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Determinants of Export Growth in Uganda (1991-2016)

ABSTRACT  Agriculture in Ugandan, accounts for about half of GDP, it contributes about 85% of exports, and employs 80% of the work force. Statistics show that the value of traditional exports remained minimal compared to the other sectors of the economy. This study examined factors affecting export performance in Uganda between 1991 and 2016. Secondaiy data were employed using time series to analyze the influence of macroeconomic factors such as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Real Exchange...

Challenges in the Development of the Uganda National Land Policy

ABSTRACT  There have been a number of attempts to address the land question in Uganda in the recent past, but all these attempts have not satisfactory addressed the problem. The study on challenges in the development of the Uganda National Land Policy aimed at finding out the process of Uganda national land policy development; examining the role of stakeholders in the development of the national land policy and investigating the challenges encountered by the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Ur...

The Role of the Catholic Church in Crime Prevention A Case Study in Iganga Municipal Council

ABSTRACT Crime Prevention Crime Prevention measures can and should have consequences that are oriented normatively, empirically and strategically toward creating a better society for all. Therefore, in the light of increasingly rabid law-and-order discourse, and the trait and express support for the crime control agenda by more conservative crime prevention practitioners, the task ahead for the liberal and radical criminologists is to continue the fight against punitive coercive forms of crim...

Leadership Quality and Organizational Effectiveness in Selected Ministries in Puntland State of Somalia

ABSTRACT The study was carried out to investigate the Relationship between Leadership Qualities and organizational effectiveness in Ministries in Puntland State of Somalia. This study was based on five objectives that were; 1) To determine the profile of the respondents in terms of gender, age qualification and experience. 2) To determine the level of leadership quality. 3) To determine the level of organizational effectiveness . 4) To determine whether there is significant difference between...

Management Information System and Project Success in Project Concern International, Tanzania

ABSTRACT MIS is continuously being introduced in organizations. Every new management information system is a large investment and it is hence crucial to smoothly get the users to accept the system and the new ways or working. Therefore, it is vitally important that the management information system in projects succeed. But it is commonly known that information systems in projects are very seldom completely successful and every project has to tackle various challenges. The aim of this thesis i...

Job Stress and Employee Performance in the Ministry of Labor, Public Service and Human Resource Development, Juba, South Sudan

ABSTRACT This study aimed at establishing the relationship between job stress and employee performance in the Ministry of Labor, Public Service and Human Resource Development, Juba, South Sudan, the objectives were; (i) determining the effect of job stress on Timeliness of employees in the Ministry of Labor, Public Service and Human Resource Development, Juba, South Sudan, (ii) establishing the effect of job stress on quality of work in the Ministry of Labor, Public Service and Human Resource...

Employee Turnover and Retention Among Academic Staff in Selected Public Higher Learning Institutions in Rwanda

ABSTRACT This study entitled “Employee turnover and Retention among Academic Staff in Selected Public Higher Learning Institutions in Rwanda “aimed at Determining factors leading to a high rate of employee turnover in public institutions of higher learning in Rwanda. The study was carried out based on three specific objectives, that is to say: to determine the extent of employee turnover in selected public higher learning Institutions, to establish the level of retention strategies in sel...

Compensation System and Employees’ Retention in Hormuud Telecom Somalia

ABSTRACT The researcher studied compensation system and employees’ retention in Hormuud Telecom Somalia (HORTEL). The basic objectives of this study were to find out the employee retention level of HORTEL, to determine the relationship between performance-based pay and employee retention of HORTEL and to examine the relationship between seniority-based pay and the retention of the employees of HORTEL. Data was collected through questionnaire both from employees and managers of HORTEL with t...

Computerized Accounting and Organization Development in Selected Public Institution in Kigali, Rwanda

ABSTRACT This study is a result of an academic research entitled “, Computerized Accounting and Organization Development in selected public institution in Kigali, Rwanda.”. The purpose of this study was to test the null hypothesis of no significant relationship between computerized accounting and organization development in selected public institution in Kigali, Rwanda, to generate new information from the existing data and to validate the concept of Stefanou. The objectives of this study...

Hiv Client’s Perception of Voluntary Counselling and Testing Services in Selected Muyumb Health Center Rwamagana, District —Rwanda.

ABSTRACT The quantitative study on HIV client’s perception of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services was conducted in Muyumbu Health Center in Rwamagana District, Eastern Province, Rwanda. The research purpose was to identify the correlation between HIV client’s perception and VcT services. The objectives were to determine the profile of the respondents as age, gender , marital status, education level , and occupation; to determine the level of HIV client’s perception, to deter...

Relationship Between Cumulative Twenty Four-hour Urinary Noradrenaline and Depression Among Students Of Kampala International University Western Campus

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Depression is one of the major mental problems in the students' population and it is continuously increasing. The catecholamine hypothesis postulated that depression results from functional deficiency of noradrenaline in the brain. In this study, the relationship between depression and twenty four hours urinary noradrenaline was analysed among medical students ofKIU-Western Campus. METHOD: A cluster sampling approach was used to select University students in K.IU. A 21-lt...

Civil War and Education Service Delivery in Kisimayo District-somalia

ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of civil war on education service delivery in Kisimayo district of Somalia. The study problem was the fact that poor quality of education services is a frequent phenomenon among schools of Kisimayo district Somalia, this has been caused by low provision of scholastic materials associated with lack of access to service providers due to the existence of civil wars, misappropriation, fund leakages and diversions. Three specifi...

Subgranting And Effectiveness of Health Projects; A case Of Aids Relief Services-Nsambya in Kampala District, Uganda

ABSTRACT The study intended to establish the relationship between Sub-Granting and Effectiveness of Health Projects; the case of Aids Relief Services in Kampala, Uganda. The study was guided by the four objectives which included determining;- the demographic profile of the respondents ; level of successful Subgranting management; Level of effectiveness of health projects and significant relationship between level of successful subgranting and level of effectiveness of Health projects in Kampa...

Income Generating Projects for Persons Living with Hiv and Aids in Kampala District, Uganda~

ABSTRUCr According to Ministry of health report 2005 and the 1st joint monitoring and evaluation exercise that was conducted in 2007 by Kawempe home care; the implementation of Income generating projects are still constrained by inadequate funds to meet the increasing numbers of people living with HIV and AIDS, The study also highlighted that Most of the PLWHA are extremely poor and lack basic necessities (KHC report 2009). Their financial stability would therefore enable them to buy the medi...

Tax Policy and Performance of Small and Meduim Enterprises in Juba City, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan

ABSTRACT Tax policy refers to what taxes governments choose to levy, in what amounts, and on whom. It concerns broad issues such as how much tax the government needs to collect in order to pay for expenditures and the effect that taxes can have on overall economic activity. It also concerns issues of fairness -who should pay taxes, and how much - and efficiency, or whether taxes will have a distortive effect on performance of SMEs in Juba City, Central Equatoria state, south Sudan.Arelatioshi...


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