper is to investigate the factors having the most influence on the alleviation of poverty amongst the households adopting microfinance in Zambia. Ninety nine (n=99) respondents were randomly and purposively selected from amongst 340 microfinance adopters of the so-called Micro Bankers Trust programme operating a microfinance business in the Makululu Compound of Kabwe, Zambia. Socio-demographic primary data were collected through face-to-face interviews based on a semi-structured questionnaire instrument. The data were entered into an excel spreadsheet for analysis. The descriptive data were thereafter exported and fitted to an empirical model. The descriptive results revealed that the majority of the respondents were married, unemployed, fairly educated younger women from larger-sized poor households who drew their household income mainly from microfinance activities. The majority of the respondents thought microfinance had improved their well-being in some crucial areas. The results of the empirical model found that some respondents were indeed alleviated from poverty through microfinance. Conclusion drawn in this paper is that microfinance does alleviate poverty of the poor.
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Ginanjar, Adhitya, and Salina Kassim. "Alleviating Poverty Through Islamic Microfinance: Factors and Measures of Financial Performance, and Roles of Islamic Values and Financial Policies." Journal of Social Sciences Research, no. 54 (April 20, 2019): 1266–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.32861/jssr.54.1266.1273.
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Indonesia has a strong presence of microfinance sector with the number of Islamic Microfinance Institutions (IMFIs) estimated to be around 5,000 currently. Microfinance is an effective tool in alleviating poverty in Indonesia due to the limited access to financial services by the poor who accounted for approximately 96 million Indonesians (or 37% of the total population), living on less than USD 1.90 a day. In the absence of collateral and steady income, the poor are considered too risky to be given credit facilities by the formal financial services providers and living in remote areas has also limited their access to formal financial services. This study aims to examine the poverty alleviation efforts from the perspective of the IMFIs in view of their direct involvement in the process and having rich information about financial issues facing the borrowers. The managers also understand about financial inclusion agenda as well as financial guidelines and regulations issued by the relevant authorities. A total of 34 managers of Baitulmaal Wa Tamwil (BMTs), which registered under the Sharia Cooperative Centre (INKOPSYAH) are taken as respondents from the Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang and Bekasi (JABODETABEK) areas. The first instrument was a survey questionnaire, and the second one was an in-depth interview to outline data related to the model design. The findings of this research are expected to contribute to better decision-making for the BMTs to further enhance its role in alleviating poverty. The findings also elaborate several dimensions to improving financial inclusion among the poor including providing financial services, implementing Islamic principles, significant policies, community-based framework concept and training financial education. This research highlights the need for a variety of strategies to warrant success of poverty alleviation efforts by BMT.
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Bhusal, SJ, and RB Thapa. "Comparative Study on the Adoption of Improved Beekeeping Technology for Poverty Alleviation." Journal of the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science 26 (April 1, 2005): 117–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jiaas.v26i0.664.
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Adoption of improved beekeeping practices was compared between the mobilized (Pragatinagar VDC) and non-mobilized (Makar VDC) farmers’ groups (n = 14 in each VDC) of Nawalparasi district using semistructured questionnaire survey after introducing improved beekeeping practices during 2002/2003. Majority of the households (82.4%) from mobilized group practiced beekeeping enterprise of which 80.6% followed improved practices with adoption index of 77.44% while from non-mobilized group only 56.0% adopted beekeeping enterprise and 68.4% followed improved beekeeping practices only with the adoption index of 58.73%. Annual honey yield per colony was significantly higher among mobilized farmers’ group (25.6 kg earning NRs 25,657.14) than that of non-mobilized farmers’ group (15.6 kg earning NRs 10,364.29). Women involvement was low in enterprise development and adoption in both VDCs (31.8% and 50.0% in mobilized VDC; and 35.7% and 48.2% in non-mobilized VDC). Therefore, transfer of improved technology to subsistence farmers emphasizing women through social mobilization could help generate income and alleviate poverty.
Key words: Beekeeping, social mobilization, adoption index, gender, income
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Wang, Yifan, Dengju Wang, and Rong Zhao. "The Effectiveness of the Ecological Forest Rangers Policy in Southwest China." Forests 12, no. 6 (June 5, 2021): 746. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f12060746.
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To achieve the dual goal of poverty alleviation and ecological restoration, the policy of ecological forest rangers (EFRs) was implemented in rural poverty-stricken areas in China, where local residents commonly depend on nearby forest resources for livelihoods. This study aimed to analyze the short-term and long-term effectiveness of the EFRs policy in China mainly in poverty alleviation and income growth, with a brief discussion on the ecological effect of the policy. A questionnaire survey was conducted in four counties in the Karst rocky desertification region in southwest China. By combing through the early literature on REDD+, community forestry, leasehold forestry, etc., this paper summarizes the experience and lessons of similar community forest management models, aiming to explain the unsustainability of EFRs policy from the perspective of forest tenure and governance. The findings of the effectiveness analysis of EFRs policy in the four poverty-stricken counties reflect different degrees of effect in rural households with different income levels. We believe that the EFRs policy has played important roles in short-term regional poverty alleviation while its potential for long-term income growth has not been stimulated. For the amendment of EFRs policy, we put forward the following points: (1) It is necessary to redesign the selection and recruitment mechanism, as well as the exit mechanism of EFRs adapting to the local conditions. (2) It is advisable to further improve the local assessment and monitoring system of forest protection quality of EFRs and optimize the establishment of benefit linkage mechanism between protection effectiveness and EFRs remuneration. (3) The EFRs remuneration standards should be dynamically raised to assure the active participation of EFRs in forest protection. Furthermore, there is a need for one more effective integration model of forest protection and rural livelihoods improvement, which is considered as a potential future research direction.
