ABSTRACT The pattern and profile & energy use prevailing today raises important questions about linkages between energy and the economy, social issues, security and above all, environmental protection. Rwanda has a number of potential energy resources from blomass, hydro, solar, petroleum, methane gas, wind and geothermal. However, the major Issue in this regard Is the technological exploitation and scientific data on this potential. The widespread and inefficient use of traditional blomass w...
Abstract The purpose of this research was to assess the role played by Fushai women-owned micro finance groups in reducing poverty in Bikita ward twenty. The objectives of the research were to examin the extent to which women owned micro finance groups have facilitated the reduction of poverty in rural areas, to examine models of rural micro finance and how they are run and to identify the challenges encounted by micro finance institutions, clients and staff in providing and accessing rural m...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the effectiveness of school committees in implementing set roles and responsibilities in rural primary schools in Njombe Rural District. Five primary schools from Njombe District were involved for data collection. The study employed a descriptive research survey design, and a mixed research approaches were used for data collection and analysis. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews and documentary review from a sample of 41respondents, i.e. 35 sch...
Abstract: Ethiopian smallholder farmers are the most vulnerable group of societyto the effects of climate variabilitybecause they have nature dependent economic system. This study examinedtheeffects of climate variability on five major cereals yield,crop income and rural labor displacementin thecentral highlands and Arsi grain plough farming systems of Ethiopia. The seven round unbalanced panel data (1994-2009) collected by Ethiopian Rural Household Survey from 15 kebeles of the seven farmin...
ABSTRACT Investigators working in rural communities and small towns in Africa face many obstacles to obtaining a random and representative sample of households for their research. The civic infrastructure used as the building blocks of survey sampling in developed countries are mostly absent in rural Africa. The purpose of the study described in this paper was to pilot an innovative and cost-effective approach to household sampling designed to generate probability samples representative of th...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Supervised and approved ................................................................................ i Declaration ..................................................................................................... ii Dedication ...................................................................................................... iii Acknowledgen1ent. ....................................................................................... iv Preface .......................
ABSTRACT Pregnancy outcome is a strong indicator of maternal vulnerability. ICPD (1994) stated that every childbirth and delivery should be healthy. The study examined the determinants of pregnancy outcome among rural women in Nigeria. Pregnancy outcomes considered include live birth (low weight babies) and terminated pregnancy (miscarriage/stillbirth). The quantitative cross sectional study analyzed the 2013 national demographic and health survey (NDHS) data and surveyed 77,486 rural wo...
ABSTRACT Job satisfaction among pre-school teachers plays a key role on how they perform their functions in child development and initiation of early education. Studies have shown that most Early Childhood Development centres in Kenya lack basic infrastructural and enabling environments that would promote job satisfaction among pre-school teachers. The purpose of this study was to explore the job environments and to determine the levels of job satisfaction among different groups of pre-school...
ABSTRACT This work is about ‘Community Participation in Decentralized Management of Health Services in Tanzania: A Case Study of Moshi Rural District’. The issue of community participation in facility health budget planning has gained profound importance all over the world, particularly in resource-poor situations where governments have often failed to provide adequate public-sector services for their community members. The aim of this dissertation was to provide the experience of implem...
Abstract A qualitative case study investigated the constraints encountered by Grade 10 teachers in teaching English as a Second Language in rural areas of the Oshana region, in Namibia. The convenience sampling techniques were used to sample the 10 schools for participation in the study. Using a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews as instruments, the study investigated, firstly, the constraints teachers encounter in teaching ESL; secondly, the kind of support teachers in rural school...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of open and distance learning on the provision of secondary school education in rural areas, particularly in Geita Region. The study was guided by three specific objectives, namely to find out factors influencing for opting open distance learning (ODL) secondary school education in rural areas around Geita Region, to investigate the challenges that hinder students from accessing secondary school education through ODL in rural ...
ABSTRACT Livelihoods diversification towards off-farm employment is becoming a norm in rural areas of developing countries. It is, however, unclear as to whether diversification towards off-farm employment activities provides better welfare effects in terms of crop productivity and income shock insurance compared to economic specialization in own farm activities. Hence, this study was carried out to unveil the effect of off-farm employment on three dimensions of poverty considered as salien...
ABSTRACT A cross sectional study was conducted to compare the welfare of working donkeys in the rural and urban/peri-urban areas of Mwingi Central Sub-County of Kitui county in Kenya. The assessment of welfare was based on physical welfare indicators, pathological and external parasite infestation, and physiological welfare indicators including the determination of free fecal cortisol concentration. From a total population of 35,361 donkeys in the study area, a sample size of 396 donkeys was ...
Abstract: A cross sectional study was conducted to compare the welfare of working donkeys in the rural and urban/peri-urban areas of Mwingi Central Sub-County of Kitui county in Kenya. The assessment of welfare was based on physical welfare indicators, pathological and external parasite infestation, and physiological welfare indicators including the determination of free fecal cortisol concentration. From a total population of 35,361 donkeys in the study area, a sample size of 396 donkeys wa...
ABSTRACT Projects are the lifeblood of the economy; they are regarded as an essential source of growth, employment, entrepreneurial skills, innovation and economic and social cohesion. If projects in the informal sector in developing countries are taken into account, however, their contribution to growth will be more significant. That is why Rural Sector Support Project (RSSP) has been initiated with an aim of revitalizing the rural economy. This thesis entitled “The evaluation of Rural Sec...