Accurate poverty measurement relies on household consumption data, but such data are often inadequate, outdated or … to produce estimates for several poverty indicators including headcount poverty, extreme poverty, poverty gap, near-poverty … rates, as well as mean consumption levels and the entire consumption distribution. Analyzing 22 multi-topic household …

This study explored the relationship between microfinance and poverty reduction among Female-headed households (FHHs … poverty of FHHs, the Microfinance Banks should further increase the loans allocated to FHHs and all levels of government …

farmers in Nigeria and adopting the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke (FGT) poverty measures the study observed that farmers that … attention by policy makers in the efforts to reduce poverty among smallholder farmers in rural Nigeria. Farmers should be …The desire to increase household income and insure against agricultural production risk has led rural households to …

poverty. However, the evidence supporting these promises has been largely inconclusive. This study examined the impact of a … rural microcredit scheme targeting women on vulnerability and empowerment of the beneficiaries and their household members …. The study was conducted in collaboration with the Amoye Microfinance Bank, Ikere Ekiti, Nigeria. Data was collected from a …

depend on their being employed. The paper uses data from Nigeria’s General Household Survey to characterize inducing factors …The paper focuses on the increasing incidence of working poor families in Nigeria. Data from the ILO and NBS suggest … that, not only is the number of working poor families in Nigeria increasing, despite governments efforts at increasing the …