Abstract
The fight against poverty is one of the key components of the development of any country. If the percentage of poor people is high, there will be slow development. The government policies and program such as YOUWIN, Better Life is aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship and supporting women into business. Despite these efforts, poverty incidence still increases among women in micro business. This study examined government alleviation programs and dimension of poverty among women into micro business in Anambra state, Nigeria. It is a descriptive survey research. Probability and non- probability sampling technique were employed in which the samples were drawn using multi-stage sampling and purposive sampling technique. Questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi-square and Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). The findings of this study showed that most women participating in micro business are not aware of poverty reduction programs and do not have access to such programs. The study also found out that most of the women still experience hardship, no access to infrastructure, no good health care system and low standard of living which indicates that poverty has not reduced. The study recommended among others that the government should target its reduction policies towards the multidimensional indicators (good infrastructure, good health care system etc.) of poverty in order to eradicate poverty.
Highlights
The world economy is characterized by various problems which the most disturbing one is how to alleviate extreme poverty (Kazeem, 2018)
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION Poverty is a common feature in our rural society today. 65% of Nigerians live below the poverty line without access to basic goods and services
The study found that women into micro business have no access to the programmes and are Multidimensional poor in which they still experience hardship, malnutrition, no access to infrastructures, good health care system and low standard of living poverty has not reduced among women into micro business in Anambra state
Summary
The world economy is characterized by various problems which the most disturbing one is how to alleviate extreme poverty (Kazeem, 2018). This study empirically examined government intervention policy, to find out if women into micro business have access to these programme and to know the dimension of poverty among women into micro business in Anambra state. According to Adofu and Ocheja (2013), Poverty alleviation refers to sustained improvements in the living conditions of a particular group of people They posit that poverty alleviation as a concept is closely related to development, which they described as chance process characterized by increased productivity, equalization in the distribution of social products and emergence of indigenous institutions whose relations with the outside world are characterized by equity rather than by dependence or subordination. Empirical literature review A number of Studies provided empirical evidence on the role of women micro business on poverty alleviation in Nigeria. The individual is considered to be multidimensional poor if her total sum of deprivation score is greater than or equal to 3
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