SELF-HELP ORGANIZATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: A NECESSITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS IN NIGERIA

ANICHE, ALEXANDER (2010) SELF-HELP ORGANIZATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT: A NECESSITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS IN NIGERIA. International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Reviews, 1 (1). pp. 126-131. ISSN 0781-3232

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Abstract

All over the world, especially in developing countries, rural development is current’y being visited with new interest, particularly by the governmental agencies, organizations and institutions seeking strategy that is capable of accelerating the process of development. This concern is just jfied and long overdue in Nigeria not because the concept is new but it is because the gap in economic and social development between urban and rural areas in Nigeria continues to widen leading to social crisis and dissatisfaction. This work is on self-help organizations and rural development: A necessity for the development of rural areas in Nigeria Rural development is a strategy designed to improve the economic and social conditions of a specfic group of people - the rural poor. It involves extending the benefits of the development to the poorest among those who seek a livelihood in the rural areas. It is directed to the modernization of the rural areas and thus the important of self-help organizations in rural development cannot be over emphasized. Basic need theory form the theoretical framework for this work and the work covers. (l)The aims and objectives of self-help organizations in rural development (2) The roles of self-help organizations in rural development. (3)The financial sources of self-help organizations. (4) The problems of self-help organizations (5) Solutions to the problems of self-help organization in rural development and (6) Conclusion.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 25 Sep 2019 08:17
Last Modified: 25 Sep 2019 08:17
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/2102

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