Abstract Gender inequality oppresses development among women and girls and is worsened by absolute poverty among women in Kenya. Poverty denies people choices and opportunities to participate in economic, political, and social activities while gender inequality denies women and girls equal opportunities as men and boys. Despite numerous interventions by the government through policies and laws gender inequality is on the rise and a great hindrance to development. Many women-headed households ...
Abstract The study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of community participation as a model for community empowerment in Mugoye Sub-County Kalangala District. The specific objectives were; To examine the contributions of community participation to community empowerment in Mugoye Sub County; To assess the obstacles hindering community participation in Mugoye Sub County and To identify! suggest ways how community participation can be improved on to achieve community empowerment in Mugoye Sub...
Abstract The research study was intended to study the assessment of the contribution of ABEK to the improvement of girl child education in Moroto district. The research hypothesis was developed as follow: There is less improvement of ABEK to the improvement of girl child education in Rupa Sub County in Moroto district” The study was carried out in Rupa Sub County in Moroto district This study area was selected because it is one of the coordinating centers of ABEK in the district. The meth...
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction The study was about the role of NGOs towards the youth employment in Uganda a case study of Manafwa district 1.1 Background of NGOs The term non-governmental organization or NGOs was not in general currency before it was formed to cooperate with each other. When 132 international NGOs formed in 1910, they did so under the label, the union of International Association, UN like much UN jargon, the tern NGO, passed into popular usage particularly from the early I 97...
Abstract Urbanisation and climate change are likely to induce more floods in African cities. Nonetheless, studies on public and private adaptation to floods that centre on the urban poor in Africa are scanty. Studies in this area largely reflect the structuralist conception of adaptation. This study departs from this top-down approach as it explores household and public adaptation to urban floods among the poor in Accra from an actor-oriented perspective. Specifically, the study objectives a...
ABSTRACT This study analysed the determinants of participation in voting and electoral choices by citizens, and established the relationship between national presidential elections and the performance of the economy in Ghana's Fourth Republican era from 1992 to 2016. The study proceeds within the theoretical framework of political economy which looks at the interplay between economics and politics using macro-micro approach. The study conceptualised political economy as an approach focusing ...
ABSTRACT The analysis of food insecurity and coping strategies of rural people during food insecurity in Endebess division , Tranzoia district was examined between May and October 2012. The ultimate objectives ofthe study were to: (i) Examine the causes of food shortages in rural households of Endebess division (ii) document the coping strategies of the people during food shot1ages; (iii) to examine people's opinions on the mitigation of food shortage in their area. The data were collected us...
TABLE OF CONTENT DECLARATION i APPROVAL ii DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv LIST OF TABLES v TABLE OF CONTENT vi ABSTRACT ix CHAPTER ONE 1 1.0 Introduction 1 1.1 Background 1 1.2 Statement of the problem 3 1.3 Purpose of the study 3 1.4.0 General objective of the study 3 1.4.1 Specific objectives 3 1.5. Research questions 4 1.5.0 Scope ofthe study 4 1.5.1 Geographical scope 4 1.5.2 Content scope 4 1.5.3 Time scope 4 1.6 Significance of the study 4 1.7 Limitation of the study 5 CHAPTER TWO 6 ...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION ......................................................................................... i APPROVAL. ............................................................................................ ii DEDICATION .......................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................... iv TABLE OF CONTENTS .....................................................
Abstract Rural-Urban migration is on daily basis on the increase due to the poor nature of rural communities which tends to push rural dwellers to urban centre. The situation in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State is not an exception as it constitutes a serious issue to the development of the area. The study adopted a purposive research method. A total of 502 respondents were sampled and administered with a questionnaire at Mista-Ali and Gurum villages of Pengana Chiefdom. However, ...
Abstract. The study investigated changes in channel planforms of River Kaduna. Topographic maps were complimented with Mosaic of SPOT 5 satellite and Sentinel-2 images. Results showed that except for sinuosity index and channel length, channel width, braiding and channel migration exhibited considerable changes. These changes were evident in reduced velocity and stream energy, the type of sediment being transported, the silt materials being transported in suspension and the coarse sand and g...
Abstract This research work examines the impact of rapid population growth on urban residential housing demand and supply in Gombe Local Government Area (LGA). Data used in this research include information obtained directly from people using structured questionnaires administered on randomly sampled 100 respondents (household heads). Secondary sources were also consulted. The Reconnaissance survey helped the researcher in identifying various households and observing the housing sizes, l...
ABSTRACT Agriculture plays a significant role in the process of economic growth and development of Nigeria. It contributes greatly to the provision of food and raw industrial materials. Increased food production and distribution has been a significant challenge in most of the developing countries of the world. In Nigeria, several rural communities in most of the states, Northern Nigeria in particular are faced with this problem. The situation in Dukku Local Government Area of Gombe State is n...
This paper focuses on comparing the impact of settlement size/residential sectors (urban and rural) on birth registration coverage in Gombe state. It thus, assesses the levels of spatial accessibility and efficiency of the vital registration centres to the people of Gombe State in different locations in six sampled Local Government Areas (LGAs). Reconnaissance survey of the study area was undertaken and a questionnaire/interview schedule was administered to 1560 respondents. In-depth intervie...
Abstract The main objective of the study is to ‘Investigate the effects of microfinance products on women empowerment by focusing on Dagoretti north constituency as a case study. Furthermore, the study aimed to investigate the determinants of access of microfinance products in women, assess the contribution of microfinance products in women empowerment, to examine challenges facing microfinance products and lastly to find out measures put in place to address challenges facing microfinance p...