TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVALACKNOWLEDGEMENTTABLE OF CONTENTS ivLIST OF TABLE viiiLIST OF FIGURES ixLIST OF ABREVIATIONS xDEFINITION OF KEY TERMINOLOGY xiABSTRACTCHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 11.0 Introduction 11.1 Background for the study 11.2 Problem statement 31.3 Objectives of the study 31.3.1 General objective 31.3.2 Specific Objectives of the study 41.4 Research question 41.5 Scope of study 41.5.1 Content scope 41.5.2 Geographical Scope 41.5.3 Time Scope 51.6 Significances of the stu...
The study was carried out to investigate the effect of unemployment and inflation on economic development in Uganda. The major objective of the study was to examine the effect of unemployment on economic development in Uganda period from 1991 — 2017. The specific objectives were to examine the trend of unemployment in Uganda, to examine the level of economic development and to estimate the relationship between economic development and unemployment in Uganda. The study used secondary data fr...
The study analyzed the effect of financial statement analysis on decision making process a case study of centenary rural development bank Kampala town Uganda. The specific objectives of the study were, to determine whether management make use of financial statement in decision making, to fmd out and identify the role of financial statement in proper decision making, to identify the limitation pertaining to the use of financial statement in decision making. The study used qualitative and quant...
Abstract This study examined the effect of Government expenditure on coffee output and productivity in Uganda over the period 2005-2015 with time series data collected from Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) and Bank of Uganda (BOU). The present study applied ADF Ordinary Least Square (OLS) technique as an analytical tool to analyze the data. The results of significance testing showed that there exists a long-run relationship among Government expend...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of use of mobile money services on the financial performance in centenary bank Uganda. It was guided by three objectives; (i) to determine the level of use of mobile money services in the banking industry in Uganda, (ii) to establish the level of financial performance in the banking industry in Uganda and (iii) to establish the relationship between the use of mobile money services and financial performance in the banking industry...
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study is to examine the impact of real exchange rate and inflation on private investments in Uganda. The two objectives were to determine the effect of real exchange rate on private investment; to determine the effect of inflation rate on private investment. The study used Real exchange rate, Inflation rate, Bank credit, Foreign direct investment, Public investment and trade as the determinants of private investment using secondary data for a period of 199...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to assess the living conditions associated with the academic performance of boarding students in secondary schools in central Division, Masindi Municipality. The assessment was made by the characteristics of the students, living conditions in which feeding, sanitation and accommodation were investigated. Using primary data based on the sample of 180 boarding students from Masindi SS, Ikoba girls’, Jordan Pride SS and Masindi academy SS where data wa...
ABSTRACT The study was about the relationship between accidents and mortality rate. The objectives of the study were:-To establish the level of accidents in Uganda, to determine the level of mortality rate in Uganda, to establish the relationship between accidents and mortality rate in Uganda. The study found that there was a weak relationship between accidents and mortality rates and the mortality rates largely depended on the other factors. Among the causes of accidents, human behavior was...
ABSTRACT There has been a growing interest in research investigating various issues of students’ mathematics performance. Following the theory of planned behaviour and the Self—efficacy theory, this study aimed at determining the effect of attitudes, subjective norms, and Sd labellers on the mathematics performance of students in secondary schools. The study involved 75-I X() respondents who were randomly selected. Questionnaires were used to collect the data. Data going and entry were c...
ABSTRACT The complexity of a face’s components originates from the incessant variations in the facial component that occur with respect to time. Notwithstanding of these variations, humans recognise a person very easily using physical characteristics such as faces, voice, gait, etc. In human interactions, the articulation and perception of constraints; like head-poses, facial expression form a communication channel that is additional to voice and that carries crucial information about ment...
CHAPTER ONE 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study Housing is one of the 3 most significant in the sustainability of human existence with considerable economic, social, cultural and personal importance. The production of housing has been influenced largely by policies, innovation and the ability to sustain the environment. Housing in today's parlance has become amulet-dimensional bundle of services, encompassing the need for privacy, aesthetic value, and conformity to statutory stand...
ABSTRACT Prices of food are known to be a good indicator of food security and knowledge of their future value cannot be overemphasized. Box-Jenkins ARIMA model is a frequently used approach in forecqsting time series. However, recent researches suggest that Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model can be a good alternative to the conventional use of ARIMA model. This study seeks to examine and compare the forecast efficiency of ARIMA and ANN models for data on food prices in Nigeria. The ARIMA...
ABSTRACT This study proposes a method for classification based on a Pattern Trace Network and Principal Component Analysis. Using data from a public Senior High School, the proposed method was applied to forecast whether or not a Senior High School (SHS) student would qualify for admission into the university. The method’s performance and the performance of Logistic Regression were compared. The independent variables used in the study are gender, boarding status, program of study, and cont...
ABSTRACT This thesis provides an assessment of the effectiveness of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana implemented by Act 650 and L.I 1809, 2004. This assessment is done by taking the Akuapem South Mutual Health Insurance Scheme, selected health facilities in the NsawamAdoagyiri Municipality and Akuapem South District that provides health insurance services and health insurance users as case study. The selected health facilities are the Nsawam Government Hospital, Pokrom H...
ABSTRACT This research tries to determine the “hidden” factors which ultimately influence the choice of mobile phone network in Cape Coast Polytechnic (study area). Principal Component method of Factor analysis is used to achieve the set objectives. There are six mobile phone network providers (MTN, Vodafone, Tigo, Airtel, Globacom and Expresso) in Ghana. All these operators try to improve their marketing strategies in order to attract more customers or subscribers to increase their mark...