ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the perception of employees of staff training programmes using Manya Rural Bank as a case. The sample for the study consisted of 65 employees. Questionnaires were the main instruments used to collect data. Findings indicated that the bank frequently organised training programmes but employees they still have some unresolved training needs which require management’s attention. Moreover, employees considered the period allotted for training ...
ABSTRACT Despite the growing interest to promote agricultural commercialisation in Burkina Faso, the majority of smallholders are still mainly subsistence-oriented with generally low level of market supply. However, evidence on the key factors that influence agricultural commercialisation and the extent to which it affects rural poverty is still scanty. This study therefore analyses the determinants of smallholders’ market supply and the implications of agricultural commercialisation and fo...
ABSTRACT The study explores the coping strategies employed by rural households during an economic crisis. The essential part of this research was to explore the impacts of the economic crisis and the strategies which were employed during the economic crisis in Zimbabwe in the period of 2008-2009. Further suggestion measures to enhance the resilience of rural households’ in future economic crisis were presented. A qualitative research approach was used by the researcher with unstructured and...
ABSTRACT This research work conducted titled, the role of local government bureaucrats in setting development goals at the grass-root level, this implies how the local government administrators (bureaucrats) will bring development to the people at the grass root area. But it was faced with so many problems that hinder the development, such constraints are as follows: insufficient of fund, Literacy, Corruption and favouritism and Nepotism. These above listed factors are one of the constraint...
ABSTRACT The primary objective of the study was to investigate into employees’ participation in decision-making and it impact on productivity; using Sekyeredumase Rural Bank as a case study. Data for the study was obtained from management and employees of Sekyeredumase Rural Bank. A sample size of 60 respondents was used for the study. This sample was selected through the purposive sampling and simple random technique. Findings from the study suggest that the most important benefits of empl...
ABSTRACT Globally, the devastation that befalls women diagnosed of breast cancer remains inestimable. Early detection remains a major effective approach that should be employed to combat the disease. The issue of concern, however, is whether women in the rural underserved areas are aware of these early detection methods. This study was designed to assess rural women’s awareness and knowledge of breast cancer and their screening practices. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study ut...
ABSTRACT The primary objective of the study was to investigate into employees’ participation in decision-making and it impact on productivity; using Sekyeredumase Rural Bank as a case study. Data for the study was obtained from management and employees of Sekyeredumase Rural Bank. A sample size of 60 respondents was used for the study. This sample was selected through the purposive sampling and simple random technique. Findings from the study suggest that the most important benefits of emp...
ABSTRACT Livestock are important contributors to food production in Ghana, providing meat, milk and a source of income for many. Rearing of livestock is practiced by the majority of the farming communities in which they are considered as an investment and insurance against risk and to meet seasonal and emergency purchases such as food crop, improved seed, fertilizers and medicine. However, production of animals is constrained by compound effects of parasitic infestation, diseases, poor feedin...
ABSTRACT The explosive growth of use of mobile money has had the unintended benefit of increasing public involvement in the formal financial system, including expansion of savings accounts in the regulated financial intermediaries. In additional to those funds transferred to people living in remote areas help them to purchase basic needs. To the farmers and other business people use mobile financial to sell and purchase inputs to their activities. The study was undertaken in order to assess ...
ABSTRACT This study was meant to generate information on the effectiveness of Beach Management Units on sustainable fishery management on Lake Victoria. The study intended specifically to; assess the status of fishery practices, examine institutional and managerial challenges and suggest mechanisms to make the BMUs sustainable. The study was conducted in the Musoma Rural District‟s BMUs. A total of three BMUs (Kigeraetuma, Mugango and Etaro) were involved in the study. Data were collected ...
ABSTRACT This research work was undertaken with a view to ascertaining the community development in Enugu state of Nigeria with a focus on Enugu North local government Area- as a case study. The work looked critically (in question) towards community development within its area of jurisdiction. In doing this, the researcher based his study on the provision of the 10976 local government reform in Nigeria which made community development one of the explicit functions of the local government...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to examine the localization of Millennium Development Goals in Tanzania: A case of Mbola Millennium Village Project in Uyui District.The objective of the study was to determine the role and contribution of Millennium Village Project, on the reduction of poverty in rural context of Tanzania. The literature review of the study was guided by theoretical literature review (modernization and dependency theories), empirical literature review, and conceptual framewo...
ABSTRACT This research is aimed at giving the courses of the operational and management problems of rural water supply programme in Nigeria, with a case study of Enugu State Corporation Enugu. To guide the study, five research questions were formulated and tested with percentages and ranking based on the findings, some major findings include; that the ENSWC have inadequate as well as unsuitable materials and human resources for changes in the rural water supply programme in Enugu. Consequentl...
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction This chapter will look at the background of the study, statement of the problem, purpose of the study, specific objectives, research questions, scope of the study, significance of the study, and the conceptual frame work. 1,1 Back ground to the study One of the pillars of the Millennium Development Goals promulgated by the United Nations (UN) is promotion of gender equality as well as women’s emancipation. The World Bank, like the rest of the inte...
TABLE OF CONTENTS Declaration --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------i Approval------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ii Dedication ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ii i Acknowledgement ------------------------------------------------------------------------------iv Abstract----------------------------------------------------------------------...