Abstract
The study sought to: ascertain the extent to which ANIDS has reduced poverty through massive rural road expansion in Anambra State; determine the level to which ANIDS has contributed to rehabilitation of dilapidated primary and secondary schools in Anambra State; verify the extent to which ANIDS has contributed to the provision of safe drinking water for people in Anambra State and determine the extent to which ANIDS has reduced transportation problems of the major cities in the state. Integrated Rural Development (IRD), theory was adopted as the theoretical framework of analysis. Descriptive survey design was adopted with a total population of one million, two hundred and eleven thousand, seven hundred and twenty four (1,211,724) drawn from the six (6) selected local government areas of the state. A sample size of 400 was utilized, determined with the use of Taro Yamani formula. The major instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the hypotheses formulated for the study. Findings among other things revealed that ANIDS objective of poverty reduction through massive rural road expansion was not optimally achieved. It was therefore recommended that more attention should be paid to construction and reconstruction of rural roads in the State to facilitate agricultural activities for food security and by extension poverty reduction, etc.