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World Bank Assisted Intervention Development Projects on Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria: An Impact Evaluation of National FADAMA III in Enugu State.

Maduekwe, Chinedu LU (2023) WPMM43 20231
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This evaluation research which deals with the World Bank-assisted intervention
development programme known as Fadama III in Nigeria precisely sought to investigate
how the National Fadama III Intervention Development Project impacted poverty
alleviation of the residents of Enugu State that participated in the project in relation to
their income level. The study made use of 168 benefiting households in the Fadama III
project and 67 non-benefiting households that were randomly selected. The data used in
the study were collected via a well-structured questionnaire that was analysed with the use
of descriptive inferential statistical tools. The difference-in-difference estimator was also
adopted in the comparison of changes that... (More)
This evaluation research which deals with the World Bank-assisted intervention
development programme known as Fadama III in Nigeria precisely sought to investigate
how the National Fadama III Intervention Development Project impacted poverty
alleviation of the residents of Enugu State that participated in the project in relation to
their income level. The study made use of 168 benefiting households in the Fadama III
project and 67 non-benefiting households that were randomly selected. The data used in
the study were collected via a well-structured questionnaire that was analysed with the use
of descriptive inferential statistical tools. The difference-in-difference estimator was also
adopted in the comparison of changes that occurred in the outcome measures and the
discoveries revealed among other things that 50% and 43.3 % of the respondents from
both Fadama and non-Fadama participants are respectively within the age range of 51-70
years. It was also discovered that both the treatment and control groups respectively had
56% and 59% males, 97.3% and 97% married people and 41.7% and 50.7% secondary
school graduates. The annual average income of most of the Fadama III participants
(39.9%) increased to above N400,000 after their participation in the project as opposed to
most of the participants (63.1%) income level of N1.00-N100,000 before the inception of
the Fadama III programme. The study also noted that the increase in the income level of
the participants may be attributed to their having an additional source of income, and
recommended the initiation of more poverty alleviation projects and mass media
promotion of it in order to encourage more youth participation in similar projects. (Less)
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Maduekwe, Chinedu LU
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WPMM43 20231
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H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
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Keywords: poverty, poverty alleviation, impact evaluation, Fadama, Fadama III.
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English
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Acknowledgement
It is indeed a thing of joy to get to this stage in my two years of academic sojourn in
Sweden. It has been full of ups and downs most especially in this thesis semester that I had
to travel for fieldwork. But in all things, I give praise to God Almighty for making this
research and this day a reality.
I would like to seize this opportunity to thank my supervisor, Jessica Andersson – Hudson
for her valued advice and good supervision of this thesis.
I also want to use this occasion to thank other academic and non-academic staff in the
Department of Political Science, Lund University for contributing their own quota to the
success of my stay at Lund University.
More importantly, I want to thank the management of Lund University Global
Scholarship and Crafoord Foundation for offering me the scholarships that aided and
sustained my stay at Lund University.
I finally want to thank my wife, children, brothers, sisters, cousins, nephews, nieces, inlaws, friends, and well-wishers for their positive contributions towards the success of this
thesis. I pray that God will bless you all abundantly.
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  abstract     = {{This evaluation research which deals with the World Bank-assisted intervention
development programme known as Fadama III in Nigeria precisely sought to investigate
how the National Fadama III Intervention Development Project impacted poverty
alleviation of the residents of Enugu State that participated in the project in relation to
their income level. The study made use of 168 benefiting households in the Fadama III
project and 67 non-benefiting households that were randomly selected. The data used in
the study were collected via a well-structured questionnaire that was analysed with the use
of descriptive inferential statistical tools. The difference-in-difference estimator was also
adopted in the comparison of changes that occurred in the outcome measures and the
discoveries revealed among other things that 50% and 43.3 % of the respondents from
both Fadama and non-Fadama participants are respectively within the age range of 51-70
years. It was also discovered that both the treatment and control groups respectively had
56% and 59% males, 97.3% and 97% married people and 41.7% and 50.7% secondary
school graduates. The annual average income of most of the Fadama III participants
(39.9%) increased to above N400,000 after their participation in the project as opposed to
most of the participants (63.1%) income level of N1.00-N100,000 before the inception of
the Fadama III programme. The study also noted that the increase in the income level of
the participants may be attributed to their having an additional source of income, and
recommended the initiation of more poverty alleviation projects and mass media
promotion of it in order to encourage more youth participation in similar projects.}},
  author       = {{Maduekwe, Chinedu}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{World Bank Assisted Intervention Development Projects on Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria: An Impact Evaluation of National FADAMA III in Enugu State.}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}