Abstract: Currently Ethiopia is in an era of renaissance and struggling to overcome poverty. For Ethiopia taxation is a weapon that supports this struggle and for this to happen a fair tax system is needed. This study was conducted to identify factor affecting fairness of taxation to category “B” taxpayers in Dire Dawa Administration. The study used a cross-sectional survey design. It used both primary and secondary data and adopted mixed research approach. To get the primary data self-a...
Abstract: This study analyzed the role of cooperatives in improving the livelihood of members on a sustainable basis. The study was conducted to analyze the members' current livelihood status and identify the role of cooperatives in enabling members to cope with the shocks and stresses in the Haramaya district. To achieve this objective, it used both primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected from 146 randomly selected households. For the data analysis, both descriptive and econ...
Abstract: This study aims at analyzing the determinant of factors affect trainings and its impact on employee's performance in case of selected colleges in Harari regional state. Data were collected from academic staff of Harar poly technique and Lucy college. A sample of 202 was selected from 408 total population by using Yamane formula, which was developed in 1967. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and inferential statics. Major findings revealed that, training sessions condu...
Abstract: Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) are becoming broadly known as a main source of job and income in developing countries. However, the failure rate of MSEs in Ethiopia is higher. Therefore the purpose of this study was to examine effect of marketing knowledge of managers on MSEs business performance in Shone Town, Hadiya zone, Southern Ethiopia. The study used simple random sampling techniques. The target population was 245 respondents. The study used a questionnaire to collect the...
Abstract: The study to identify the determinants of biogas technology adoption. Moreover, it aimed to assess the role of the technology in generating socio-economic and environmental benefits for smallholders in rural areas of Alaba district. The study considered 316 households as a sample selected using a systematic sampling technique. Both descriptive statistics and binary Logit models were used to analyze the data. Adoption of biogas technology is significantly determined by access to cre...
Abstract: The motive of this study was to assess factors affecting the performance of medium and small enterprise in Dire Dawa administration. The issue of women entrepreneurs’ performance still presents unique challenges in terms of effectively addressing what factors affects entrepreneurs and also there are no sufficient studies in Ethiopia concerning factors affecting women entrepreneurs’ performance. To overcome this problem few published studies which conducted in Ethiopia focused o...
Abstract: The purpose of this research was to identify the assessment of employees’ perception towards human resource management practices in Meta woreda East Hararge Zone. In Implementing of these internal practices, the sectors faced a problem of formal follow-up after training was conducted; inequitable salary and unfair promotion; and limitation in participating employees in decision-making. Data was gathered from team leaders and operational employees. The research approaches were qua...
Abstract: Reliable and affordable supplies of commodities and effective management of inventory are critical for the success of the health sector organizations. The scarcities and mismanagement of these medical commodities negatively affect the quality of health services and hospital's overall organizational performance in turn. Objectives: To investigate inventory management practices and its effect on hospital performance among public and private hospitals of Harari regional state, Ethiopi...
Abstract: Microfinance as a tool for poverty alleviation has become the main subject of many global and regional conferences, seminars and workshops. Ethiopia is not an exception. The study was conducted with the aim of analyzing effects of risk management on microfinance and poverty reduction the case of Haramaya district factors on the livelihood of borrowers, using primary data collected through structured questionnaire from 127 respondents. The empirical analysis of the study was conduct...
Abstract: Motivation is stated as one of the most important contributor for high performance in the public sector. Financial motivation practices, participation in decision making, and other non-financial motivation practices (team work, Job rotation and work enrichment) are motivation systems to encourage employees to perform in the most effective way. The key to create efficient motivation system is an answer to the question what really motivate employees. The general objective of this res...
Abstract The purpose of this article is to explore the influence of organisational structure on implementation of electronic project monitoring information system (e-ProMIS) in public tertiary institutions. It is based on literature review and filed research by employing crosssectional survey research design. Questionnaire was used to collect data from 30 tertiary institutions and a sample size of 162 members of staff selected through stratified random sampling technique. Null hypothesis was...
Abstract/Overview Agricultural production all over the world has been affected by continuous climatic changes. Although most developed nations constantly update their farmers with current climate change information that enables them to device appropriate adaptive strategies, farmers in developing countries only learn about the same after its effects have been noticed. Most households in rural areas of Kenya still face food insecurity. However, there is no evidence on whether Kenyan farmers h...
Abstract/Overview ABSTRACT Incarceration of women in KWP produces various indices of existential harms experienced cognitively as meaninglessness and functionally as ineffective coping. The women enter prison in perilous states which potentially disrupt their lives, restrict their liberties, challenge their self-identity, and distort their global meaning, diminishing their prospects for mental and behavioral health recovery. Thus, women need to restore coherence and transform the prison expe...
Abstract/Overview Women Enterprise Fund (WEF) was launched in 2009 in Kenya to help women access credit facilities through Constituency Women Enterprise Scheme (C-WES) and Microfinance institutions. In both channels women use their groups as collateral. Although studies from other small and micro-enterprises show low uptake of WEF among women in rural settings, it remains unknown in literature whether the same applies to women fishmongers in fish landing beaches such as in Usigu Division. Fu...
Abstract/Overview ABSTRACT Travel and tourism is the largest, fastest growing sector and important part of the world economy today. It is the world's number one employer and in Kenya it represents more than 10% of gross domestic product. Western Kenya is an area of great geographical, agricultural, cultural and natural diversity, offering the tourists just as much, if not more, than many of Kenya’s better known tourist destinations. Despite the attractions and hospitality facilities in the...