Tackling Poverty: A Thesis Being Submitted for the Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements of the Cardiff Metropolitan University in Collaboration with the London College of Commerce (An Associate College) for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

This study investigates what young people and community organisations see as their support needs in Bayelsa State of Nigeria in “tackling poverty. It also examines the process of influencing policy makers, using social marketing techniques. It seeks to expand understanding of the poverty elimination processes: not only within a developing country’s rural environmental context, but also endeavours to generalize the findings more broadly. It seeks an inclusive approach to policy determination...