ABSTRACT This study seeks to investigate the influence of community participation on the performance of women-based credit schemes, a case of Women Development Fund in Babati Town Council. Specifically, the study focused on the nature of community participation during the implementation of WDF, the extent of women participation in decision making on WDF loan disbursement, approaches used by the local council to involve women to formulate strategies towards loan recovery and addressing WDF co...
Abstract This study was designed to assess the impact of tobacco smoking on health and cessation among a cohort of smokers in Ibadan, Nigeria. The study adopted the descriptive survey design and the purposive sampling method was used to select seventy respondents from three Local Government Areas in Ibadan. Self validated questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The results got revealed the most prominent health problems among the tobacco smoking motorcyclists. Therefore, there i...
Abstract This study examined knowledge, awareness and attitude of sexual behaviour as factors likely to affect risk-taking behaviours. Six hundred undergraduates of the University of Ibadan participated in this cross-sectional survey (100 Level and 400 Level students). Data were collected using three structured and validated scales. Results indicated that HIV transmission knowledge has a significant effect on sexual risk-taking behaviours. Misconception on the transmission of HIV/AIDS was als...
Abstract The relationship between psycho-demographic factors and attitude to corruption (ATC) was investigated. The cross-sectional survey included 600 local government civil servants following multi-stage sampling. A 58-item self report validated questionnaire was used for data gathering. There was significant relationship between; personality (r = 0.543, P
ABSTRACT This study examines corporate establishment demand as the quest for foreign education in Nigeria and seeks to expose the motivation behind the rush abroad for foreign education; explicated by the increasing level of university seekers within and outside Nigeria. A combination of quantitative and qualitative research methodology was adopted for this study. Major findings revealed that employers of labour demand for foreign certificates holders over national certificates holders. Amo...
Abstract Achieving food security under climate change is one of the greatest concerns of governments in developing countries. Due to favourable agronomic characteristics such as drought tolerance and an ability to produce a crop on less fertile soils, a number of underutilised crops, such as bambara groundnut offer potentials to address food insecurity problems in areas impacted by climate change. While efficiency studies have gained popularity in relation to many food crops, very little rese...
ABSTRACT The study examined the influence of-psychological and demographic variables voung behaviour. 232 randomly selected participants (males and females) In Ibadan metror61is took part in the study. A questionnaire made up of 4 sections was used to collect information from the partie •.pant~. A multiple regression revealed that of all the psycho-demographic variables only age and self-esteem independently predicted vouug behaviour. Also, analysis of Variance 'showed an interaction e...
Abstract The discourse on population growth has generally given a picture that the increase in the population of any society will negatively affect the utilisation of resources and ultimately overall development. A school of thought gave the impression that the more the population increases, the greater is the poverty, leading to underdevelopment, especially for countries in transition. This argument led to various suggestions and attempts at population control and huge budgetary spending, ne...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the magnitude of discrimination or abuse committed against people with disabilities in the city of Windhoek, with special attention to exploring the general perceptions held by people regarding this phenomenon. Incidence levels of discrimination or abuse and the forms in which they manifest themselves were also explored, including health beliefs (superstitions) supposedly espoused by certain cultural groups which attribute disab...
ABSTRACT The paper evaluates the implementation of Affirmative Action in Windhoek The municipality, officially known as the Municipal Council of Windhoek. This establishment is interchangeably referred to as Municipality, City Councillor Windhoek Municipality in the discussions. The municipality operationalized affirmative action in 1993, largely because of previous white male domination in its municipal structures. Subsequent to the enactment of the Affirmative Action (Employment) Act No. 2...
Abstract The importance of SMEs in the economies of all countries is well documented in literature worldwide. SMEs play an important role in world economies, including that of Namibia. These roles include employment creation, contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) and the generation of income. The purpose of this paper was to analyse early-stage formal SME funding challenges in Windhoek, Namibia. This was informed by the high SME failure rate of 75% at the early stage. The research ob...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate the factors that hamper the growth of registered small and medium enterprises, specifically in Katutura Central Constituency, in order to develop an understanding of the dynamics of SMEs. The study was motivated by the fact that despite the establishment of the SME Incubation Centres in Katutura with the objective of assisting small businesses to grow into formal small and medium enterprises, most of them are still in incubation. The research study em...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study is threefold namely, to do an evaluation of the strategy implementation practices at the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) and to understand what are the current challenges and impeders that are hampering the implementation of the strategic plan as well as to make recommendations on how the implementation of the formulated and approved strategic plan can be improved in order to realise the goals and objectives as stipulated in the strategic plan. This study...
ABSTRACT The study investigates the factors influencing motivation of teachers in secondary schools in Dodoma Municipal. The study sought to examine the extent of motivation, factors influencing motivation of teachers, and measures that need to be taken to improve motivation of teachers. The study employed a sample of 50 respondents including teachers, head teachers, community members and Dodoma Municipal Education officer. The primary data were used through questionnaires and face to face i...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the challenges facing the extension of provision of social security services to the informal sector in Tanzania taking Kahama Town Council as a case study. The objectives of the study were to provide an overview of social security funds operating in Kahama Town Council; examine the members/beneficiaries to those social security schemes who work or are self – employed in the informal sector; to examine the challenges facing the social security funds in extendin...