TOPIC: REDUCING POVERTY THROUGH ENTREPRENEURIAL

DEVELOPMENT

Introduction

Poverty is basically the inability to meet the basic needs of life like food, shelter,
and clothing. In Nigeria, like many countries of the world, women experience poverty
more than men. This can be attributed to the burden of rural development in the country
which constraints them from building their human capitals like education and skills.

From the inception of history, poverty has being a situation that has plied many
members of any given society, irrespective of nation, country, race, tribe, or gender.
Poverty can be defined as lack of adequate resources to meet one’s basic needs in life
like food, shelter, and clothing. It can be defined as lack of sufficient money to take care
of oneself, family, or relations. Furthermore, poverty can be seen as the inability to enjoy
the good things of life or achieve set goals.

Entrepreneurial development is defined as the structured formal conveyance of

entrepreneurship competencies which in turn refers to the concepts, skills and mental
awareness used by individuals during the process of starting and developing their growth
oriented ventures. According to Bridge (2010) entrepreneurial development should not
be confused with general business and economic studies; its goal is to promote
creativity, innovation and self-employment and also include the following elements:
developing personal ability and skills that form the basis of an entrepreneurial mind-set
and behaviour (creativity, sense of initiative, risk-taking, autonomy, self-confidence,
leadership, team spirit etc.) raising the awareness of women about self-employment and
entrepreneurship as possible career option, working on concrete enterprise projects and
activities and providing specific business skills and knowledge of how to start a business
and run it successfully (Bridge, Hegarty and Porter, 2010).
Aim/Objectives of the Research
This research is aimed at the following essence or objectives.
The following are the objectives of this study:
1.   To determine the causes of poverty increase among in the economy
2.   To determine the government effort in reducing poverty in the country
3.   To examine the strategies to use in alleviating poverty in the country
4.   To determine the problems associated with the increase in poverty level among
citizens
5. To examine the effects of Poverty increase in the economy

6. To determine the Effect of Entrepreneurial Programmes among citizens

7. To Find out the effects of Entrepreneurial Development in the country

8. To find out the Impacts of Job creation in the Country

9. To determine the need for Entrepreneurial Education in Nigeria

10. To examine the Impact of self-employment in the economy

 QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTRATION

Reducing Poverty through Entrepreneurial Development

Instruction: Kindly answer the following by ticking (√) the most appropriate options to
indicate your level of agreement or disagreement. The meaning of the acronyms in the
boxes and parts are as follows:

Strongly Agreed (SA) – 5 points

Agreed (A) – 4 points

Undecided (U) – 3 points

Disagreed (D) – 2 points

Strongly Disagreed (SD) – 1 point

S/ VARIABLES S A U D SD
N A
1 The Causes of Poverty Increase among in the
Economy
Mismanagement of resources

2 Government Effort in Reducing Poverty in the

Country
Entrepreneurial Programmes

3 The Strategies to use in Alleviating Poverty in

the Country
Empowerment programmes

4 Problems Associated with the Increase in

Poverty Level among Citizens
Corruptions among citizens

5 Effects of Poverty increase in the economy

Reduction in standard of living

6 The Effect of Entrepreneurial Programmes

Job creation and opportunity
7 The effects of Entrepreneurial Development

Creation of Wealth

8 The Impact of Job creation in the Country

Increase in economy GDP

9 The need for Entrepreneurial Education

Development of personal Skills and abilities

10 The Impact of self-employment among citizens

Increase in standard of living and wealth