ABSTRACT: Agriculture is the cornerstone of Kenya’s economy with most households depending on it for food and livelihood. Women provide the largest share of agricultural labour in many households. Despite the important role that women play, they are discriminated in the area of access to and control over the agricultural benefits. In agriculture, tea farming was the main foreign exchange earner in the year 2011. But despite the important role tea farming plays in Kenya, there are gender ine...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at gaining an in-depth understanding of gender dimensions in the worst forms of child labour in Thika west District in Kiambu County. The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between factors, gender dimensions and children's involvement in worst forms of child labour. The study sought to establish how these dimensions exist in an endeavour to suggest solutions that can have a greater impact in the fight against worst forms of child labour. The st...
ABSTRACT The problem of waste collection and disposal has been a canker to the development of cities and towns across Ghana. Day in day out, there are reports of piles of waste left uncollected around city centres and residences. Huge tonnes of waste are seen scattered in streets and gutters and the effects are enormous especially in the face of rapid urbanization. Some of the effects include flooding, the spread of diseases as a result of cross contaminations, the aesthetic value of the com...
ABSTRACT This study is about Public Sector and Livelihood Opportunities of People with Disabilities in Zanzibar. The general objective was to identify the public sector initiatives and achievements in improving livelihood opportunities obtained by people with disabilities in Zanzibar and the challenges that hinder their sustainability. The study was cross-sectional and carried out in Zanzibar, South Region in particular involved four villages.A total number of one hundred and twenty (120) re...
ABSTRACT This study intended to examine the fishing industry and its contribution, to coastal livelihoods in Chwaka village in Zanzibar. The study specially focused on assessing how far coastal community in Chwaka village are benefited from fishing industry, problems that faced them in fishing industry and what could be done to help them. The research was conducted by using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. A case study design was used for which the survey was conducted in April ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the contribution of women small-scale farmers on rural household‟s poverty reduction. Specifically, the study aimed to get a better understanding on the roles, contributions and constraints of women smallscale farming in rural areas and their implications on poverty reduction and food security at household level. The study was undertaken in Dodoma Region, Tanzania, whereby Mpwapwa District with the predominantly small-scale subsistence agric...
ABSTRACT The study on community responsibilities in supporting orphans was conducted at Chamwino District Mvumi misheni village. The study „s aim generally was to assess the community responsibilities in supporting orphans. It intended specifically to examine the systems used by the community to support orphans, and determine types of support provided to orphans by the community as well as identify the roles of the community in supporting them. It has also used a sample of 90 respondents ...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the capacity of CSOs in addressing the problems of Most Vulnerable Children in Arusha municipality. Four research objectives guided the study and these included; the determination the functions of CSOs dealing with MVC in Arusha municipality, assessment of the capacity of CSOs in managing and taking care of the MVC in Arusha municipality, examination of the efficiency of the methods used by CSOs in identifying MVC in Arusha municipality, and examination of the re...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of pyrethrum production in improving the livelihoods of small scale farmers in Mufindi district. A crosssectional design was employed in this study and it adopted a mixed approach to collect both qualitative and quantitative data. Survey, interviews and documentary review methods were employed to collect information related to this study. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to obtain a sample of 80 resp...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of external debt on economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1980-2012. Time series data on external debt stock and external debt service was used to capture external debt burden. The study set out to test for both a long run and causal relationship between external debt and economic growth in Nigeria. An empirical investigation was conducted using time series data on Real Gross Domestic Product, External Debt Stock, External Debt Payments and Exch...
ABSTRACT West African countries experience economic growth in terms of financial figures but the issue of non -inclusiveness of this growth in terms of human development is becoming worrisome. This study empirically examines the role of information and communication technology adoption on human development and the direction of causality between them using data for 15 West African countries (2004 – 2014) estimated with the system Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) and Granger causality tes...
Abstract In spite of the vast deposit of resources and human endowments in ECOWAS region, gains from trade have really been marginal in the region. ECOWAS members have poor performance in export of dynamic products; they remained commodity dependent in its exports, leading to transfer of economic gains across border. Over 90% of the region’s export is primary products with very little value-added which accentuated from commodity price and demand inelasticity resulting in terms of trade loss...
ABSTRACT Remittance flows to Sub-Saharan African (SSA) region has steadily been on the increase in recent history. Unlike capital inflows which generally create obligations for future outflows either in the form of debt servicing or investment income and other payments, remittance inflows do not as they are generally unilateral and unrequited. This thesis investigates the economic growth and developmental role of workers’ remittances in selected Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Specific...
ABSTRACT Poverty has degraded lives for centuries; and human deprivation is still persistent in the developing countries of the world It is in this regard that this study examined the impact of poverty on Higher Institution Students in Nigeria. The aim was to ascertain the extent to which poverty affects their Academic Performances. The study was conducted adopting empirical design. The data used for the study were time series data. A stochastic model was specified for the study to show ...
ABSTRACT A key element of public policy is the promotion of good health in order to attain broad based economic growth. Based on this paradigm, many countries devote huge budgetary allocation to health. However, in most developing countries, this huge health expenditure failed to translate into better health status. Thus, this paper investigates how the effectiveness of public health expenditure is affected by governance in Nigeria. Data on public health expenditure is regressed on infan...