TABLE OF CONTENT CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Pages 1.1 Background of the Study……………………………………………….……… 1 1.2 Statement of the Research Problem……………………………………................. 4 1.3 Research Question……………………………………………........................... 5 1.4 Objectives of the Study……………………………………………………….… 6 1.5 Statement of Research Hypotheses ………………�...
ABSTRACT The topic of the study was teamwork and employee performance in Punt land State University in Somalia, the problem was failure to encourage teamwork among the employees, students and the lecturers of Punt land State University in Somalia for better performance; The purpose of the study was to establish the effects of teamwork on performance of punt land state university in Somalia The objectives of the study were; to finding the types of teamwork in punt land state university i...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between poverty and the quality of education in primary schools in A wendo Dision Rongo District Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to investigate the relationship between the effects mentioned and academic performance in primary schools Awendo Division Rongo District, and to investigate the role of the community on alleviating poverty and improving education in primary schools in Awendo Division Rongo Distric...
Abstract: The growing gap between food demand and supply in Ethiopia and hence rural poverty is mainly attributed to the low productivity of the agricultural sector. Access to irrigation by smallholder farmers is believed to enhance production efficiency, and hence considered as a cornerstone of food security and poverty reduction. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of irrigation access on potato production efficiency and alleviating farm households’ poverty in east Gojja...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the levels of poverty in Babylon informal settlement community in Windhoek. Babylon was selected as a case study, since Babylon was amongst the first informal settlement areas to be established in Windhoek. Poverty is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, and it is characterised by lack of power, exposure to risk, malnutrition, high mortality rate, low life expectancy, and insufficient access to socio-economic services, and opportunities for inc...
Abstract Although micro lending can provide some benefits to the low income socioeconomic grouping, it often results in over-indebtedness for many families. The focus of this study was on the factors contributing to indebtedness of public servants of Fransfontein Settlement in the Kunene region. The study objectives were to determine decisions for loan sizes that they acquire; assessment of the levels of indebtedness; identification of the impact of micro lending on public servant’s consump...
ABSTRACT The Small and Medium size enterprises present the most dynamic economic foundation for growth, income and employment creation. However, this vital sector has been greatly affected by the high interest rates being charged by financial institutions on borrowed capital in Uganda. The main objective of the study is to assess the impact of high interest rates on growth and financial performance of Small and Medium Enterprises. The researcher not only employed cross sectional research and...
ABSTRACT Rural and Community Banks (RCBs) in Ghana play a very important role in the financial intermediation agenda for the rural populace in Ghana. The concept of donor aid has been identified as a key sustainable approach to ending poverty in Africa through the injection of funds and the provision of technical support for the thriving of rural activities such as farming and fishing. An understanding of factors that improve the financial performance of RCBs is important for the achievement ...
ABSTRACT Slum development has been a major problem in the world especially in developing countries and Africa at large. According to UN-Habitat publication sub Saharan Africa hosts the largest proportion (7 1.9%) of urban population reside in slums. this study was carried out in kibera Nairobi district. The objective of the study included identifying the causes of slum development, the implication of these slum on the environment and what measures are have been put in place to protect the env...
ABSTRACT 1 i I :] I The study reviewed two models namely the mainstream and pro-poor tourism II models including the three pathways of benefits from tourism to the poor model and some elements ofthese two were used to adapt the Sustainable Livelihood Framework. Eight hotels which had restaurant facilities were purposively chosen for the study whilst three communities with attractions in the study area were also selected. A sample size of 192 respondents was obtained for the communities. Other...
Appropriate technologies, those able to be easily and economically constructed from readily available materials by local craftspeople, have a central role in the alleviation of poverty in the developing world. Research and development of these technologies are, however, generally apportioned relatively modest support by the developed world’s institutions in part because the operation of many of these appropriate technologies is dependent on relatively well-understood science accessible even...
ABSTRACT This study looked at community participation in micro-enterprise projects as a tool for poverty reduction in the rural Ngara District of 'Tanzania. Although much effort has been put in empowering and financing micro-enterprises to kick start pro-poor growth in rural areas in recent years, the level of pove1ty has remained unacceptably high. This study has identified participation in microenterprises as an important factor in the fight against poverty. Empirical data were collected ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to establish the extent to which Micro Finance intervention could be effective against poverty reduction in Uganda. The research was based on three objectives; to identify the various Micro Finance services provided by MFis in the division, to establish whether MFis provide entrepreneurial advice to their clients in the division and to examine the relationship between Micro Finance intervention and poverty reduction. The findings revealed that MFis provided insuranc...
ABSTRACT The number of global working poor far exceeds the number of unemployed people. Thus, employment creation is not sufficient for poverty alleviation. For this reason, the concept of ‘decent work’, which seeks to measure the quality and quantity of work was proposed by the ILO in 1999 as a necessary and sufficient condition for poverty eradication. Achieving universal decent work is now one of the first eight SDG’s to be achieved by all countries in 2030. Previous studies on dece...