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Mobilizing and Performance of National Savings by Social Security Fund of Rwanda (SSFR) from 2002-2009

ABSTRACT The study was carried out with the intention of finding out the profIle of the respondents in terms of Age, Gender, Marital status, Occupation of respondents, Leve~ of education, Profession, And Time in business/institution, the level of mobilizing the performance of national savings in Rwanda, the extent of the SSFR in mobilizing the performance of national savings and determine whether there is a significant relationship between the extent of SSFR and the level of mobilizing nation...

Compliance to Auditing Standards in the Ministry of Health Kampala, Uganda

ABSTRACT The study determined the level of compliance to auditing standards in the Ministry of Health. Auditing Standards in this context implied the general guidelines that aid auditors in fulfilling their professional responsibilities in the audit of historical financial statements. These standards were classified into three (3) major themes namely general standards, fieldwork standards, and standard ofreporting. This review summarizes the literature on auditing standards and compliance lev...

Electronic Banking and Customer Satisfaction in Commercial Banks in Bosaso, Puntland, Somalia

ABSTRACT The study sought to establish the relationship between electronic banking and customer satisfaction among commercial banks in Bosaso, Puntland,Somalia. The study was guided by three specific objectives, which included. i) the extent of electronic banking among commercial banks in Bosaso,Puntland,Somalia; ii) the level of customer satisfaction among commercial banks in Bosaso,Puntland-Somalia; iii) the relationship between electronic banking and customer satisfaction among commercial ...

The Effects of Children Enrolment in Armed Forces/Groups On Sustainable Development in D R Congo Case Study of Bukavu/ South Kivu (2003 2008)

ABSTRACT This research was based on “The Effects of children enrolment in Armed forces/groups on Sustainable development in D R Congo, Case Study of Bukavu District”. The study was guided by three objectives namely: to determine the impact of armed conflicts on children, to assess the effects of child soldiers on sustainable development of Bukavu, and lastly to investigate ways of stopping recruitment of child soldiers and measures to mitigate its impact on sustainable development. A purp...

Procurement Processes and Procurement Performance in Selected Procuring Entities of Rwanda:

ABSTRACT This study was meant to establish the relationship between the public procurement processes and the procurement performance in the selected procuring entities of Rwanda. The study was based on the following objectives: to establish the level of awareness and knowledge on the utilization of public procurement processes by public institutions in Rwanda, ii)to find out the role played by the Rwandan public procurement laws in ensuring value for money and good quality execution of contra...

Payment and Condition of Service as Determinants On the Performance of Teachers in the Universal Primary Education: A Case Study of Bulamagi Subcounty In Iganga District

ABSTRACT The topic was about payment and condition of service as determinant on the performance among Universal Primary Education a case study ofBulamagi Sub County The objectives of the study include finding out when payments are effected, the performance of teachers and the relationship between payment and performance The methodology was the survey design, the research was a descriptive research where both qualitative and quantitative techniques of data collections were used. The population...

EXXON MOBIL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN AKWA IBOM STATE

Multinational Corporation is now globally accepted business firms which have adopted various cultures and take responsibility for her host community socially. The appraisal of multinational corporation to the contribution of community development became necessary to evaluate the extend of exploration carried out by multinational corporations in Nigeria. A review of related literature was carried out to give the study. The required theoretical background, available statistics from the natural ...

The New Hierarchical Model of Human Needs

As of today, we  take into account the fact that the human person does not always act rationally at first glance, and also began to better understand possible causes for it. But even with all the research we've done, there's still a lack for the human motivational map model that can bring together all the knowledge we've gained. And the main purpose of this article is to give the most complete explanation possible of the needs of a human person in one motivational map model. Taking as a basi...

PRODUCT BRANDING AS A TOOL FOR INCREASING CONSUMER LOYALTY IN THE TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA

Prior to the advent of GSM in 2001, phone penetration was low to the verge of negligible. Nitel had the monopoly. But all that changed with the GSM revolution brought by the licensing of Econet(now Airtel), Mtel, MTN and the later entry of Glo and Etisalat into the industry.At first, all that was needed for marketing success was availability. Because the demand for phone was far more than the supply, these companies were on a roll, snapping subscribers after subscribers from phone starved Nig...

Does Public Debt Crowd-Out Public Investment In East Africa Community?

Using an empirical model linking public debt to public investment, this study uses annual data from 1970-2010 and employs panel fixed-effects approach to estimate the effect of external and public debt, as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), on public investment in East Africa Community (EAC). Levin-Lin-Chu test (LLC) and Engle-Granger approach were used to investigate the properties of the data with respect to Unit roots and Cointegration respectively. The Hausman specification test was...

EFFECT OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN EAST AFRICA: PANEL DATA ANALYSIS

The goal of this research was to investigate empirically how government expenditurecontributes to economic growth in East Africa from 1980-2010. Using balanced panel fixedeffect model, government expenditure was disaggregated to scrutinize its effect of growth.The study tested for panel unit root and found that only two variables, that is, GDP andinvestment expenditure are stationary at level. The finding confirms the conventional viewthat relative investment expenditure promotes economic gro...

EFFECT OF BUDGET DEFICT ON PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY FOR THE PERIOD 1981-2015: A PANEL DATA ANALYSIS

Over the period of thirty four years, between 1981 and 2015, the East African Community economies have witnessed inconsistent and downward trend on the level of private investments as percentage of GDP. Several studies have been done regarding the determinants of private investment at country level while others have focused on budget/fiscal deficit, regional integration and economic growth but the findings are inconsistent. However, from the empirical literature review, most of the studies ig...

EFFECT OF DOMESTIC DEBT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

This paper empirically explores the effect of domestic debt, as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), on economic growth in the East Africa Community (EAC) over the period 1990-2010. This study was based on the Solow growth model augmented for debt. Levin-Lin-Chu test (LLC) was used to investigate the properties of the data with respect to Unit roots. The Hausman specification test was used to select the panel fixed-effects model, which was corrected for heteroscedasticity. The results sho...

PUBLIC SECTOR SIZE AND GDP GROWTH NEXUS: PANEL DATA ESTIMATION

The rationale of this study was to examine empirically how components of public sector size relates to GDP growth in East Africa from 1985-2015. Using balanced panel fixed or random effect model, public sector expenditure was disaggregated to scrutinize its effect of growth. The research tested for panel unit root and found that only two variables, that is, real GDP growth and capital spending - are stationary at level. The finding confirms the conventional view that relative capital spending...

RENEWABLE ENERGY AND NONRENEWABLE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, CO2 EMISSIONS AND ECONOMIC EXPANSION NEXUS: FURTHER EVIDENCE FROM KENYA

This research scrutinizes economic expansion, CO2 emissions and energy utilization relationship in Kenya by using FMOLS estimate. This study considers the causality matters among oil (Non renewable), electricity (Renewable) use, CO2 emissions, and GDP growth in Kenya by employing time series techniques and annual data for the period 1980–2017. The obtained empirical results from this study indicate that CO2 emissions and electricity effect negatively economic expansion while oil consumption...


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