This paper is the second paper in a series of papers on Community Economic Development Strategic Framework for Poverty Alleviation in Local Government with particular attention to the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality (RMLM). The objective of this paper is twofold: (i) to examine the rationale...

In Nigeria, Community Based Organisations (CBOs) have been involved in diverse development and poverty reduction programmes in many states. In Oyo State, their involvements have been evident for more than five decades now, a long time enough for their impacts to be readily felt, thus due for...

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In recent years, microcredit has gained enormous success in reducing poverty on a global scale. As an efficient financial mechanism, microcredit empowers various impoverished people across communities and cities and enriches them with small loans/or set/employment projects that generate income,...