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Impact of Microfinance on Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria

Poverty leads to the denial of all human rights and poses a threat to peace. Microfinance emerged across the globe to reduce poverty in the early 1970s, invented by Professor Muhammad Yunus, an economist. The effect of microfinance in reducing poverty is constantly questioned, despite its substantial contribution to aiding the underprivileged globally. To address this pressing issue, this study investigates the relationship between microfinance and poverty alleviation, as well as the impact of microfinance on poverty alleviation. Using an empirical case study, this paper investigates how far m…