ABSTRACT

This study is designed to show how cooperative societies can alleviate poverty in Arochukwu North Local Government Area, Abia State.

The sample consist of 25 farmer cooperative society members, 25 marketing cooperative society members, 25 credit and thrift cooperative society members and 25 consumer cooperative society members.

The main instrument used for collecting data was questionnaire. The sample was collected through random sampling techniques and statistical method used for data analysis in sample percentage.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE

APPROVAL PAGE 

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 

1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

1.4 SIGNFICANCE OF THE STUDY

1.5 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY

CHAPTER TWO

2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1 WHAT IS POVERTY

2.2 HOW TO REDUCE POVERTY

2.3 THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY

2.4 GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL O RGNAISTION INVOLVEMENT IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

2.5 HOW COOPERATIVE CAN BE USED TO REDUCE POVERTY

CHAPTER THREE

3.0 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

3.1 SOURCES OF DATA

3.2 METHOD OF INVESTIGATION

CHAPTER FOUR

4.0 DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

4.1 PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA

4.2 INTERPRETATION OF DATA

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION

5.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

5.2 RECOMMENDATION

5.3 CONCLUSION

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