...Case Study On Charles Martin in Uganda Submitted to: Salma Akter Senior Lecturer Department of Business Administration Submitted by Muhammad Nazmus Shakib ID: 2008-2-10-213 ITB301 (05) Date of submission 25-03-2012 [pic]East West University Acknowledgement In preparing this case study, I had the support and co-operation of the personnel of my group members. At the beginning I would like to thank my honorable course instructor. I am pleased to present the Case Study that was assigned to me as a partial requirement of the ITB301 course. I have found the experiences regarding the assignment quite valuable and interesting. I tried my level best to make the case study authentic and worth reading. I really enjoyed the hard work of preparing the paper. I am very thankful to you for giving me such an assignment from which I can enhance my knowledge over cultural influence and other factors affecting international business. I ensure that certain information enclosed in this paper is appropriate and authentic within academic interest. Table of Contents |Serial |Topic |Page number | |01 |Introduction |04 | |02 ...
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...THE IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT PROCESS ON EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY IN UGANDA. A CASE STUDY OF MBALE MUNICIPAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL By: WANDULU KOSEA 2011-B141-10072 A REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF SCIENCE IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS OF UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY MAY, 2014 DECLARATION I, Wandulu Kosea declare that the content of this dissertation is my original work and it has never been submitted to any University or institution of higher learning for any academic award. Where relevant information to the study was got from others authors’ work, it was duly acknowledged. Wandulu Kosea Signature………………… Date:………………….. APPROVAL This dissertation has been submitted with my approval as the supervisor and it is worthy to be credited as part of the necessary requirements for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Economics and Statistics of Uganda Martyrs University. Supervisor: Dr. F. Mwesigye Signature………………… Date:………………………. DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated to my parents Dinah and Dison Nakhokho, brothers, sisters and friends for their endless love, moral, spiritual, emotional and financial support that helped me to grow in my education. Special appreciation goes to my elder brother William Makuma for his unconditional guidance and financial support...
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...THE IMPACT OF RURAL BANKING ON RURAL FARMERS IN UGANDA. CASE STUDY OF KABALE DISTRICT. BY NAMARA MARTHA 10/U/15158/EVE 210006079 A RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF STATISTICS AND APPLIED ECONOMICS FOR THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF ACTUARIAL SCIENCE DEGREE OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY. TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents CHAPTER ONE 4 INTRODUCTION 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY 4 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 4 1.3 THE AIM OF THE STUDY. 5 1.4 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 5 1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS 5 1.6 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 5 1.7 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 6 1.8 ORGANIZATION OF STUDY 6 1.9 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 6 CHAPTER TWO 7 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 7 2.1 STRUCTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF RURAL AND MICRO FINANCE INDUSTRY 7 2.2.0 RURAL AND COMMUNITY BANKS (RCBS) 9 2.2.1 SAVINGS & LOANS COMPANIES 10 2.3 NON-GOVERNMENTAL AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS 10 2.4 INFORMAL FINANCE 11 2.4.1 MONEYLENDERS 11 2.4.2 TRADERS 12 2.5 GOVERNMENT CREDIT PROGRAMS 12 2.5.1 INTEREST RATES 13 2.5.2 SECURITY 13 2.5.3 THE NEED FOR THE RURAL CREDIT...
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...Institutions in Promoting Savings CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1. Overview The chapter will constitute Background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, scope of the study, limitations of the study and conceptual frame-work of the study. 2. Background to the study The micro finance business embraced today arose in Bangladesh in 1976 with the founding of the Grameen Bank. It became popular in the 1980s s a response to doubts and research findings about a state delivery of subsidized credit to the poor farmers. According to Ledgerwood (2001), prior the 1980s government agencies were the predominant avenue for providing productive credit to those with no previous access to credit facilities. Their services had and still have limited access, because they need collateral as a requirement for getting a loan and the transaction costs are so high. Governments and international donors assumed that the poor required cheap credit and saw this as a way of promoting agricultural production by small landholders. Since the 1980s the fields of Micro finance (MF) has grown substantially. Donors actively support and encourage micro finance activities focusing on micro finance institutions (MFIs) that are committed to achieving substantial outreach and financial sustainability. In Uganda, the health of the financial sector has been impaired by political and social turmoil. It was indicated that the troubles...