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Bilquees, Faiz. "Ponna Wignaraja. Women, Poverty, and Resources. New Delhi Newbury/ London: Sage Publications. 1990.242 pp." Pakistan Development Review 30, no. 1 (March 1, 1991): 100–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v30i1pp.100-101.
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Poverty alleviation with reference to gender has been the focus of attention of national and international organizations since the seventies. Massive international assistance, both financial and technical, has been given for such programmes. However, the success rate of such projects has been fairly low. Two major reasons can be given for this low rate of success: (i) the projects have been imposed from the top without due regard to the local conditions, and the target group, i.e., the women, have been treated as objects rather than subjects; (ii) the donors and the implementing agencies have not always focused on the ultimate goal of sustainable development The success stories are quoted quite extensively but they have not been followed. The underlying factor behind their success was a strong faith in the capabilities of the masses at the grassroots level and the maximum use of local talent and expertise. Ponna Wignaraja has produced a wealth of infonnation by providing an in-depth review of the successful poverty alleviation projects amongst women which can lead to sustainable development in South Asia. He first analyses the successful cases in detail, and then he looks at the not very successful projects in Africa and Latin America, suggesting guidlines from specific successful projects in South Asia.
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Nguyen, Van Hoang. "Tourism and Poverty: Perspectives and Experiences of Local Residents in Cu Lao Cham MPA, Vietnam." Tourism in Marine Environments 14, no. 3 (October 23, 2019): 179–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/154427319x15631036242632.
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Although the tourism–poverty nexus has received increased attention, limited research considers the perspectives of people residing (with)in marine protected areas (MPAs). This article examines the views and experiences of local people in Cu Lao Cham MPA, Vietnam, with regard to tourism and poverty alleviation. Participant observation and semistructured interviews were conducted with 41 local people working in tourism. Results suggest that most respondents are involved in tourism and fishery simultaneously. Although tourism contributes significantly to respondents' living conditions and to the local economy overall (e.g., jobs creation for poor people and women), benefits are distributed unequally, which increases social conflicts. The challenges facing local people in participating in tourism include a lack of capital, lack of market access, and obstacles caused by local policies. This research suggests that locals' perceptions of tourism are important criteria for evaluating the tourism–poverty alleviation nexus. Additionally, in the context of MPAs, local attitudes may have an effect on conservation outcomes. Further research should consider the wider views of local people and other tourism stakeholders with regard to tourism, poverty, and conservation.
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Asmorowati, Sulikah, and Violeta Schubert. "The efficacy of paradigmatic intersections between inclusive development and the feminisation of poverty." Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik 31, no. 2 (June 30, 2018): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.20473/mkp.v31i22018.119-127.
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This paper explores the paradigmatic intersections between ‘inclusive development’ and the ‘feminisation of poverty’. Intersections are typical in the development subject, with the extent of the efficacy of inclusive development enabling opportunities addressing gender equality. In the emergent synthesis of inclusive (economic) growth and strategies for poverty alleviation, the challenges and opportunities associated with the paradigmatic shifts are evident. This is the case in the programs that are directed at the women household heads, such as Program Penanggulangan Feminisisasi Kemiskinan or the Feminisation of Poverty Alleviation Program (PFK) in East Java. This paper is based on the research on the implementation of PFK in the Regions of Trenggalek, Lamongan, Nganjuk and Banyuwangi. It highlights the importance of delving deeper into the processes involved and how the program has facilitated economic empowerment through entrepreneurship. Using qualitative research methods involving observation, analysis of relevant documents, and interview with a total of 98 informants, this research finds that in targeting the women household heads as its beneficiaries, the PFK has enabled unforeseen gains in terms of giving a voice to women and heralding a change in their participation and inclusion in relation to community issues and activities. This research also finds that, there is the challenges associated with program’s sustainability. In this, we conclude that, the issue of whether a one-off cash transfer, though guided, can serve as an impetus for women to lift themselves out of poverty is dependent on a number of factors that requires a more holistic approach to the sustainable capacity of development and mentorship.
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Chowdhury, Mohammed Thanvir Ahmed, Musa Halima Begum, Md Ridwan Reza, and Tahrima Chowdhury Jannath. "Micro Credit and Women Empowerment: A Study on Grameen Bank’s Strategy of Poverty Alleviation." Global Disclosure of Economics and Business 2, no. 2 (December 31, 2013): 209–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.18034/gdeb.v2i2.189.
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Generally, it is held that, Women economic participation is positively related to their status. It is assumed that participation changes woman’s power relationship and hence her status in the family, and thus a woman having no such access will have relatively low power and status. Relatively argued, women experience hunger and poverty in much more intensive ways than men. If one of the family members has to starve, it is an unwritten law that it has to be the mother. That is why women were targeted in the center point of micro credit program. However, the stagnation in the impact of micro credit on income may have serious implication for the success of micro finance institution and their long term sustainability and therefore the question deserves serious attention from researchers. The above concerns are related mostly to the long term impact of micro credit. Thereby we were intended to see the structures which dictate dependence press on these women. And if the gains they have made in income and assets are to be sustained, the control they have negotiated over their lives is to be maintained. In this regard, we want to see how women can build their empowerment and what Grameen Bank can do to strengthen them for poverty alleviation.
JEL Classification Code: I32; E51