COOPERATIVE AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION (A CASE STUDY OF AROCHUKWU NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA)

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 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY  1.2STATEMENT OF PROBLEM 1.3PURPOSE OF THE STUDY 1.4SIGNFICANCE OF THE STUDY 1.5SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
CHAPTER TWO 2.0REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1WHAT IS POVERTY 2.2HOW TO REDUCE POVERTY 2.3THE EFFECTS OF POVERTY 2.4GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL O RGNAISTION INVOLVEMENT IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION
2.5HOW COOPERATIVE CAN BE USED TO REDUCE POVERTY
CHAPTER THREE 3.0RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 3.1SOURCES OF DATA 3.2METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
CHAPTER FOUR 4.0DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS 4.1PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA 4.2INTERPRETATION OF DATA
CHAPTER FIVE 5.0SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION 5.1SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
5.2RECOMMENDATION 5.3CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY