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.accessioned2023-09-22T14:25:06Z
dc.date.available2023-09-22T14:25:06Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-26en
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 businessen
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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.typeResearch Thesesen
thesis.degree.levelPhden
thesis.matric.numberP15 SCGS 9007en
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