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 …

novel results. From a theoretical point of view, for any given transfer size, there is a critical level of household income … household might improve cash transfer effectiveness. …