| Abstract: | This is an MSW thesis on Assessment Women Savings and Credit Cooperative Services in
Zuway Dugda District, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. The general objective was to assess
socio-economic contributions of Savings and Credit Cooperatives to improve rural poor
women’s living conditions and their socio-economic and political empowerment and suggest
credible recommendations on how the savings and credit services delivered have brought change
in economic, human and social capital assets. The specific objectives of the study included to
assess the role of Savings and Credit Cooperatives Services in poverty reduction through
economic and social development and employment creation; to examine the contributions of the
Savings and Credit Cooperative Services improving of income, expenditure, shelter, household
assets, food access, education and healthcare services and to assess the improvement of decision
making power of members at family and community levels. The researcher employed
quantitative and qualitative research approaches and methods to collect the pertinent primary and
secondary data from respective sources. Universe of the study comprised of 527 women in those
rural villages of the District and sample size was 70 women in the Cooperatives. The study found
out that poor women in the study area have shown exemplary role in fighting poverty through
organizing themselves and pooling their meager resources in improving their living and working
conditions. The study revealed the importance of cooperative services for the well-being of
members, their families and their community. |
