Entrepreneurship Development Programme as a Mechanism for Poverty Reduction in Nigeria
Poverty is a global threat and more devastating in the developing world. In line with the global proclamation, Nigeria government introduced several intervention programmes to address the problems of mass unemployment, low productivity, high inflation, and poverty. Against this backdrop, this con...
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| author | Kontagora, Waziri Musa |
| author2 | A Kadir, Nadhrah |
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| description | Poverty is a global threat and more devastating in the developing world. In line with the global
proclamation, Nigeria government introduced several intervention programmes to address the
problems of mass unemployment, low productivity, high inflation, and poverty. Against this
backdrop, this conceptual paper employed secondary data to analyze the contribution of
entrepreneurship development on poverty alleviation in Nigeria. The paper contends that
entrepreneurship development program (EDP) in Nigeria offer a palliative measure in addressing
unemployment crises vis-à-vis poverty reduction among our teeming graduates. The failure of
EDP was attributed paucity of fund, political instability, corruption and lack of administrative
capacity to provide a holistic approach to the policy on poverty reduction etc. To this end, the
paper wishes to recommend that government needs to create an investor-friendly environment,
that can address the dilapidated infrastructural facilities especially, power sector, roads and
railways, adequate security and give every citizen the sense of belonging among others.
Keywords: Poverty, Entrepreneurship, Development, Program. |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-406132018-05-25T06:21:16Z http://eprints.usm.my/40613/ Entrepreneurship Development Programme as a Mechanism for Poverty Reduction in Nigeria Kontagora, Waziri Musa H1-99 Social sciences (General) Poverty is a global threat and more devastating in the developing world. In line with the global proclamation, Nigeria government introduced several intervention programmes to address the problems of mass unemployment, low productivity, high inflation, and poverty. Against this backdrop, this conceptual paper employed secondary data to analyze the contribution of entrepreneurship development on poverty alleviation in Nigeria. The paper contends that entrepreneurship development program (EDP) in Nigeria offer a palliative measure in addressing unemployment crises vis-à-vis poverty reduction among our teeming graduates. The failure of EDP was attributed paucity of fund, political instability, corruption and lack of administrative capacity to provide a holistic approach to the policy on poverty reduction etc. To this end, the paper wishes to recommend that government needs to create an investor-friendly environment, that can address the dilapidated infrastructural facilities especially, power sector, roads and railways, adequate security and give every citizen the sense of belonging among others. Keywords: Poverty, Entrepreneurship, Development, Program. School of Social Sciences, USM A Kadir, Nadhrah Rahmat, Siti Rahyla Mohd Tayeb, Azmil Mohd, Saidatulakmal 2017 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/40613/1/ART_39.pdf Kontagora, Waziri Musa (2017) Entrepreneurship Development Programme as a Mechanism for Poverty Reduction in Nigeria. In: Social Sciences Postgraduate International Seminar (SSPIS) 2017. School of Social Sciences, USM, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, pp. 302-307. ISBN 9789671544013 |
| spellingShingle | H1-99 Social sciences (General) Kontagora, Waziri Musa Entrepreneurship Development Programme as a Mechanism for Poverty Reduction in Nigeria |
| title | Entrepreneurship Development Programme as a Mechanism for Poverty Reduction in
Nigeria |
| title_full | Entrepreneurship Development Programme as a Mechanism for Poverty Reduction in
Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Entrepreneurship Development Programme as a Mechanism for Poverty Reduction in
Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Entrepreneurship Development Programme as a Mechanism for Poverty Reduction in
Nigeria |
| title_short | Entrepreneurship Development Programme as a Mechanism for Poverty Reduction in
Nigeria |
| title_sort | entrepreneurship development programme as a mechanism for poverty reduction in nigeria |
| topic | H1-99 Social sciences (General) |
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