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Poverty is an issue of national concern. Given the enormity and complexity of the problem, there hasn´t been any administration of government that can succeed without initiation of one or more poverty alleviation programmes, either as a direct attack on poverty or indirectly. And evidence has shown inadequacies of the various approaches to poverty alleviation. This research work therefore, attempt an appraisal of the various poverty alleviation programmes and their effectiveness in improving the condition of living of the people.

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Idowu Adenike Esther is a lecturer in sociology department, Covenant University. My area of specialization is medical sociology and my research interest is primarily on maternal and child health, social policy and gender development.

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