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Decentralization and Service Delivery in Selected District in Hargeisa Somaliland

ABSTRACT The study of this is about Decentralization and service delivery Somaliland. The study examined the relationship between Decentralization and service delivery in Somaliland The specific objectives of the study were to clarify the decentralization on service delivery in Somaliland, evaluate whether the election local councilors are serving to the public better than previous nominated district commissioner, and the third objective was to identify whether local councilors are really acc...

Public Expenditure and Economic Growth in Uganda from 1995-2014

ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to establish the influence of public expenditure on economic growth in Uganda from 1995-2014. It was driven by three maj or objectives; To determine the trend of public expenditure from 1995 -2014; To determine the trend of economic growth from 1995-2014; To establish if there is significant relationship between public expenditure and economic growth from 1995-2014. Using time series data from the world bank and Uganda bureau of statistics, both cor...

Resources and Implementation of Nine Years Basic Education in Gisagara District, Rwanda

ABSTRACT The research was about “Resources and Implementation of Nine Years Basic Education in Gisagara district, Rwanda.The purpose was to test the hypothesis of no significant relationship between the level of resources and that of implementation, to validate the transformational leadership theory of Burns and to generate knowledge.The four objectives were to identify the profile of respondents, to identify the level of resources to establish the level of implementaion of 9YBE and finally...

Auditor's Role in Safe Guarding the Going Concern Concept in Nigeria

ABSTRACT This study dealt on Auditors role in safeguarding the going concern concept in Nigeria. The burden of preparing the financial statement lies with the director, the auditor is required to report on these financial statements. A lot of people have failed to understand that the role of an auditor is not to detect fraud or error but the key role of an auditor is to “examine the financial statement prepared by the director of the company and report on it to shareholders. This study soug...

Edu Frontiers 91 PAGES (14491 WORDS) Accounting Project
Bank Management in Bank Lending. Case Study of Equatorial Trust Bank

ABSTRACT The emergence of Banks owned by the local private sector began in the mid-1970s. Financial markets in the period since independence have been dominated by foreign and government owned commercial banks. But deficiencies in financial intermediation provided an opportunity for local private investors to enter financial markets. Between the late 1970s and the mid-1980s, 13 local Banks were set up in Nigeria. The growth of local banks accelerated dramatically in the second half of the 198...

Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Tool for Organizational Service

ABSTRACT This study is on Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: A tool for organisational success. Specifically, the study aimed to pursue the following objectives: to determine if banks adopt ethical practice in their overall operations, to find out the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on organizational success, to identify the measures adopted by Banks to ensure successful business ethics and CSR, to determine how does effective Business ethics enhance organiza...

Climatic Change as a Factor in the Management of the Universal Basic Education Program for Quality Assurance and Standards in Anambra State

Abstract This study was carried out to investigate the climatic change as a factor in the management of the UBE programme for quality assurance and standards in Anambra State. The research approach adopted is descriptive survey research design, four research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. Population of the study is 1,310 which comprises of 1,198 teachers , 36 principals and 76 members of ASUBEB, the sample size of the study is 262 respondents’ which comprises of 150 te...

Conflict Management and Resolution in Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in Anambra State

ABSTRACT This study looked at the extent to which conflict management and resolution affect productivity in small and medium scale enterprises in Anambra state. The objectives of the study include to identify the causes of conflict in small and medium scale enterprises, to highlight the positive and negative causes of conflicts, to evaluate the strategies for managing them and to assess to which worker’s productivity are affected by conflicts.This study utilized data from primary and second...

Critical Success Factors for Accounting Information System Data Quality

ABSTRACT Today’s organizations are operating and competing in an information age. Quality information is critical to organizations’ success in today’s highly competitive environment. Accounting information systems (AIS) as a discipline within information systems require high quality data. However, empirical evidence suggests that data quality is problematic in AIS. Therefore, knowledge of critical factors that are important in ensuring data quality in accounting information systems is d...

Edu Frontiers 141 PAGES (27130 WORDS) Economics Project
Economics of Small - Scale Oil Palm Production in Kogi State Nigeria.

ABSTRACT The study was conducted to examine the Economics of Small-scale Oil Palm Production in Kogi State of Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to: determine the factors affecting resource use efficiency by Oil Palm Producers in the study area and determine the optimum replacement age of oil palm. The tools of analysis used are:- simple descriptive statistics, multiple regression analysis, optimum replacement model and gross margin analysis. From the estimate of oil palm in the state,4...

Edu Frontiers 144 PAGES (32672 WORDS) Economics Project
Effect of Bank Consolidation On Performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprise in Nigeria.

ABSTRACT The central tenet of banking sector consolidation was to develop a strong, reliable and diversified banking sector that is capable of playing effective developmental roles in the economy, such as funding of small and medium scale enterprises and becoming a competent and competitive player in the African regional and global financial system. In essence, the reform was expected to create big banks by increasing bank capital base through the capital market and/or mergers and acquisition...

Gender Balance And Energy Policy: A Case of Rukungiri District Uganda

ABSTRACT The topic of research was gender balance and energy policy; a case of Rukungiri districtUganda. The main objective of this study was to establish the relationship between gender balance and energy policy with particular attention to masculinity issues so as to contribute to the formulation of a policy that takes into account gender issues of sensitive nature. The researcher did not want to lose strategic focus of research objectives and thus formulated research questions to guide in ...

Planning And Sustainable Tourism Development in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda

ABSTRACT Sustainable tourism is about re-focusing and adapting. A balance must be found between limits and usage so that continuous changing, monitoring and planning ensure that tourism can be managed. These require thinking long-term (10, 20+ years) for the economic, social and environmental aspects of sustainable development and involve all stakeholders including native people, local communities, visitors, industry and government. To assess tourism plans on sustainable tourism in Rwanda, wi...

Procurement Risk Management and Competitive Advantage: A Case Study of Brookside Dairy Limited in Ruiru, Kenya.

ABSTRACT The problem in Brookside Dairy Limited is alarming competition from the other dairy farms on the pricing of their products since BDL has been continually increasing the prices due to the informal markets, perennial milk shortage are brought about by drought related challenges and also there is a rising case of livestock diseases in a number of counties in the country. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of procurement risk management on competitive advantage in Brook...

Human Resource Management Practices and Employee Commitment in Private Organizationsin Burundi: A Case Study Of Viettel Group Bujumbura

ABSTRACT This study examined the effect of human resource management practices on employee commitment in private organizations in Burundi, a case study of Viettel Group in Bujumbura-Burundi. The study was based on three specific objectives; to examine the effect of employee recruitment and selection processes on employee commitment, to evaluate the effect of employee career development on employee commitment, and to examine the effect of employee health and safety management on employee commi...


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