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Factors that Limit Full Utilisation of Donor Funds to Ap Ac District

ABSTRACT  This study looked at the factors that prevent full utilization and absorption of funds by Apac District and its effects. The high rate of under-utilization and returning of funds has persisted which in tum has had negative effect on the implementation and sustainability of Donors funded projects in Apac District. The empirical data was collected from Apac District. A sample of 174 civil servants was selected using simple random sampling method. Questionnaires were used for collecti...

Bank Confidentiality An Examination of Law and Policy in Tanzania

ABSTRACT  The concept of bank customer relation in Tanzania is based on contract. It has been repeatedly argued that the success of the organization specifically in banking depends greatly on the needs of the customers. In order to be able to achieve that, it is necessary to understand customer and their service to enhance performance and profitability level of bank. In this sense a banker is under the duty not to disclose to the third parties information about its customers accounts affairs...

An Inquiry into the Recruitment Process and the Employees Performance at Tanzania Electricity Supply Company Limited Head Office Umeme Park Building Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

ABSTRACT  The purpose of the study was to investigate on the recruitment process and the organizational performance at TANESCO head office Ubungo, Da-es-salaam. Also, the steps followed during recruitment process, methods used to target the applicants and the existing relationship between recruitment process and the performance. The study used a descriptive case study research design and purposive and simple random sampling procedure with the sample size of 100 respondents of the target popu...

Advertising and the Growth of Telecommunication Industry in Selected Districts in Central Kenya

ABSTRACT  Before the 2000 liberalization by the government of Kenya, there was only one telecom provider in Kenya, Kenya Post and Telecommunications, which was supposed to serve the entire population in Kenya. This led to many people being denied quality telecom services because of the monopoly Kenya Post and Telecommunications had by then. However the industry experienced slow growth registering a 2O% market growth due to lack of product awareness in the region. This study was set out to es...

Nigeria and Globalization the Consequences for Political, Social, Economic and Cultural Development

ABSTRACT  This thesis is about how globalization has affected Nigeria’s socio-economic, political and cultural structures. Put differently, how has Nigeria fared in a global world. This was analyzed using Neo-liberalism theory which represents both an ideological position and a policy perspective that endorses economic individualism based on market competition, encourage free trade and foreign investment, and oppose state intervention and state run welfare programs. The researcher suggests...

The Perception of the Community on Women Organizations in Borama District, Somaliland

ABSTRACT  In Somaliland, women organizations have been the major contributors to the social development work since the end of the civil war. They had voluntarily organized themselves to provide basic needs to the vulnerable groups in the community yet their work has been undermined by the community. Therefore this study investigated the community perception on women organizations that are carrying out social development work in Borama District. The objectives of the study were to establish a...

Blockchain Technology in the Capital Markets: Confronts and Prospects

DLT/Blockchain technology offers a new approach to data management and exchange that is proposed as a solution that reduces costs, enables new business niches and improves efficiency of some relevant processes in the financial markets and specifically in the capital markets. Today there is a broad consensus on this among most market players. However, its implementation is disruptive and there are doubts about how to overcome existing barriers and obtain competitive advantages in the future. W...

Low Uptake of Constituency Development Fund among Small and Medium Enterprise(SMEs) in Kafue, Zambia

 The purpose of this study is to explore the low uptake of constituency development fund among small and medium enterprise(SMEs) in Kafue, Zambia. The data for this study will be obtained from face to face interviews with 50 respondents using semi- structured questionnaire in Kafue Constituency and focus group discussion. The method in this study sought to explore the low uptake of constituency development affecting the performance of SMEs and the study adopted a qualitative and employed a p...

The Role of Micro and Small Enterprises in Employment Creation and Income Generation: A Case Study of Adyel Division, Lira Municipality, Lira District

Unemployment and low income are one of the present situations in Uganda. The government of Uganda has formulated a policy to mitigate the overwhelmed problem by fostering MSEs. In this report an attempt is made to assess whether MSEs create employment opportunities and income increase in Adyel Division, Lira municipality. During the study, primary data were collected from 14 owners and 32 employees and other participants of MSEs. Questionnaire and interview were used as data collection instru...

Examination of the Financial Record Management Practices in Local Assemblies: A Case Study of Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly, Greater Accra Region of Ghana

The general objective of this research was to examine the financial record management practices in local Assemblies using the Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana as a case study. The study utilised a sample size of 100 respondents. The research design was quantitative which utilised a questionnaire as the instrument for collecting primary data. Findings from the study revealed that, in relation to the types of financial records that the Ayawaso West Municipal...

International Business Trends Emerging Out of COVID-19

Organisations are constantly striving to grow and develop thus, invest heavily to drive this agenda. In 2019, the world was caught offguard when the COVID-19 virus struck. Nevertheless, businesses across the globe managed to survive, giving rise to new international business trends. This study focused on International Business Trends Emerging Out of COVID-19 in which three research questions were posited. These were; finding out some of the international business trends emerging out of COVID-...

Gender Inequality in Nigerian Governance: A Case Study of the 2015 General Elections

ABSTRACT The African women cane described as the most endanger species of our world. The culture condition has subjected them to a life of submission, subservient and discrimination against her natural inclination for freedom and self determination. Women are discriminated and their rights violated in many ways. The study attempted to examine the factors responsible for gender inequality in Nigerian governance. Method: the study employed quantitative research approach using survey design. Q...

Representation - A Concept of Democracy

Is Britain a Democratic Country? 1) Introduction Equality When and how did democracy evolve? 2) Is Britain democratic? Characteristics of democracy Socialism Thatcherism (freedom/independence) Ombudsman United Nations European Union 3) What would make Britain an undemocratic country? Privatisation/nationalisation Class/capitalism Trade Unions (Arthur Scargill - TUC) Fascism: Political Parties (BNP) Pressure Groups: CND, Greenpeace Terrorism 4) Conclusion Democracy transient or a red herring? ...

An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Exchange Rate and Stock Prices in Nigeria

ABSTRACT  This study examines the causal relationship between exchange rate and stock prices in Nigeria using quarterly data for the period of 1990-Q1 to 2009-Q4. The ADF and PP tests suggest that the series are random work processes in their level form. Pair-wise Granger Causality was tested within multivariate co-integration and vector error correction model (VECM) framework. Three different stock exchange indicators were used as proxy for stock prices to test the direction of causality be...

Structure and Composition of Domestic Debt and the Impact on Private Investment in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT  This study sets out to investigate and elaborate the empirical issues pertaining to the structure and composition of domestic debt and its impact on private investment in Nigeria. The study employed multiple regression models using secondary data from 1970 to 2012. The study found that domestic debt has inverse significant impact on domestic private investment in Nigeria. Results also show that domestic debt has inverse significant impact on foreign private investment in Nigeria wi...


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