Abstract:
Entrepreneurship is considered as an alternative way to tackle some of the socio
economic problems that bedeviled some countries presently, especially problem of
high unemployment and poverty. Entrepreneurship development is the process of
enhancing entrepreneurial skills and knowledge through structured training and
institutional building programs focused on individuals who wish to start or expand a
business. One of the major challenges facing developing and underdeveloped
countries of the world is poverty. It has been so endemic as a result of the high rate of
unemployment that has become the major characteristic of the developing and
underdeveloped countries of the world. The study focused on the role of
entrepreneurship development on poverty alleviation in Cumilla district. A sample of
50 respondents was selected randomly from the selected area of Cumilla district.
Multiple regression analysis was used as the statistical procedure to analyze the data.
All the seven variables jointly explained 89.0% of the variation in explaining
entrepreneurs total income (R
2
=0.890, and adj. R
xii
2
=0.872). The results supported four
hypotheses, which confirmed that entrepreneurship development has positive
relationship with total income. However, three hypotheses were rejected on the
relationship between entrepreneurship development and total income, suggesting that
entrepreneurship development does not improve the respondent‟s total income. The
unique finding of the study is that, entrepreneurial experience is the underlying factor
for the increase of total income. To enable generalization of this finding, further study
is recommended in other districts. Keywords: Entrepreneurship Development, Poverty
Alleviation.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agribusiness Management,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRIBUSINESS AND MARKETING
