ABSTRACT This study assessed the effect of the Credit with Education scheme on beneficiary household livelihood and food security in the Kassena - Nankana Districts. Primary data was collected by means of administrating semi-structured questionnaires to a sample of fifty beneficiaries. Secondary data was collected from District and Regional Assemblies, MoF A offices, libraries and through the Internet. The results indicates that the CwE scheme has improved beneficiaries household livelihood ...
ABmm Homeholds lequire significant amount of tnqy to meet various servicm like lighting, cooling, heating, cooking, refigeration, electronic enterhimmt ek. There's virtually any household activity that can be canried out without the use energy- The requirement fur household energy in Nigeria has been @owing over time. There are varioua energy sources available to houeolds in the country. Thy include fud woo4 charcoal, saw&& gas, petrol kerome and electricity. It is fairly settled fmm Literatu...
ABSTRACT This study intended to analyse the effect of climate change on spices production and impact on the livelihood of small scale spices producers in West District Unguja, Zanzibar. Data for this study was collected using interviews, observations and Focused Group Discussion from a total of 90 respondents including farmers from West District of Zanzibar and key informants from government institutions.Data were descriptively analysed for figure, means and percentages. Results indicated th...
ABSTRACT Lack of education has been a common problem in the third world countries .This has led to high rates of illiteracy and many people have been living below poverty line. This has been caused by unaffordable school fees for the low income earners. This study was conducted in the North Eastern province in Kenya, which includes Wajir and Marsabit district respectively. The study will create awareness among people of Wajir and Marsabit on importance of Education. The researcher used vario...
The research therefore, found out that, poverty, children are forced into sexual practices by their parents, information technology, exposure to video shows, discos and music stages, corruption, domestic violence, restriction on children to express their views and lack of counselling prograimnes in schools. The study also found out that school drop outs, children die during pregnancy, children become helpless, children abandon their homes and subjection to sexually trai1smitted diseases are t...
ABSTRACT The paper examines the role of the media in dealing with the problem facing street children. Taking Kinondoni district in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania, as a case study. I contend that not enough has been done to address the problem of street children; the problem of street children is a nuisance and burden to many developing societies. Street children come as a result of poverty, broken marriages and homes, unwanted pregnancies, abandoning of babies at birth, prostitution and disabili...
ABSTRACT Yesterday, development initiatives favoured elaborate and costly programmes/projects. Today, emphasis has shifted to poverty reduction strategies. Diaz-Bordanave (1979) argued that the heavy investments in development programmes coupled with their very large number appear incommensurate with outcomes. Recently, Sachs (2005), in a study on achievements of Millennium Development Goals, aimed at poverty reduction, concludes that progress so far has been spotty, and extreme poverty is, ...
INTRODUCTION In order to address the problem of poverty and promote sustainable development, the Unified Nations Millennium Declaration was adopted in September 2000 at the largest ever gathering of head of states committing countries both rich and poor to do all they can to eradicate poverty, promote human dignity and equality, achieve peace, democracy and environmental stability, the goals include those dedicated to eradicating poverty, achieving universal primary education, promote gender ...
ABSTRACT Around the developing world, poverty remains an overwhelming rural issue. Rural dwellers rely heavily on agricultural activities and related assets as main source of livelihoods. They also have widely differing capacities to combine off-farm activities in their income generation process. However, diversification makes households better-off only if it implies increased investment in high return portfolios. An important concern is that high yielding investments are either high risk or ...
The study assessed effects of sport betting on youth economic development jr~ Kalerwe Trading Center in Uganda with four specific objectives; to find out how unemployment affect youths economic development, to find out how poverty affect youths economic development, to find out how drug abuse affect youths economic development and to determine the relationship between effects of sport betting and youth economic development. It was hypothesized that “there is no relationship between effects ...
ABSTRACT Conditional cash transfers are increasingly becoming a best practice in the social sector for developing countries. In 2004, Orphans and Vulnerable Children Cash Transfer was introduced on pilot basis in Kenya. This was in response to the impact of HIV/Aids on children. A study carried out by Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (2006) show poverty rates tend to be higher among vulnerable groups such as children (53.5%), including orphans and vulnerable children (54.1%). Kenya’s Cas...
ABSTRACT The research was focused on women and their right to property; an examination of the law and policy in Uganda. The study was carried out with the hope that it enlightens and advance the understanding of women's property rights in Uganda as provided for in the laws. The study is as a result of observation of the apparent injustice against women in particular the denial of women to own property emerging as a result of exploitation of the loopholes in the statutory laws in place that p...