Evaluation of Poverty Alleviation Programs in Saki East Local Governments of Oyo State: Poverty Allevation Programs in Nigerian Local Governments

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, grade: -, Obafemi Awolowo University (Department of Public Administration), course: Pad 646, language: English, comment: Public policy and Decision Making , abstract: The term paper evaluated poverty alleviation programs in saki east local government of oyo state. It also identified various poverty programs in saki east local government of oyo state and examined the implementational strategies for these programs in the local government. It also assessed the impact of the poverty alleviation programs on the people of saki east local government area, This was necessitated by the need to make poverty alleviation more effective and beneficial to the people of the local government. The paper utilized primary and secondary data. Primary data were questionnaire while secondary data were textbooks,journals,internet sources etc The term paper revealed that there is a need to shift emphasis to target approach to poverty reduction in Nigeria. It also revealed that there is for target women and other vulnerable group of poor people in order to prevent bias against women in accessing information above poverty alleviation programs. The paper concluded that poverty alleviaton plans should be well comprehensive coordinated and well funded in order to make it more effective and beneficial to the people of saki east local government of oyo state.