ABSTRACT This study was conceived to investigate the business environmental factors and determine their relationship with the competitiveness of pharmaceutical companies in Kano Metropolis North Western Nigeria. The study comprises of thirty two pharmaceuticals manufacturing companies. The study adopted a descriptive correlation and cross sectional survey designs. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were employed. Three hundred and twenty (320) researcher-devised questionnaires were ...
ABSTRACT Nigerians have a negative attitude towards elections, this negative attitude is characterized by fear, insecurity, lack of confidence, low turnout, violence and political thuggery. But how do voters acquire the information and knowledge necessary for them to use during elections? They would need guidance as to how to interpret what they know. Since the early twentieth century, this has been fulfilled through the medium of newspapers. Therefore, employing newspapers' texts will help ...
This study investigated the effect of international tourism development on economic growth inZimbabwe, using time series data spanning over the period 1980 to 2017. The main aim of thestudy was to examine whether international tourism is a pathway to economic recovery inZimbabwe. The study adopted the tourism growth model proposed by Balaguer and Cantavella-Jorda [1] and applied the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach and itsassociated Error Correction Model (ECM). T...
ABSTRACT The study set out to investigate the teachers’ perceptions of the thematic curriculum and its effect on its implementation in Gombe sub county, Wakiso district. The study was based on the following objectives: to investigate the teachers’ perceptions on provision of learning materials in the thematic curriculum, to investigate what teachers perceive about content coverage in the thematic curriculum, and to establish the teachers’ perceptions of the thematic curriculum and their...
ABSTRACT Development projects and war regularly lead to the internal displacement and involuntary resettlement of tens of millions of people each year. Though most “[nternally displaced people” settle spontaneously, a significant proportion is involuntarily resettled into planned “camps” and “settlements”. Drawing on a vast and rapidly growing literature, this study sought to establish the salient roles of civil society organizations in the resettlement of the internally displaced...
ABSTRACT In Baringo District, food insecurity significantly contributes to the never ending conflicts among the communities. The research carried out a study on the contribution of World Vision to food security in Baringo District. The objective of the study was to find out the causes of perennial food insecurity despite efforts employed by World Vision and other stakeholders in Baringo. The technologies promoted by World Vision in Baringo in addressing food insecurity were also identified. T...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate Motivation and Teachers’ performance in secondary school in juba municipality central equatorial state southern Sudan. It was guided by three objectives, namely; establishing the profile of the respondents, the level of teacher motivation, the level of teacher performance and the relationship between level of teacher motivation and the level of teacher performance. The study used descriptive co relational survey as its research design. 6 ...
ABSTRACF Over the years, conflict has remained the major cause of under-development in Northern Kenya. The conventional causes i.e. scarcity of pasture, water, small arms proliferation e.t.c. appear to have no eminent solution due to the deteriorating climatic change and global warming with anarchy setting in the neighboring countries like Somalia and Ethiopia. The research focus to find out the socio political factors that influence inter-Tribal conflict and the Economic Implication among th...
ABSTRACT This research study was carried out in three divisions of Nakawa, central and Makindye in Kampala district, to find out the existing international terrorism threats on national peace and stability in Uganda. it's guided by three objectives; (i) To establish the existing international terrorism threats on national peace and stability in Uganda. (ii) To assess the achievements and possible failures of security state agencies, in Promoting national peace and security in Uganda. (iii) T...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to establish the role of the civil society in conflict resolution at grass root levels in Garbaharrey and Belet-hawa towns of Gedo region, Somalia The specific objectives of the study were to identify magnitude of the conflict; establish contributions of civil society and to find out challenges faced by the civil society groups in Gedo region, Somalia. Questionnaires and focus group discussion were applied to collect data from the 100 respondents selected...
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of child labour on government’s free education policy in Ayivu county, Arua District in Uganda. A self made questionnaire is used to collect data in order to obtain four research objectives; 1) to identify the profile of the respondents, 2) to determine the extend of child labour, 3) to establish the level of success of government’s free education policy, 4) to establish if child labour is significantly correlated with government’s free educa...
ABSTRACT This study “National Unity and Reconciliation through a Professional Based Media in the District of Nyamagabe, Rwanda” was aimed at finding out the extent to which a professional media influences a national unity and reconciliation process as previous studies have covered the same study but emphasizing on Gacaca courts and reconciliation. Therefore, the research was carried out in media sector and in Nyamagabe District, Rwanda. This study has used a descriptive approach in that...
ABSTRACT This study set to find out the relationship between personal power and marital satisfaction among married staff at Kampala International University, Kampala District. It was guided by five specific objectives, that included determining of the i) profile of respondents in terms of age, gender, education level, marriage order, number of children, marriage duration and headship of family; ii) determining the level of personal power; iii) the level of marital satisfaction; iv) the diff...
ABSTRACT Humanitarian organizations have become important sector in the provision of assistance to many disaster affected people in the world. Humanitarian relief is the provision of life-saving assistance to those in need, including victims of both conflicts and natural disasters. However, many non-governmental organizations came with humanitarian assistance as a short term intervention creating dependency. The consequences of the above being less motivated pastoral population ,less produc...
ABSTRACT This academic research was carried out to assess the potential of non- textbook reading materials in the improvement of reading skills among learners in secondary schools in Jigawa state of Nigeria. Specifically, the study investigated the extent of teachers’ using non-textbook reading materials (i.e. Newspapers and Magazines) for improving reading skills in Jigawa State, Nigeria; the role of non-text book reading materials in the improvement of the learners’ reading skills in ...