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...Uganda Health Profile The country of Uganda also known as the Republic of Uganda gained its Independence from Britain in 1962. Since then there has been constant political, social, and economic struggle. A group known as the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) has caused a great deal of turmoil and forced several peoples to flee the country. There is still conflict to this day but the 35 million residents of this developing country are making efforts toward improving their country and their lives. The population growth rate is 3.32% with a birth rate of 44.5 per 1, 000 greatly exceeding the death rate of 11.26 per 1,000. An average citizens life expectancy is a low 53 years (Central Intelligence Agency, 2013). These statistics are indicators that Uganda is currently in a stage of development. The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) are helping move this country to a healthier more developed state. The citizens of Uganda have been taking great strides to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and improve their country by 2015. The first Millennium Development Goal is to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. Uganda has made the greatest progresses in achieving this goal. From 1992 to 1999 the poverty head count fell from 56% to 35%. It has since fallen to 31% and nearing the goal of 25% or half by 2015. The second target of the first goal, achieving full and productive employment, has not made large improvement but from 2003-2005 there was a 3% increase in employed personas as...
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...INCOME TAX ADMINISTRATION AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES IN UGANDA ACASE STUDY OF GULU MUNICIPALITY BY HENRY EGYEYU ABSTRACT The research study was aimed at establishing effect of Income Tax Administration on the performance of small Scale Enterprises. Using Gulu Municipality as a case, in all Small Scale Businesses which were selected were analyzed and supplementary data was got from the respondents. The objectives of the study were to examine the Income Tax Administration, to examine the Performance of SSEs in terms of Growth, Profitability, and Survival, to find out the relationship between income tax administration and the performance of SSEs. In the methodology the researcher used research design, study population, sampling procedures which included sample design and also sample size, the data sources like primary data, secondary data, data collection methods and other methods of collecting data. Presentation, interpretation, and the discussions of the findings basing on the responses from the respondents of the questions and the findings were tax payers don’t get tax education, make little profits from their business among others Summary, conclusions, recommendations of the findings of the research analysis the findings of the study and draws summary of the main findings of the study and finally the research draws and gives recommendation and further research. CHAPTER ONE ...
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...i GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA Ministry of Health HEALTH SECTOR STRATEGIC PLAN III 2010/11-2014/15 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD BY MINISTER OF HEALTH .......................................................................................... IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................................... V LIST OF ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................. VI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ IX 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 CONTEXT AND RATIONALE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE HSSP III ..................................................................... 1 1.2 DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR THE HSSP III ............................................................................................................ 1 2. BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 SECTOR ORGANISATION, FUNCTION AND MANAGEMENT ..................................................................................... 2 2.1.1 The Ministry of Health and national level institutions .........................................................
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...South Africa 5 Globeleq in Uganda 6 Determinants for the 6 countries that has promoted such as: 6 Successes and Failure 7 Justification and Rational 8 Conclusion 9 Group progress 9 Introduction Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) in the world today are an important economic resource and tool. Over the last three decades, FDI inflows have produced powerful stimulus for economic development in various countries across the globe. FDI inflows can help an economy by giving opportunities for improving the level of business and legal services, wholesale and retail trade or service sector. Thus, FDI has the potential to create jobs, improve productivity, the exchange of expertise and technology, increase exports and play a significant role in the long-term economic development (Liargovas & Skandalis, 2011; Financial Times (2012); Omisakin et al., 2009). In terms of foreign direct investments, Africa undoubtedly has all the makings of a prospective investment case due to its natural resources, trade openness, rapid economic and population growth, improving environment and maturing political system. As a result, despite a drop in investment in the last couple of years following a peak in 2008, Africa has remained an attractive investment destination throughout the global downturn and has managed to maintain its relative share of global investment flows (Ernst & Young, 2012; Financial Times, 2012). The purpose of this report is a case study of foreign direct investment...
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...Dr. Winand Gellner The Role of Civil Society Organisations in Poverty Reduction in Uganda Term Paper for Advanced Academic Writing Techniques for PPGG Graduate Students WS 2015/2016 Name: Kwerit Alice Matriculation no: 75842 Programme: MA Governance and Public Policy Course Number: 41764 Email: kwert5@yahoo.com Address: Am dobldobl 2, Passau Lecturer: Judith Schatzl Date: March 2016 Acronyms BAI Budget Advocacy Initiative CBO Community Based Organisations CSO Civil Society Organisations DHSP District Health Support Programme DRT Development Research and Training ESIP Education Strategic Investment Plan FBOs Faith Based Organisations GOU Government of Uganda HIV Human Immune Virus HSSP Health Sector Strategic Plan IMs Individual Members INGO International Non-government Organisations LNGO Local Non-government Organisations MFPED Ministry of Finance and Economic Development MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework NAWOU National Association for Women Organisations in Uganda NECDP Nutritional and Early Childhood Development Project OVC...
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...INTRODUCTION This essay aims at discussing decentralization, types of decentralisation, decentralization in Zambia and Uganda and it will discuss the most progressive decentralization between Zambia and Uganda. Decentralisation has various comprehensive definitions. The UNDP (United Nations Development Program) (1998) defines decentralisation as “the restructuring or reorganization of authority so that there is a system of co-responsibility between institutions of governance at the central, regional and local levels according to the principle of subsidiarity, thus increasing the overall quality and effectiveness of the system of governance, while increasing the authority and capacities of sub-national levels”. The UNDP definition emphasises two critical aspects of decentralisation – its practical outworking in restructuring of Government functions and its aim – increased efficiency. Similarly, the concept is defined as a transfer of competences from central government level to elected authorities at the sub national level. Rondinelli. (1992) defines decentralisation as the transfer of responsibility for planning, management, and resource raising and allocation from the central government to sub units. In this definition, units listed include field units of central government ministries or agencies, semi-autonomous public authorities or corporations, and other authorities such as Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs). Basically decentralisation is the act of distributing power...
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...Impact of the E-Marketing on the volume of sales in Tele Communication Industry CASE Study on MTS Uganda 1. Introduction In this case study, Chapter 1 mainly focus on the background of the case study, Purpose of the case study, research questions, Statement of problem, Significance of the case study and scope of the case study. 2.1 Background of the case Study Marketing is pretty much old term and it has been used since the humans’ first start trading the things. But as the humans’ come the long way since then, so did the marketing. Now the techniques that have been used in the marketing have been changed and it has become much more advanced. E marketing is the technique that has now been widely used as it bridges the gap between old age and modern age communication technologies. E marketing is basically a marketing technique which is done mainly through electronic media and to be more precise, through Internet. The terms like Online Marketing, internet marketing, e marketing is considered as synonyms of each other. If the e marketing is implemented carefully and correctly, it can yield better return on investment for the company (www.quirk.biz, 2014) This case study is on MTN which is one of the big telecommunication companies in Uganda. This company offers many different types of services such as SMS, calling and Internet services etc. MTN has its own full fledged website with around more than 1000 friends on FB. One can also follow MTN on twitter .com. MTN...
