Abstract Sudan has a fertile agricultural land, large amount of fresh water and variety of animal resources. This beside it’s distinguishable geographic location in Africa. Nevertheless Sudan is characterized by low per capita income and high dependency ratio, therefore, savings is very low in both public and private level which is constraining capital formation and economic growth, so foreign direct investment is needed to bridge the wide domestic investment- gap, but the foreign direct in...
ABSTRACT Urbanization is a phenomenon which is laking place at a faster rate that ever before. This has resulted into rapid urban transfom1ation in man's way oflife. The growth of towns leads to social, environmental, economic and other senous problems. Amongst social problems are overcrowding of areas and homes, a pancity of social and health services. increased robbery, crime. violence. prostitution and conflict between ethnic. political or special interest groups of people. Economically. t...
Introduction 1.1 Objective of the Study In modern economies, entrepreneurship, as an element of production, is been acknowledged as a justifiable cause for attaining economic growth. The generation of bright prospects for employment and wealth creation has also been attributed to entrepreneurship by several scholars who view it as one of the major causal factors of the economic advancement of several nations (Dejardin, 2000; Carree and Thurik, 2002; Naude, 2008). Though these scholars critica...
ABSTRACT Small island states generally refer to states with a geographic area of less than 1,000 square kilometers and a total population of less than one million. These characteristics can be seen to directly affect the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) within the states. Firstly, small island states may have a nan·ow economic base because of the limited range of resources. As such, it is common for small island states to develop abundant resources making the economy revolve around on...
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TABLE OF CONTENTSAPPROVALDECLARATION .iiDEDICATION iiiACKNOWLEGDEMENT ivLIST OF ACRONYMS viiCHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION 11.0 Introduction 11.1 Background to the study 11.2 Statement of the problem 51.3 Purpose of the study 61.4 Specific Objectives of the study 61.5 Research Questions 61.6 Hypotheses of the study 71.7 Conceptual framework 71.8 Significance of the study 81.9 Scope of the study 81.10 Limitations 9CHAPTER TWO 10LITERATURE REVIEW 102.0 Introduction 102.1 Conceptual Review 102.2 Types ...
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ABSTRACT Kenya’s manufacturing and processing sector is among the key productive sectors identified for economic growth and development because of its immense potential for wealth, employment creation and poverty alleviation. Currently Kenya’s industrial sector is one of the largest in sub Saharan Africa, the sector is highly fragmented with more than 2,000 manufacturing enterprises. The presence of these industries has led to rise in e-waste due to changes in technology, wear and tear, ...
ABSTRACT The Tourism sector plays a significant role in the development of many economies worldwide. Ideally, the sector has been credited with the creation of millions of jobs to populations globally. Although tourism has experienced continued growth over the years, the nature of employment the sector has generated still remains an issue of discussion. In fact, there has been wide-ranging apprehension that despite this growth, the sector has not availed satisfactory opportunities for the cre...
ABSTRACT The East African Community member states face challenges in mobilizing tax revenues to the required level which is suitable for economic growth enhancement and attaining fiscal sustainability. Tax reforms have been implemented in the region with the main objective of mobilizing more tax revenues. However, the tax revenue collections have been inadequate leading to persistent budget deficits which shows the inability of the tax system to generate sufficient revenues to finance public...
xi ABSTRACT The impact of Small and Medium Enterprises on all kinds of economies cannot be overlooked. Worldwide, they have been accepted as the engine of economic growth and for promoting equitable development. However, without finance, SMEs cannot acquire or absorb new technologies nor can they expand to compete in global markets or even strike company linkages with larger companies. Despite the fact that SMES are the vital and significant contributors to economic development through their ...
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development is a pledge by African leaders, based on a common vision and a firm and shared conviction, that they have a pressing duty to eradicate poverty and to place their countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and development and, at the same time, to participate actively in the world economy and body politic. The programme is anchored on the determination of Africans to extricate themselves and the continent from t...
The number of technology hubs coming up in Africa has been on the rise in the recent past, as depicted by several studies herein. However, despite the upsurge in the number of hubs, there is limited expansion and advancements in most of them, hence prompting the need to examine factors affecting their growth. Past studies have established that sustainable relationships influence growth in organizations. The studies have also singled out collaboration, competition, and differentiation asp...
ABSTRACT China is essentially a state par excellence, a strong state like the United States with expansionist behaviour and attitudes. Demographically, China has the largest population in the world, 1.3 billion inhabitants that is more than the entire African continent. It has the third largest stock of foreign direct investment after the United States and United Kingdom. Its ideology has been the socialist market economy which embodied elements of pragmatism, free market and state dirigisme...
ABSTRACT The East African Community has recorded rising and persistent current account balance in the last ten years. The countries namely, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and Rwanda have maintained current account deficits which were above five percent of their Gross Domestic Product. This trend has raised the concerns among economists and trade experts regarding the sustainability of the imbalances and the measures of alleviating them. If not addressed, the deficits may erode the bloc’...