Abstract This study aimed to identifying the most important obstacles of the sustainability of development projects in rural communities by applying to the interventions of the water basin management project - gathering the villages of Kadalo in Blue Nile State by knowing some of the most important personal characteristics of the respondents affecting the sustainability of development projects in the study area . The sustainability of rural development projects and the relationship between t...
TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVAL iiDEDICATION iiiACKNOWLEDGEMENT ivLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRYNOMS vLIST OF TABLES ixLIST OF FIGURES xCHAPTER ONE 11.0 Introduction 11 1 Background of the study area 11.2 Statement of the Problem 21.3 General Objective 31.3.1 Specific objectives of the study area 31.4 Research questions 41.5 Significance of the study 41.6 hypothesis 51.7 Scope of the study 51.7.1 Geographical scope 51.7.2 Time scope 51.7.3 Content scope 51.8 Limitations of the Study 6CHA...
ABSTRACT Tanzania rural entrepreneurship is facing a number of challenges such as limited access to capital, market, entrepreneurship skills and technology. Understanding the importance of assessing donors projects and to ascertain their contribution on rural entrepreneurship, this study examined the USAID funded Living Project implemented by CARE International in Mvomero district, Morogoro region from January 2007 to December 2009. The objective was to assess the projects‘ contribution to...
ABSTRACT Sustainability of community based and managed rural water supplies in Kenya remains a challenge. In spite of concerted efforts to transfer ownership of rural water supplies to beneficiary communities and increasing participation of the communities in the operation and maintenance of these facilities, more than a third of all rural water supplies fail within three years of development. The purpose of this research was to investigate the factors that moderate the effect of various comm...
ABSTRACT Reducing poverty, hunger and illiteracy among rural farmers is a major challenge facing governments, rural development experts and stakeholders. Over 70% of the poor live in rural areas and where 48% of these already live in extreme poverty and hunger. The poor concentrate in the rural communities where agriculture remains the major economic activity. It was the assumption of this study that the basic approach to reducing poverty and hunger among rural farmers is to teach rural farm...
ABSTRACT Rural roads constitute about 65% of the Uganda road network, which provide a critical link in the road transport network, facilitating access to and development of the rural areas. Traffic volume on rural roads in Uganda is very low, 90 % of the rural road network has an Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) less than 200, with an average road width of about 5.0 meters. The main problem facing the development of rural roads lies in the method of construction. Common methods used includ...
Abstract/Overview This study compared primary school preparedness of urban and rural preschool children in Kisumu county, Kenya. Children were assessed on their level of learning and development in the following domains: pre-academic skills (pre-literacy and pre-mathematics, executive function, and socioemotional cognition. The sample consisted of 390 preschool children who had completed their curriculum and were transitioning to Grade One. Children were assessed using an adapted and validat...
ABSTRACT Rural roads constitute about 65% of the Uganda road network, which provide a critical link in the road transport network, facilitating access to and development of the rural areas. Traffic volume on rural roads in Uganda is very low, 90 % of the rural road network has an Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) less than 200, with an average road width of about 5.0 meters. The main problem facing the development of rural roads lies in the method of construction. Common methods used...
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Migration – the permanent relocation of residential place and activity space – has been one of the enduring themes of human history. It contributed to the evolution of separate cultures and their component by interchange and communication and to the frequently complex mix of people and cultures found in different areas of the world. Massive movements of people within countries have emerged as a pressing concern of recent decades. Th...
ABSTRACT It is now a fact that the position of traditional authorities has undergone major transformations. The outcome has been that the power of traditional authorities has experienced ebbs and flows mostly depending on regime preferences and changes in the traditional institutions themselves. Some people are of the view that traditional authorities are no longer relevant while others think they are. This thesis uses the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese District as a case study and examines the role...
ABSTRACT This work draws attention to the role rural banking can play in Nigeria development. This is because rural banking, will immensely increase the degree of monestisation of economy, making available for rural dwellers, greater opportunities for savings, credit investment and enhance the effectiveness on monetary policies in the achievement of desired national macro – economic objectives. It is with the above objectives in mind, that the rural banking programme was initiat...
ABSTRACT The aim of this project was to find out the role of Nkanu Women Co-operative Society Development, Nkanu Local Government Area in Enugu State. The subjects used for the study consisted of four hundred and ninety-nine (499) Women Co-operatives from six 96) registered women co-operatives in the same Local Government. Sample size was used in selecting these four hundred and ninety-nine (499) co-operators from the population of six registered Women Co-operators societies in the local go...
ABSTRACT In this study on “Comparative Analysis of the Role of Mass Communication and Interpersonal Communication in Rural Development, a study of my town; Obeagu in Awgu Local government Area, Enugu State. I studied the respective role of Mass Communication and interpersonal communication in rural development in order to find their exact roles, their differences and similarities, advantages and shortcomings and the likely ways both can help to enhance speedy of rural development. The sur...
ABSTRACT This topic that is being treated (Community banking system and their promotional development) is very important to our present economic condition if people will blend with the result and findings of this project. Community banking is a self-sustaining bank owned and managed by communities for the purpose of providing credits, deposit banking and other financial services to the members of grass root. The aim of this project is to know how community banking operate and also her role ...
ABSTRACT The study seeks to investigate into social infrastructure and its contribution to rural livelihood in Mpohor District. To achieve the objective, various methods were used to collect data these include; Questionnaires, Observations, and Interviews. The findings of the the study was that; social infrastructure contribute to the socio-economical lives of the rural dwellers, it provides employment, it reduces migration and immigration in the rural communities, absent and inadequate lead...