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Youth Entrepreneurship and Poverty Reduction in Tudun Wada Local Government-Kano State, Nigeria

).> ABSTRACT This study investigated about youth entrepreneurship and poverty reduction in Tudun Wada Local Government, Kano State, Nigeria. the study was guided by the following research objectives: i) to establish youth involvement in entrepreneurship in Tudun Wada local government, Kano State, Nigeria; ii) to assess the level of poverty reduction among youth due to their involvement in entrepreneurship in Tudun Wada local government, Kano State, Nigeria; and iii) to determine the relation...

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Training and Employee Performance in the Banking Industry in Lusaka Zambia

ABSTRACT The study sought to establish the effect of training on employee performance in Banking industry in Lusaka Zambia. In the banking industry in Lusaka Zambia, there is currently a problem of poor employee performance, whereby employees fail to put what they were given in training into day to day operations of the organization, they do not know where to begin from and where to end at the end of the day, and all these tend to result into poor employee performance. It was guided by three ...

An Assessment of the Effectiveness of United Nations’ Procurement Practices: The Case Study of United Nation Mission in Khartoum, Republic of Sudan

ABSTRACT Purpose; procurement practices for direct or production of goods has been a major element during the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that has taken place since the late 1980s. However, procurement practices to indirect material suppliers were not usually included due to low transaction volumes, low product values and low strategic importance of these goods. Dedicated information systems for streamlining indirect goods supply chains have emerged since the ...

The Recruitment Systems in District Urban Councils in Uganda

ABSTRACT Before there can be an organization, there must be workers. Employees do not spring like Athens fully armed form the head o f the Zeus. As is the case with the batteries for children’s toys, workers are not included in the organization package. Hence the attraction and recruitment of employees is an important, critical step in the development of the Organization. Recruitment is a twofold processes. Its main purpose is to ultimately find the right person for the right job. Job analy...

The Role Played by United States of America in South Sudan Conflicts

ABSTRACT The study aimed at the role played by United States of America in South Sudan Conflicts. Their main aim was to find ivory, slave, gold and other minerals, which were very useful in the Arab peninsula and to the Europeans. Arab invaders met a lot of resistance from the Nuba and Funj, who were at the time the inhabitants ofNmihern Sudan and rule there today. After many years of war between them, they signed agreements which allowed both sides to coexist in the Notih, (Deng 1995, p.9). ...

The Challenges of Human Resource Recruitment and Retention in The National University of Rwanda: Proposed Intervention Scheme

TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTF V 4E: INTRODUCTORY PART 1.0 Chapter overvIew 1 1.1 Background of the Study 1 1.2 Statement of the problem 3 1.3 l1~cpottieses 1.4 Objecdvns 4 1.4.t Genercn Objectives .4 1.4.2 Specific Objectives .5 1.5 SIgnificance of the study .5 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.0 Chapter werview 7 2.1 Genetal ‘iverce vI:w on human resource Managetient iii public Institutions 7 2.2 The lmnpertance of human resource recruitment and retenlion policy in an institution 11 2.3 (be natu...

Supply Chain Management and Business Performance in Foods and Beverages Companies in Kampala-Uganda

Abstract This research examined supply chain management practices and business performance of Foods and Beverages companies in Kampala District. The study was guided by the following study objectives; To establish the demographic characteristics of the respondents; To determine the level of supply chain management practices in foods and beverages companies in Kampala; and; To establish if there is significant relationship between the performance of the supply chain management and the business...

Governance, Clan Conflicts and Socio-Economic Development in Baidoa District Somalia

ABSTRACT This study was undertaken to carry out an investigation on governance and clan conflicts containment in Baidoa, Somalia. The objectives of the study were to determine the effectiveness of governance structures in Somalia, to determine the causes of ethnic conflicts in Somalia and to determine the significant relationship between governance and the clan conflicts in Somalia. The study employed descriptive correlation study design which involved both qualitative and quantitative approa...

Marketing Strategies and Financial Sustainability of Local Non-Governmental Organizations in Rwanda

ABSTRACT Financial sustainability is problematic in local non-governmental organizations in Rwanda. While their number continues to increase/ many others frequently close down their development work due to lack of funding as a result of decreasing donor presence. It is within this framework that this study was carried out to establish the extent to which marketing strategies affects financial sustainability in selected local non-governmental organizations in Rwanda. Specifically/ the study wa...

The Effects of Remuneration Levels on Corruption a Case Study of Nairobi City Council

ABSTRACT Corruption in Nairobi city council has been in recent years escalating to unacceptable levels. All the way from the bottom of the grid to the top the city council is suffering from serious corrupt actions that have left the council lacking in the delivery of services. Poor remunerations among council workers have been seen as one of the major causes of corruption. This study is aimed at investigating how low income among council workers affects corruption levels. Remunerations of cou...

Child Marriage and Human Rights in Moroto District, Uganda

ABSTRACT The study examined the impact of child marriage on the human rights of children, using selected communities (Tepeth and Matheniko) in Moroto District, Uganda as case study. The study objectives were: to investigate the factors influencing child marriage in Tepeth and Matheniko; to examine the effects of child marriage on the human rights of the victims in Tepeth and Matheniko and to analyze the effects of child marriage on the well-being of the victims and the entire communities of T...

Donor Funding and Performance of Non-Governmental Organisations in Northern Uganda

ABSTRACT The study is to evaluate the relationship between donor funding and performance of selected NGOs in northern Uganda. The study based on the objectives of assessing the effect of international donor funding on the performance of NGOs in Northern Uganda, examine the influence of national donor funding on performance of Nongovernmental organizations and to establish the effect of local donor funding on performance of NGOs in Northern Uganda. The study problem was poor performance attrib...

Financial Management and Sustainability of Nonprofit Organizations in Selected Local Non-Governmental Organizations in Mogadishu, Somalia

ABSTRACT  This study set out to establish the extent to which financial management affect sustainability of nonprofit organizations in selected local NGOs in Mogadishu, Somalia; specifically the study intended to establish the (I) profile of the respondents, (ii) extent of which financial management, (iii) level sustainability, (iv) whether there is a relationship in the extent of which financial management and the level of sustainability of nonprofit organizations in selected local NGOs in ...

Community Based Organisations' Activities and Poverty Reduction in Sembabule District: Uganda

ABSTRACT The general objective of this study was to determine the correlation between the level of community based organizations' activities and poverty reduction in selected parishes among the local community in Sembabule District basing on the following specific objectives; to identify the profile of the respondents in terms of gender, age, marital status, educational levels and number of years in Sembabule District, to examine the nature of community based organizations' activities in sele...

Gender Inequality and Poverty in Kansanga, Makindye Division, Kampala Uganda

ABSTRACT This is a research report that was set out to establish the relationship between gender inequalities and poverty among 125 conveniently selected households in Kansanga parish, Makindye Division, Kampala district, Uganda. Using a descriptive comparative and Correlational survey designs, data was gathered from respondents through a questionnaire and analysed quantitatively and qualitatively using frequencies, percentages, means, t-test, Chi~square and Pearson’s Linear Correlation Coe...


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