Human Resource Development, Panacea to Poverty Alliviation in A Developing Economy.
ABSTRACT
Human resources coordinates the non-human resources of an organization towards the actualization of the organizational goals.
Thus the economic growth and productivity of any nation depends to a great extent on the quality of its human resource development or capacity building which in turn, plays a great role in reducing poverty mainly in developing countries.
Developing economies place much emphasis on economic growth as a fantastic measure to poverty reduction. However, reliance on the economic growth strategy to achieve the desired level of poverty reduction is now being questioned.
A preferred approach is a multi-dimensional one in which the economic growth strategy is combined with interventions by government and non-governmental organizations to improve the conditions of supply of basic amenities both to rural and urban areas.
Moreover, a holistic concept approach was adopted regarding the various stakeholders involved in human development and poverty reduction such as government, credit institutions, policy makers, and non-governmental organizations.
This research work was carried out in different parts of the country but with particular emphasis/attention in Abia State. The statement of the main problem being the fact that human development is a panacea to poverty reduction.
The work is also a compulsory overview and has formally reflected that any form of poverty reduction in any country without traces of good human development will definitely end in shambles.
Conclusively, the point so far made is that the effect to poverty reduction in Nigeria and other developing countries could only withstand the test of times when human development is increasing in geometrical progression so that any form of government policies, economical, political and cultural reforms will be actualized.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page – – – – – – – – – i
Approval – – – – – – – – – ii
Certification – – – – – – – – iii
Dedication – – – – – – – – – iv
Acknowledgements – – – – – – – v
Abstract – – – – – – – – – vi
Table of Content – – – – – – – – vii
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study – – – – – 4
1.2 Statement of the Problem – – – – – 7
1.3 Objectives of the Study – – – – – 9
1.4 Research Questions – – – – – – 10
1.5 Statement of Hypotheses – – – – – 10
1.6 Scope of the Study – – – – – – 11
1.7 Limitation of the Study – – – – – – 12
1.8 Significance of the Study – – – – – 12
References- – – – – – – – – 15
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Human Developments and Insight – – – – 18
2.2 Challenges Facing Human Development in Nigeria – 27
2.3 Historic Approach to Poverty Reduction – – 32
2.4 Causes of Poverty on Its Consequences – – 34
2.5 Education for Poverty Alleviation- – – – 37
2.6 The Link between Information and Communication Technology and Poverty Alleviation 39
2.7 Potential of ICT in human development – – 40
2.8 Constraints to effectiveness of poverty reduction programmes in Nigeria – – – 43
2.9 Measures towards enhancing poverty reduction programmes in Nigeria – – 46
References- – – – – – – – – 48
CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND PROCEDURE
3.1 Research Design – – – – – – 49
3.2 Sample Size and Sampling Technique – – 51
3.3 Data Collection – – – – – – – 53
3.5 Data Analysis Technique – – – – – 54
References- – – – – – – – – 57
CHAPTER FOUR PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA
4.1 Data Presentation – – – – – – 58
4.2 Testing of Hypotheses – – – – – 70
CHAPTER FIVE SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary of the Findings – – – – – 75
5.2 Conclusion – – – – – – – – 79
5.3 Recommendations – – – – – – 80
5.4 Suggestion for Further Research – – – – 82
Bibliography
Questionnaire
INTRODUCTION
It is not controversial to say that Nigeria is the most populous and one of the largest countries in sub-Saharan African. The issue of poverty in different parts of the world is no longer news but well known stories.
Nigeria is not an exception when it comes to poverty issues in the world. There is on-going effort to fight poverty in the world including the African continent.
Despite Nigeria’s socio-economic and political situations she has been unstable for more than four decades after independence, with adverse consequences live non consolidation of our nascent democracy, welfare and poverty among its citizens.
More so, it is more perplexing that despite the huge resources (human and non human) that have been devoted to poverty reduction and the different phases of poverty reduction programmes that have been introduced by successive governments, no significant success has been achieved in this direction.
The Human Development Index (HDI 2010) reveals that Nigeria was ranked very low in Human Development Index. Nigeria ranked 142nd out of 169 countries that were studied.
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