APPRAISAL OF WORLD BANK POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES. A CASE FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN/FARMERS IN ZARIA COMMUNITIES OF ZARIA L.G.A

APPRAISAL OF WORLD BANK POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES. A CASE FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN/FARMERS IN ZARIA COMMUNITIES OF ZARIA L.G.A

ABSTRACT
Poverty is a phenomenon the world over that has come to stay. The
emphasis now is on how to manage and live with it. Poverty is the state where
basic essentials needed to live a tolerable like is denied.
Every group of persons in a country is important in the development
process. If not contributing positively, it will certainly do so negatively. Thus
every group must be taken into consideration in any economic development plan
and for equitable distribution of the dividend of democracy.
The rural women, children and farmers are the worst hit by poverty. The
plight of these people is an indictment of decades of neglect. Part of the functions
of the World Bank is the reduction of rural poverty. The Bank’s poverty-reduction
strategy is a two-tracked one consisting of economic growth and investment in
people. The strategy lays more emphasis on the latter because adequate
management of this would lead to the former. The strategy participation of the
rural poor in policies that affect them. The plan indicates an awareness of the
need to shift emphasis to the development of the rural women and farmers by
empowering them as much as possible.
For proper rural development, the rural women/farmers need to be
empowered because their activities are vital to sustain them, their area and the
nation in general.
This research work therefore, looked at the concept of poverty generally
and how it affects the rural women/farmers in contributing their quota toward
economic development. Finally, the work tried to see if the World Bank poverty
reduction strategy and the government’s rural empowerment programmes has
failed these people or upheld them. In so doing, data was collected and analyzed
from selected communities in Zaria local government area.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page- – – – – – – – – i
Approval page – – – – – – – -ii
Dedication – – – – – – – – -iii
Acknowledgement – – – – – – – -iv
Abstract – – – – – – – – – -v
Table of content – – – – – – – -vi

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION – – – – – – – -1
1.0 Background of the study – – – – -1
1.1 Statement of the problem – – – – -5
1.2 Purpose of the study – – – – – -6
1.3 Significance of the study – – – – -8
1.4 Research questions – – – – – -9
1.5 Scope of the study – – – – – – -10

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW – – – – – – -11

CHAPTER THREE

Research methodology – – – – – – -39
Design of study – – – – – – – -40

CHAPTER FOUR

Presentation, analysis and interpretation of data – -48

CHAPTER FIVE

Summary of findings – – – – – – -60
Conclusion – – – – – – – – -61
Recommendations – – – – – – – -62
Suggestions for further research – – – – -64
References – – – – – – – – -65
Appendix I – – – – — – – – -68
Questionnaire. – – – – – – – -69

APPRAISAL OF WORLD BANK POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES. A CASE FOR THE EMPOWERMENT OF RURAL WOMEN/FARMERS IN ZARIA COMMUNITIES OF ZARIA L.G.A