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