[PDF] Top 20 Microfinancing for Poverty Reduction and Economic Development; a Case for Nigeria

... For economic development, it has been described as a sustained growth in superstructures and national income ...say poverty is as a result of idle productive ...the economic resources are ... See full document

... Agricultural producer’s opportunities for additional financial resources over the past two decades, faced a lot of constraints which have impacts on production, farm restructuring and investments to be carried out. These ... See full document

... financial development may precipitate financial crises in the short run but the long-run effect through economic growth has far reaching impact that outweighs the short term ...sector development, ... See full document

... with poverty, giving a breakdown of rural poverty in Nigeria from their statistics, urban poverty rate increased upward from 3 percent in 1980 to ...rural poverty increased from ... See full document

... Hnatkouska and Louyza (2003) and Chaimi et al. (2009) argued that constant inflows of remittances reduce macroeconomic shocks, especially volatility in output. This enhances rapid growth of the economy. More so, Ratha et ... See full document

... monetary development in the course of recent years because of low nourishment ...yearly development rate of ...World Development Report (World Bank, 2008) calls for more prominent interest in farming ... See full document

... of poverty (Anyanwu, 1993). These poor economic conditions have become worsened with the false consumption pattern of the populace (Sule, ...the poverty situation in the country took a more drastic ... See full document

... that poverty is indeed increasing in Nigeria, based on the poverty assessment study commissioned and sponsored by the World Bank in 1995 (Akanji, ...that economic development continues ... See full document

... extreme poverty with its attendant component of acute hunger and ...absolute poverty. Nigeria being the giant of Africa as it is popularly called is not exempted from this ...of poverty is ... See full document

... handle, economic advantage and availability of local extension workers encouraged technology ...on poverty reduction among goat farming ...to poverty reduction among poor farmers but ... See full document

... on poverty ratio. This implies that economic growth as proxied by GDP per capita has been effective in not only increasing the country‘s average income but also the income of the poor within the ...the ... See full document

... capital development as the process of increasing the knowledge, the skills and the capacity of all the people in the ...In economic terms, he states “it is the accumulation of human capital and its ... See full document

... and poverty are inextricably intertwined, resulting in a vicious cycle in which poverty causes environmental stress, which in turn perpetuates more ...if poverty and urbanization persist at present ... See full document

... – economic development ...into economic and commercial activities that are of benefit to the society, without regard to the difficulties that are ... See full document

... to economic growth across ...encourage economic growth directly as well as indirectly through increased social equality and ...encourage economic growth and reduce inequality in the distribution of ... See full document

... Mobilization and circulation of finance is the primary requirement of development of an economy. Achieving inclusive growth makes financial inclusion a key policy concern for a developing nation like ... See full document

... The election of councilors in most countries is by simple majority through universal adult suffrage. However, in South Africa the election of councilors is more complex and it involves a combination of proportional ... See full document

... The Gambia is involved in ongoing negotiations for a comprehensive EPA with the EU as part of the Economic Community of West African States. The results of a 2004 empirical analysis of the potential impacts of an ... See full document

... of poverty in Indonesia gave rise to various diseases in high risk groups such as pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, children, and ...the economic crisis in 1997, the number of poor in Indonesia is ... See full document

... on poverty indicators were calculated in a separate poverty module using the representative household (RH) ...A poverty line of ...rural poverty incidence (P0) in the 2005 data set in the ... See full document