Women and economic development in Ebonyi state Department:Public Administration By: valentine147 Project ID: 3366 Rating: (3.1) votes: 16 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThis research work titled women and economic development in Ebonyi State - A study of Catholic Women Organization in Izzi Local Government Area. The objectives that guide this study were to examine the extent to which provision of hair dressing and barbing equipment to indigent youths by CWO contributes to the economic development of Izzi local government area and evaluate the extent to which provision of soft loan by Catholic Women Organization contributes to economic empowerment of Izzi women. The study adopted the Empowerment Theory propounded by Julian Rappaport 1984. Also, the study adopted a descriptive research design. As quantitative research, it utilized primary and secondary sources of data. Data were collected using questionnaires administered to respondents. The population of the study was 50955 women drawn from five parishes in Izzi Local Government Area. Taro Yamani formula was used to get the sample size of 398 while the sampling technique adopted simple random sampling to guide the distribution of questionnaires. Chi-square was used for the testing of the three hypotheses that guided the study. The findings revealed that the provision of hair dressing and barbing equipment to indigent youths by CWO contributes to the economic development of Izzi Local Government Area provision of soft loans by CWO contributes to the economic empowerment of Izzi women. By implication increases the economic advancement of Izzi Local Government Area. Therefore, the following were recommended: Efforts should be made by the government to encourage and support CWO and other organization to create job opportunities to indigent youths by so doing and prevent them from idleness: More efforts should be made by the CWO to encourage and support women to practice mechanized farming in Izzi Local Government Area through grants of soft loan since it is an agrarian environment. ...Preview Download Preview +Other Public Administration project topics and materials you might be interested in»Impact of industrial conflict on the performance of workers in the government parastatal (a case study of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)»Human resources as a catalyst for economic growth and development in Nigeria (a case study of Abuja municipal area council) »The influence of effective personnel management practice in organization performance»Local government financial autonomy and grass root development in Nigeria (a case study of Afikpo north local government area)»Manpower training and development as a tool for effective performance in public sector in Nigeria»The impact of poor revenue generation on the development of Local Government Areas»Enhancing political stability in Nigeria through good governance ( a case study of Abia state)»Niger-Delta crisis and its impact on socio-economic development in Nigeria»Bureaucracy and efficiency (a case study of Enugu state civil service)»Political instability a major hindrance to effective policy implementation and good governance (a case study of Nigeria 1983 -1999)»Effects of delayed payment of lecturers salaries and wages on students performance»Fuel subsidy removal and the Nigerian economy (a case study of Abakiliki local government area, Ebonyi state) »Accountability and corruption in local government in Nigeria (Case study of Bonny local government area of Rivers state)»Impact of collective bargaining techniques on industrial relations practice (a case study of two selected firms from NUPENG and NUBIFE)»The influence of employee behaviour on the internal audit function of an organization (a case study of P.Z. industries plc Aba)