ABSTRACT Projects have become an integral part of organizations’ strategy. Health projects in particular, have been found to carry out a critical function in enhancing the well-being of society. In Kenya, many health projects are funded by donors. Although the amounts of funding from donors have been rising over the years, most donor funded health projects in Kenya are not performing well. According to the World Health Organization, almost 50 percent of health projects in Kenya do not achie...
Abstract Architecture is a social form of art while literature can either be a written or verbal form of art. Reflecting on the literature of a particular region can help to better understand the fundamental basics of the architecture of such region. Just as the Architecture of a region is a reflection of the people’s culture and way of life, Literature more often than not is also a written or verbal documentation of life experiences and narratives that may cut across culture, lifestyl...
Abstract: The world is continually hearing about the unrelenting expansion of the use of digital technologies like social media around the globe. The relevance of social media channels to diplomacy goes far beyond usage numbers. The universal use of social media has important strategic implications for the diplomatic community because it has fundamentally changed the ways that governments engage with their citizens and position themselves on the global stage. Social media has fundamentally i...
ABSTRACT Industrialization is the social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial one. Despite the fact that the presence of industries has given rise to purchasing power, it has resulted to adverse effects. The study was aim to highlight negative 15 environmental, social and economic effects of industrial activities in Ninth Mile Corner, Enugu with a view to suggesting ways of adopting sustainable development. The study adopted a survey de...
INTRODUCTION 1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The much-touted 2003 elections now belong to the past. Nigeria did not break in pieces, at least, literally. However, like every other significant event in a nation’s history, the 2003 general elections is just still present. It left in its trail unrestrained outbursts, tantrums, violence, condemnations as well as commendations. All the major actions had something to say – the aspirants, the political parties, the elections observers, NGOs, ...
ABSTRACT The increased spending of household on occasions has become both social and economic issue today and it is being discussed by many scholars. Financial deepening has made it easier and possible for household to have access to credit to spend on needs of household that on the other way wouldn’t have been possible. This study sought to estimate the effect of the amount of credit on social spending and also to estimate the effect of social spending on households’ health expenditure i...
ABSTRACT Land degradation, unreliable rainfall, population growth and chronic poverty in subSaharan Africa challenge the sustainability of soil fertility, crop yields and general livelihoods (food security) for smallholder farmers. Several soil fertility management interventions have been introduced to farmers in groups over the years, but different levels of uptake, determinants and socio-economic effects have been reported in separate studies. However, the determining role of social networ...
ABSTRACT Distributing a newspaper calls for creation of marketing channels through which it will move from the publishing house to the end-user (the reader). In this study, the researcher set out to assess the effect of channel design, channel administration and channel management technologies on the sales performance of the Daily Monitor Newspaper, a publication of Monitor Publications Limited. Quantitative data was collected from 226 respondents and analyzed to derive the following finding...
ABSTRACT This study examined social entrepreneurship activities, social entrepreneurship environmental factors and the nexus of social entrepreneurship environment and social entrepreneurship activities. Five in-depth qualitative case studies provided insights on the individual perspectives on the influencing environmental factors of social entrepreneurship. The environmental factors which influence social entrepreneurship activities in Ghana are: corruption and bureaucracy, regulatory frame...
ABSTRACT This research investigated the effect of village banks on rural development from 2006 to the year 2010. The specific objectives of the research were to determine the role of village banks in development of clients in Midia, discover the social and economic achievements of the clients of the village banks and identify some of the challenges facing the village banks in developing clients' socio-economic life in Midia Sub-County. In the literature review, different concepts and opinion...
ABSTRACT Aflatoxins, naturally occurring carcinogenic toxins produced by species of fungi, Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus, are associated with poor growth outcomes, especially stunting and underweight as well as morbidity in young children. Although evidence supports mother to infant exposure during pregnancy and breastfeeding, evidence of its effect on growth is limited to the period after introduction of complementary foods. It is therefore unclear whether early maternal exp...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate determinant of social interaction on learning of children with autism in regular pre-schools in Nairobi County. The research objectives of the study were prevalence of autism, preschool existing culture, nature of training of preschool teachers, diet of children living with autism, attitude of teachers towards children with autism. Studies show that countries like U.S.A, China, South Africa and Zimbabwe are including children with autism i...
ABSTRACT This work examines Ownership and Editorial Control in the Nigerian Print Media, using the Daily Times, Daily Trust and Champion newspapers as case studies. Irrespective of Pluralist claim to the contrary, Marxist critical theories of media ownership and control implies that ownership of the mass media biases its content so as to further the owners' interest in particular and capitalist hegemony in general. The Marxist critical construct provides the theoretical basis for this researc...
ABSTRACT The general purpose of the study was to determine the Impact of Over the top tax on students coirrnunication and the specific objectives were to examine students’ attitude towards OTT at KIL), to determine the social media platforms that the students are more exposed to in con munication at KIU and to determine the relationship between OTT and students’ con munication at KIU. The study used a survey research design and data was collected from 80 students of Kampala international ...
Abstract: This paper examines “Consumers’ Right and Commercial Interest: Balancing the Economic Equation”. It is a descriptive and analytical paper which seeks to know whether the broadcast media industry in Nigeria are fulfilling their social responsibility to the public as well as the consequence of commercialisation on the consumers; and conflict between the broadcast media commercial interest and obligation to the consumer. There is no doubt, the deregulation of the broadcast media ...