THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES (A CASE STUDY OF IKEUDO ENUGU SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT)

ABSTRACT The aim of this project was to find out the role of Ijeudo (Enugu South) women cooperative society development of Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State.  The subject matter use of the study consisted of four hundred and ninety nine women cooperative from six registered women cooperative in the same local government sample size was use din selecting these four hundred and ninety nine cooperative from the population of the six registered local government.  Questionnaire and oral interview were the major instrument used for the study. A total of 550 questionnaires were administered to registered numbers of cooperative societies, of this number’s 499 were completed and returned, one more questionnaire was administered to the divisional cooperative officers in Enugu South Local Government Area.  He also stressed on the need for the cooperative officers in Enugu South Local Government Area encouraging the women to invest more on productive ventures there are more collection of individual loans from the cooperative.  This will help provide employment opportunities for the members of the people of Enugu South in general.
TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE APPROVAL PAGE DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ABSTRACT TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE 1.0INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1.2STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 1.3OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 1.4SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 1.5SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

CHAPTER TWO  2.0THE LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1THE CONCEPT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2.2THE IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATIVE IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT
2.3GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION IN COOPERATIVE 2.4THE TREND OF GROWTH OF WOMEN COOPERATIVE IN ENUGU SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA
2.5COOPERATIVE EDUCATIVE AND TRAINING 2.6ORGANISING AND FINANCING EDUCATION 2.6.1THE YOUTH AND WOMEN IN COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT
2.6.2 WOMEN IN MICRO CREDIT  2.6.3 FACTOR THAT HINDERS THE CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN COOPERATIVE IN THE ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER THREE 3.0RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 3.1SOURCE OF DATA 3.2METHODS OF INVESTIGATION 
CHAPTER FOUR 4.0PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS 4.1PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA 4.2INTERPRETATION OF DATA
CHAPTER FIVE 5.0SUMMARY OF FINDING, RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION
5.1SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 5.2RECOMMENDATIONS 5.3SUMMARY  5.4SUGGESTION FOR FURTHER RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY