The Impact Of Consultants For Agribusiness And Rural Development On Economic Development In Lira Sub-County

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ...................................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL ............................................................................................................................. ii

DEDICATION ........................................................................................................................ iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ..................................................................................................... iv

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................. v

DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS .......................................................................................... vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................... viii

LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................ xi

ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................... xii

ORGANISATION OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT .................................... xiii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................... 1

1.0 Introduction ......................................... ............... ...... ........... ................................................ I

1.1 Background .......................................................................................................................... 2

1.2 Statement of the Problem .................................................................................................... 3

1.3 General Objectives ................................ .............................................................................. 3

1.4 Research Questions (RQ) ....................... ............................................................. ................ 3

1.5 Scope of the Study ............................................................. .................................................. 4

1.6 Significance of the study ..................................................................................................... 4

l . 7 Conceptual Framework ..................... .................................................................................. 4

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW ...................................................................... 6

2.1 Meaning of Economic Development.. ........................................................................ ... ...... 6

2.2 Measures of Economic Development.. ............................................................... .............. ... 7

2.3 Challenges to Economic Development ... ............................................................................ 9

2.4 Characteri stics of Rural Poverty ............... ..... .................................................................... I 0

2.5 Strategies for Rural Development ..................................................................................... II

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY ........................................................................... 13

3.0 Overview ..................................................................................................... ...................... 13

3 .l Research Design .................................................................................................... ...... ...... 13

3.2 Study Variables ...................................................................................... ..... ...................... 13

3.3 Area of Study ....................................................................................... .............................. 13

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3.4 Survey population .................................................................................. ............................ 13

3.5 Sample size procedures/methods ....................................................................................... 14

3.5.1 Sample size ..... ................................................................ ......................... .............. ......... 14

3.5.2 Sample procedures .......................................................................................................... 14

3.6 Data collection I Methods .................................................................................................. 14

3.6. 1 Primary Data ............................... ................................................................................... 14

3.6.2 Secondary Data .......... .................................................................................................... 15

3.7 Data Processing and Analysis .......................................................................................... 15

3.7.1 Data Processing .............................................................................................................. 15

3.7.2 Data Analysis ........................................................... .............................................. ......... 15

3.8 Conclusion .............................. ............ .................... ...........................................................