ABSTRACT “Roads, and means of transport, make a crucial contribution to economic development and growth and bring important social benefits Poorly maintained roads constrain mobility, significantly raise vehicle operating costs, increase accident rates and their associated human and property costs, and aggravate isolation, poverty, poor health, and illiteracy in rural communities This study highlights the economic and social importance of regular road maintenance and recommends ways to ach...
ABSTRACT The primary aim of the study is to examine the impact which price reform occasioned by the need for economic liberization has had an the health and productivity of rural women in Nigeria. The decision to focus on rural women rests on the conviction that they represent a vital productive and reproductive force in the country. Owing to the relative paucity of empirical data on the effect of price reform on this category of citizens, the study is thus an exploratory one which utilized a...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the social and economic conditions of head porters (Kayayei) in the Accra Metropolis. This led to the formulation of five research questions: what healthcare optionsare available to Kayayei?; under what sanitary situations do Kayayei live?; which accommodation options are available to Kayayei?; how much do Kayayei earn from their economic activities?; and...
ABSTRACT The study on socio economic factors affecting infant mortality was conducted in Morogoro District. In spite of measures taken by key stakeholders including the government, UNICEF, WHO, health initiatives in Tanzania infant deaths are increasing in rural populations. Socio economic factors are said to be main courses. A cross sectional study to observe the influence of socio economic factors affecting infant mortality was, therefore, conducted in Morogoro district. The ultimate objec...
Abstract The study evaluated the impact of external funding in Mbire RDC through the assessment of the projects that are being implemented. The thrust of this project is premised on the fact that despite the presence of donor agencies Mbire RDC remains one of the most underdeveloped and impoverished district in the country. Donor funding has proved to be insignificant since the local communities continue to perform dismal in every aspect of their lives. The socio-economic livelihoods of the s...
ABSTRACTWhile there are many aspects to agricultural market modernization that are linked and mutually affect andreinforce each other, we argue in this paper that investment in Nigeria in physical market infrastructure,such as storage units, remains relatively neglected, especially in rural areas. That this is the case undermines successful agricultural development in the country. We examine the transactions cost, spatial market equilibrium, and industrial policy literatures to provide a co...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of selected teaching behaviours on development of reading skills in pre-primary in Malindi Sub-County. The selected teaching behaviours included: use of teaching/learning resources, teacher-pupil interaction and language of instruction. This is because reading has been a challenge in many countries around the world in spite of many resources that have been directed towards improving the situation. Further, reading is an elemen...
ABSTRACT The pattern and profile of 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 biomass, 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 biomas...
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 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 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 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...
ABSTRACT This research work examined the “Effect of Bank distress on the saving habit of the rural dwellers†it investigated the causes and characteristic of bank distress in the Nigerian economy. Many related literature were reviewed as the researchers collected data for this work. In remote communities where banking habit was poorly developed the exercise of changing bank notes in 1984 forced people to travel scores of mills to change their money and also made them realize that th...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study is to determine how HIV/AIDS affects rural women`s production activities. The data were collected from two Divisions of Mvomero District in Morogoro. The specific objectives were, to identify and characterize the rural women`s production activities, to compare the time spent in household production activities before and after HIV infection, to determine the household production and income levels before and after HIV infection and to asses household e...
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...