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...A case study of a youthful population UGANDA Table 1. Uganda’s age-sex structure: % of population male female 0-14 years – 51.08% 6,150,038 6,100,880 15-64 years – 46.78% 5,613,499 5,607,526 65 years and over – 2.14% 244,216 269,553 Table 1 shows that over 50% of Uganda’s population is under 15 years of age. The dependency ratio has increased significantly over the years from 100 in 1969 to 122 in 1995. This trend can be explained by i) a very high fertility rate (7.1 children per woman in 1991) and ii) a very low contraceptive prevalence rate – 16%. [pic] [pic] The reproductive behaviour of individual families influences the nations population as a whole and the impact of population size, growth and structure is felt in the level of welfare of individuals and the family. To a great extent what families do is determined by their income earning and knowledge, factors that are not necessarily completely in their control. The high fertility rate and youthful age structure in Uganda has resulted in the build up of a population momentum. Even if fertility were to drop drastically to replacement levels, the population of Uganda would still continue to grow for at least 40-50 years. This has far reaching implications for the development of the individual...
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...Entrepreneurs with Disability in Uganda By Rebecca Namatovu1, Samuel Dawa, Fiona Mulira and Celestine Katongole Makerere University Business School Kampala, Uganda ICBE-RF Research Report No. 31/12 Investment Climate and Business Environment Research Fund (ICBE-RF) www.trustafrica.org/icbe Dakar, July 2012 1 Contact: rybekaz@yahoo.com This research was supported by a grant from the Investment Climate and Business Environment (ICBE) Research Fund, a collaborative initiative of TrustAfrica and IDRC. It’s a working paper circulated for discussion and comments. The findings and recommendations are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of the ICBE-RF Secretariat, TrustAfrica or IDRC Executive Summary This report addresses entrepreneurship activity among Persons with Disability in Uganda and their potential to contribute to economic development. Data was collected from Entrepreneurs with Disabilities (EWDs) in Kampala using mixed methods research. In the study we sought to answer questions about the environment, business activities EWDs are involved in, attitudes towards business, their motivations, challenges and growth aspirations. Key findings were that the majority of the EWDs are involved in retail trade. Most of them had started their own businesses using their own savings and had previously closed a business because it wasn’t profitable. Most of their businesses weren’t registered because they said they didn’t need to yet the majority of those...
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...Charles Martin in Uganda: What to Do When a Manager Goes Native Question 1: Describe Ugandan cultural attributes that might affect the operations of a foreign company doing business there. Uganda is country, which has a multi ethnic, multi religious and multi language background. From the perspective of a foreign company willing to operate in Uganda the language is a serious if not the main problem because of the different types of languages. Even though English is the official language on that country there a great portion of the population that still speaks indigenous languages such as Bantu and Nilotic. This fact alone, results in a risk to the operations of the company by not being able to communicate with the locals, which result in a serious language barrier problem. So, having employees able to communicate with different people in a diverse set of languages is very important from a business perspective. Another concern is the multi religious background of the country with people practicing many different religions. The company may have to hire employees to work from any religion and also make sure that those belonging to all religious groups are also respected in order to avoid discrimination in the workplace. Also, business in third world countries tends to move slowly, so for example: phone lines may take months to be installed. Additionally the incomes are extremely low and with high payment system. Uganda is considered one of the most corrupted countries in...
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...MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH OF SMALL & MICRO-ENTERPRISES (SMES) ACASE STUDY OF (UWMFO) MICRO FINANCE INSTITUTION BY HENRY EGYEYU DEDICATION To the memory of my grand father Daniel Egeyu Whose love & enthusiasm for academia first kindled mine? ABSTRACT This research study investigates the impact of microfinance institutions on entrepreneurial development of Small & Micro-enterprises (SMEs) that are craving for growth and development in a war revived district called Gulu. The researcher used questionnaire as an instrument of primary data collection. Tables and simple percentages were used in data presentation. For clear analysis, the study centers on two broad variables; the dependent variable which is entrepreneurial development and the independent variable which is microfinance institutions. Three different hypotheses were formulated and tested using various statistical tools such as chi-square test, analysis of variance and simple regression analysis. The study reveals that (i) there is a significant difference in the number of entrepreneurs who used microfinance institutions and those who do not use them; (ii) there is a significant effect of microfinance institutions activities in predicting entrepreneurial productivity; and (iii) that there is no significant effect of microfinance institutions activities in predicting entrepreneurial development. The researcher concludes...
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