a nation-wide concern in Nigeria in recent years. Almost everyday television broadcast‚ shows‚ newspapers‚ magazines and internet websites run and re-run pictures of dramatic acts of violence carried out by this ferocious sect. It is often hard not to be scared when we see gruesome pictures of people killed or maimed by Boko Haram in office buildings‚ public buses or trains‚ and on the streets. The federal government seems weak in maintaining law and order in Nigeria and lacks a viable strategy
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Umo Aly 111100101 Undergraduate student in BBA Microfinance Final Report Submit soft copy on July 5‚ 2013. Submit hard copy on August 13‚ 2013. A. Introduction a. This report is making with a purpose to control and reduce the number of poverty in Kedah‚ Malaysia as well as empowering those poor with a better chance of sustainable livelihood opportunities. This report is built up base on the
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someone has a lower education after spending time with them over time and talking to them for quite a while. College education appears to become more important and can affect a person in a lot of different ways. Getting a college education has many effects on everyone. People get prepared for the real world through college. They learn personal freedom and how to incorporate education in our society. College inspires people to dream‚ reach their highest aspirations‚ and to choose wisely. It is very confusing
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come from the world of the rich or the relatively well off. More important than the hedge fund or the liquid yield option note was the finding that the poor can save‚ can borrow‚ and will certainly repay loans. This is the world of microfinance. Definition Microfinance may be defined as "provision of thrift‚ credit and other financial services and products of very small amounts to the poor in rural‚ semi-urban or urban areas for enabling them to raise their income levels and improve living standards"
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MICROFINANCE AWARENESS AND IMPACT IN KENYA: A CASE OF NAIROBI COUNTY Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The need for development that saw the Kenya develop several strategies and plans such as the vision 2030 and the millennium development goals has led to development of the finance sector. The need for financing of the development projects has developed microfinance institutions in the country. Microfinance has received a lot of attention
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Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s highest rate. Yet‚ its poverty still remains
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COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS STUDIES DEPERTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS RESEARCH - PROPOSAL. TOPIC: The contribution of fishing industry towards poverty reduction in Zanzibar. SUPERVISOR: CANDIDATE: MR. BONGOLE‚ A J MUSSA‚ HANIFU T/UDOM/2010/03536
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The Causes and Effects of Poverty Sociology 402 “What is poverty? Poverty is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not having access to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a job‚ is fear for the future‚ living one day at a time. Poverty is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water. Poverty is powerlessness‚ lack of representation
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Effect of I.T on Accounting System in Nigeria 1.0 Introduction Information Technologies significantly affect human as well as other animal species’ ability to control and adapt to their natural environments. The human species’ use of technology began with the conversion of natural resources into simple tools. Information technology (IT) has created significant benefits for various profession as well as deferent aspect of the world economy. The application of the networks system has shortened
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The Effect of Poverty on Child Development and Educational Outcomes PATRICE L. ENGLEa a AND MAUREEN M. BLACK b California Polytechnic State University‚ San Luis Obispo‚ California‚ USA b University of Maryland Baltimore‚ Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ USA Poverty affects a child’s development and educational outcomes beginning in the earliest years of life‚ both directly and indirectly through mediated‚ moderated‚ and transactional processes. School readiness‚ or the child’s ability to use and profit from
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