ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME ON PERFORMANCE OF RURAL WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorMuhammad Abdu MAGOen
dc.creatorMuhammad Abdu MAGOen
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-22T20:51:37Z
dc.date.available2023-09-22T20:51:37Z
dc.description.abstractThis study assessed the impact of economic empowerment programme (2008 – 2015) on performance of rural women entrepreneurs in Jigawa State, Nigeria. Primary data was collected from 405 respondents through the use of random sampling technique with the aid of a semi-structured questionnaire. The statistical tools used to analyze the data include;descriptive statistics;difference-in-difference analysis; cross-tabulation analysis; correlation analysis, Likert scale and regression analysis. Result from the study shows that (81%) of the women beneficiaries were married, with a mean age of35 years, majority of the women beneficiaries had formal education. The study shows that close to (90%) of the sampled entrepreneurs reported strongly that skills acquisition component of the economic empowerment impacted positively on their enterprise performance, similarly about (89%) of them strongly agreed that capacity building had positive influence on their entrepreneurial venture performance, nearly (82%) of the sampled entrepreneurs strongly agree that a positive relationship exist between equipment provision and entrepreneurial performance. The difference-in-difference analysis revealed that the government economic empowerment programme impacted positivelyon the performance of the beneficiaries with (84.8%) increase in profit, (31.4%) increase in income level and (41.3%) increase in savings after the intervention. The multiple regression analysis revealed that, the coefficients of determination; age (0.302), level of education (0.271), improvement upon completion of training (0.288), additional equipment purchased (0.526), capacity building training (0.408) and marital status (– 0.143)were the major determinants of rural women entrepreneurial performance. The value of the F-Statistics is 149.637 indicating a positive influence of economic empowerment on entrepreneurial performance of rural women entrepreneurs in Jigawa State. Fifty-nine percent of the beneficiaries have fully utilized the additional funds they received to purchase additional materials needed for their business xix improvement. On the beneficiaries‟ perception of the economic empowerment programme, (90%) of the sampled entrepreneurs from the three geopolitical zones in the State agreed that, there was neither sentiment or favouritism in selection of beneficiaries for the economic empowerment intervention, still, (47%) of the sampled entrepreneurs agreed that the government is the sole contributor to their success since it‟s the government that provided them with all the entrepreneurial skills, equipment and working tools as well as start-up grants, especially those from Jigawa central.Ninety-eight percent of the rural women entrepreneurs revealed that the total package they have received was not sufficient for their enterprise operation especially the cash advanced to them which was a major challenge on the operation of their enterprise. The study concluded that economic empowerment impacted positively on performance among rural women entrepreneurs in Jigawa State, Nigeria. The study recommends that Jigawa State government should re-introduce the programme with more improved packages within the State to promote rural women participation, especially to meet up with the drive in the country as well as global entrepreneurial settings.en
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dc.publisherAhmadu Bello University Zariaen
dc.titleASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME ON PERFORMANCE OF RURAL WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIAen
dc.typePost Graduate Thesesen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.matric.number P15 SCGS 9007en
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