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Understanding poverty: perspectives from poor rural people in Oyo State, Nigeria

This thesis is an attempt to fill the gap in our knowledge about rural poverty and what it means to be poor. It has grown out of concerns that a lot has been said and written about poverty, yet poor people’s own understanding of their poverty is hardly ever included in policy and programs designed to reduce poverty. The rural poor are particularly marginalised in terms of voice as they are often represented by mere statistical figures. (For complete abstract open document)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/245435
Date January 2006
CreatorsAkindola, Rufus Boluwaji
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
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