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In many parts of the tropics irregular and erratic rainfall has great national economic as well as socio-economic effects. In Kenya, where a large part of the population live in rural areas and rai ...
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The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of climate change on trade and competitiveness in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries and to address the implications for managing the impacts, including the options for mitigation and adaptation. The African continent is particularly vulnerable to climate change for a variety of reasons including the fact that the majority of the countries are reliant on agriculture, which is particularly sensitive to climate change and variability....
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Universal Basic education is a right for every child of school going age. This right is outlined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). The laws of Ghana outlines this rights and stipulates that every child has the right to free compulsory basic primary education. Several efforts by the Government of Ghana have been made to make education accessible to children living in all every part of the country. Children should be seen enjoying their rights and privileges...
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Impacts of extreme events caused by climate change, particularly heavy rains that lead tofloods and the prolonged recurrent droughts are now a regular occurance across the entireAfrican continent, hindering the region’s ability to be able to meet the MDGs by 2015. Africais already described as the most vulnerable and least prepared continent to these impacts andwith the lowest adaptive capacity levels attributed to limited financial, technological andinstitutional resources available.Rural...
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The study investigated the access and use of information and communication technology for administrative purposes by Principals of Government Secondary Schools in Imo State, Nigeria. The survey method was used for the study. Data for the research work was collected with the use of questionnaire, which was administered to the Principals of Government Secondary Schools in Imo State of Nigeria. The instrument solicited for information on the principals' access and use of selected ICT for...
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Full text can be accessed at the following link http://journal.ifm.ac.tz/index.php/AJFM/article/view/25
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The paper develops a simple two-period model relating child labor, child school attendance and child health care access in LDCs showing that child labor is positively correlated to access to health care services. In fact, higher medical expenditure generates better health and, therefore, higher child productivity. Accumulation of human capital, which generates higher future utility, comes at the expense of current productivity and consumption. The optimal choice of child labor is such that...
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The paper develops a simple two-period model relating child labor, child school attendance and child health care access in LDCs showing that child labor is positively correlated to access to health care services. In fact, higher medical expenditure generates better health and, therefore, higher child productivity. Accumulation of human capital, which generates higher future utility, comes at the expense of current productivity and consumption. The optimal choice of child labor is such that...
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A portable HPGe spectrometer has been employed to characterised, in-situ gamma activity concentration from the primordial Radionuclides U, Th K in the soil at 12 monitoring points (MPs) in the environment in and around the Centre for Energy Research and Training (CERT), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. The MPs were marked-out using Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation. The measured activity concentrations due to U range from 4.8 ± 3.0 to 11.9 ± 2.0 Bq kg with an average of 8.3...
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Several factors had been cited as contributing to the perpetually dismal academic achievement of girls with hearing impairment in Kenya. Personal esteem factors had not been adequately explored. The study used Carl Roger’s client-centered theory and an Expost facto design. Rosenberg self-esteem scale was used to measure self-esteem dimensions. School academic scores were used to measure academic achievement. A sample of fifty-three girls was drawn. Data were collected through questionnaires...