The Role of Small Scale Enterprises in Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Sokoto State

Abubakar Ibrahim, Sirajo; Ladan, Zayyanu

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The Role of Small Scale Enterprises in Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Sokoto State

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Abstract:

Poverty reduction is a major goal and issue for many international organizations such as the United Nations and the World Bank. The World Bank estimated 1.29 billion people were living in absolute poverty in 2008. This is more obvious with the regard to Nigeria where it was estimated about 70 % (2010) of the population are living below poverty line. Similarly, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently released the figure in 2013., which indicate Sokoto state as having highest incidence of poverty, with 81.2 % poverty rate. The pressure of poverty and the absence of any other income earning activity during the dry season force the people in these area of the North Western part of Sokoto on Migration after every raining season across the country, in order to sustain their livelihood. This paper is of the opinion that rural dwellers can be self reliant within their locality by utilizing the available resources as well as establishing some new business ideas for small scale business as a strategy in poverty reduction and controlling high migration rate. Similarly the paper recommend among others, the effective enlightenment awareness and motivation on the role of boosting the economic development of the rural areas.

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International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences (Volume 32)

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197-203

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https://doi.org/10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.32.197

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S. Abubakar Ibrahim and Z. Ladan, "The Role of Small Scale Enterprises in Poverty Reduction in Rural Areas of Sokoto State", International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, Vol. 32, pp. 197-203, 2014

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June 2014

Authors:

Sirajo Abubakar Ibrahim, Zayyanu Ladan

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Poverty Reduction, Rural Areas, Small Scale Enterprises

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