An impact study of the Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) in Nigeria

Q3 Social Sciences

Etude de la Population Africaine Pub Date : 2019-08-23 DOI:10.11564/33-2-1405

Chinwe U. Nnama-Okechukwu, U. Okoye, Christy N. Obi-keguna, Chinyere E. Onalu, Agha A. Agha, J. Eneh, Angela I Ogbu, Eghosa A Erhunwunse, Anthony A Nwanze, Taiwo Okunsanya

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Background: The VSLA is an emerging movement of savings that promotes entrepreneurship development in rural communities; it has supported the growth of small and medium enterprise in rural communities as well as helped families at risk to enhance family well-being. There are however scare empirical studies on VSLAs in Nigeria, hence impact and learning is often not in the public domain. Method : In this article, we endeavored to clarify concept and present result from a qualitative study using Focus Group Discussion (FGD) for 48 families who participated in the SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria Family strengthening from 2010-2015. Result: Overall result suggest that VSLA is a programme intervention that is successful and sustainable. Results revealed that 70% of the families in the programme attained self-reliance within the project life span Conclusion: The results are discussed in relation to entrepreneurship development and need for social workers to create awareness on VSLA in rural communities in Nigeria

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对尼日利亚乡村储蓄贷款协会(VSLA)的影响研究

背景:VSLA是一种新兴的储蓄运动，促进了农村社区的创业发展;它支持农村社区中小企业的发展，并帮助面临风险的家庭提高家庭福利。然而，在尼日利亚，关于志愿服务协议的实证研究很少，因此影响和学习往往不在公共领域。方法:本文采用焦点小组讨论(Focus Group Discussion, FGD)对2010-2015年参与尼日利亚SOS儿童村家庭强化的48个家庭进行定性研究，试图澄清概念并给出结果。结果:总体结果表明VSLA是一个成功和可持续的方案干预。结果显示，参与该计划的70%的家庭在项目生命周期内实现了自力更生。结论:讨论了与创业发展和社会工作者在尼日利亚农村社区建立VSLA意识的需要有关的结果

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Etude de la Population Africaine Social Sciences-Demography

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期刊介绍： African Population Studies is a biannual, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles, reviews, commentaries, letters and case studies on topics related to the disciplines represented by the Union for African Population Studies Association. These disciplines include demography, population studies, public health, epidemiology, social statistics, population geography, development studies, economics and other social sciences that deal with population and development interrelationships that are unique and relevant to Africa and global audience.