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Balance of Trade and Economic Growth in Uganda (1984-2014)

ABSTRACT The study was set to investigate the relationship between trade balance and economic growth rate of Uganda from 1984-2014. The objective was to determine the level of balance of trade in Uganda from 1984-2014 (ii) to establish the level of economic growth of Uganda from 1984-2014 and to establish the relationship between balance of trade and economic growth of Uganda 1984-2014. The study was a time series research that involved analysis of the historical data for the Uganda balance o...

Rewards And Employee Performance. A Case Study of Cairo Bank

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between rewards and employee’s performance .The objectives were to establish the relationship between rewards and employee commitment and rewards and time management. The researcher used descriptive survey designs and purposive research designs. Both qualitative and quantitative designs were used. The researcher used random sampling technique and handled a sample of 57 employees out of 200 populations. The researcher used ...

Assessment of Industrial Wastewater Effluents into Urban Ecosystem Kigali, Rwanda

ABSTRACT Rwanda is developing its industrial sector for economic development; those industries are regularly generating wastes, either solid, liquid and gas which can in one way or another harm the living species. For the purpose of this study, an assessment of industrial wastewater effluents into urban wetland ecosystem was done and City of Kigali is considered. The objectives of the study was to establish the pollutants in the effluent of key point sources of Kigali and then assess the effl...

Lending Policies and Access to Credit by Women Entrepreneurs in Selected Commercial Banks in Rwanda

ABSTRACT The study on lending policies and credit access among women entrepreneurs in selected Commercial Banks in Rwanda was based on descriptive correlation survey designs. The researcher used SAQ to collect primary data from 162 customers, using simple random sampling. Data analysis was done using SPSS’s relative frequencies on respondents profile; means and standard deviations on lending policies and credit access; and PLCC on the relationship between independent and dependent variables...

Unemployment and Poverty in Puntland Somalia

ABSTRACT This study established the relationship between unemployment and poverty among the people of Puntland in Somalia. To achieve the research purpose, the following research objectives were formulat~: to assess the level of unemployment among the people in Puntland, Somalia; to examine the level of poverty among the people in Puntland, Somalia; to establish whether there is any significant relationship between unemployment and poverty among the people in Puntland, Somalia. Descriptive co...

Influence Of Reward System on the Performance of Employees in an Organization

ABSTRACT This study determines the influence of reward system on the performance of employees at Standard High School, Zzana Further sought in the study was, to determine the extent of reward system methodology as employed by directors and head teachers, to determine the level of concern and reward for performance by directors and head teachers, and to determine the relationship between reward system methodology and performance rate of employees of standard high school Zzana The study used a ...

Interest Rate Policy and Financial Sustainability of Umurenge Sacco as a Microfinance Institution in Rusizi District, Rwanda

ABSTRACT The study focused on "Interest Rate Policy and Financial Sustainability of UMURENGE SACCO as Microfinance Institution in Rwanda". The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between interest rate policy and financial sustainability of UMURENGE SACCO. It was guided by the following objectives: to establish relationship of interest rate determination on sustainability of UMURENGE SACCO, to analyse the relationship of interest rate application methods on sustainability of...

Civil Wars and Socio-Economic Status of Internal Displaced People in Mogadishu. Somalia

ABSTRACT The study entitled “civil wars and socio-economic status of internal displaced people in Mogadishu Somalia” the study was carried out among IDPs in Mogadishu. The purpose of the study aims at getting the solution to the main research problem. This research report was guided by three specific objectives; to assess the capacity of Somali leaders in contributing to the interruption of the country, especially Mogadishu, to investigate the consequences of civil wars on IDP5 in terms o...

Selection Process On Performance of Employees a Study of the Ministry of Public Service in Juba Southern Sudan

ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between selection process and performance of employees in the Ministry of Labor, Public service and Human Resource Development in the Government of Southern Sudan. The study further sought to ascertain the existence of the selection process and methods in the MLPS & HRD. The study employed a descriptive study. Out of 141 Permanent employees of the MLPS & HRD, 60 were made as sample using the random sampling techniques. The study utilised a sel...

Effect of East African Regional Integration on Intra-regional Trade: A Case of Uganda 1999 - 2016

ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the effect of the East African regional integration on intraregional trade. It was carried out based on three specific objectives: i) to examine the effect of the East African regional integration on Uganda's intra-regional export trade; ii) to examine the effect of the East African regional integration on Uganda's intra-regional impott trade; iii)to examine the effect of the East African regional integration on Uganda's intra-regional foreign direct inves...

Public Sector Reforms and Service Delivery in Local Government: A Case Study of Temeke Municipality, Dar Es Salaam Tanzania.

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the impacts of public sector reforms and service delivery in local government using Temeke Municipal council as a case study. The general objective was to investigate the impact of public sector reforms on service delivery in local government at Temeke municipal council, the specific objectives were to analyze the effects of public sector reforms on service delivery, to analyze the measures that have been put in place to achieve good servi...

Analysis Of the Effectiveness of the Ombudsman (Igg) Office Towards Addressing Misuse of Governement Funds In Rwanda

ABSTRACT This study focused on "Effectiveness of the Ombudsman Office towards Addressing Misuse of Government Funds in Rwanda". It was guided by the following objectives: To establish the effectiveness of the Ombudsman office towards governance improvement; to find out challenges encountered by this office in its efforts to meet the objectives of its mandate; and to suggest the best approaches by Ombudsman's office towards addressing misuse of government funds and deficiencies in its operatio...

Motivation and Teachers’ Performance: A Case Study of Selected Urban District High Public Secondary Schools in Zanzibar. Tanzania

ABSTRACT The study focused on “Motivation and teachers’ performance; taking the case study in UDHPSS, with three objectives. Assessing the contribution of working environment on teachers’ performance, assessing how remunerations affect teachers’ performance, and investigating the contribution of appreciations and promotions on teachers’ performance in UDHPSS. The identified problem was lack of motivation to teachers in UDZHPSS. The researcher used books, journals, magazines, newspap...

Human Resource Practices and Employee Performance in Montserrado Local Government-liberia

ABSTRACT The study established the effect of human resource practices on employee performance in Montserrado County in Monrovia, Liberia, three specific objectives guided this study and these were i) determining the effect of promotional opportunities on employee performance in Montserrado County in Monrovia, Liberia; ii) establishing the effect of training opportunities on employee performance in Montserrado County in Monrovia, Liberia, and (iii) investigating the effect of performance appra...

Universal Primary Education and School Enrolment in Buyenzi Commune (District), Burundi

Abstract This thesis is a result of an academic research entitled “Universal Primary Education and School Enrolment in Buyenzi Commune (District), Burundi”. The study was guided by the four research questions: (I) What is the demographic characteristic of respondents as to: gender, age, Educational level, Qualifications Other Than Academic Discipline and Number of years teaching experience? (ii) What is the level of Universal Primary Education? (iii) What is the level of School Enrolment?...


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