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This study investigates the impact of non-formal training on income generation and its gender implication. Since the late 1970s technical education and vocational training in Zambia was intended to prepare trainees for the formal sector. However, the decline of the formal sector increased...

Education is a lifelong process that enables the continuous development of a person's capabilities as an individual and as a member of society. For a long time in the past,education was considered a preserve of the boy child by most families, because it was assumed that girls would get married....

In this dissertation, I argue that the rating system of the Rhodesia Railways and the customs agreements concluded by Northern Rhodesia contributed to the failure of settler maize and cattle farming along the line of rail in Northern Rhodesia. Settler agriculture in Northern Rhodesia developed...

In Zambia, women represent about 52 percent of the population, yet their inclusion in decision making, political and economic activities has always been limited. This is due to the negative stereotyping of female roles by society that has been made worse by some values taught through initiation...

This study aimed at investigating the impact of the Cooperative League of the United States of America (CLUSA) credit programme on its members in Chief Moono's area of Mumbwa district. The programme offered loans to farmers to grow various types of crops. The researcher collected primary data...

This is a study of the socio-economic impact of the Petauke Co-operative Marketing Union (PCMJ)on the peasant economy in Petauke District from 1947 to 1964. The approach adopted in this study is a dynamic one. The impact of PCMU on the peasants is examined through a focus upon the organizational...

This dissertation deals with the origins, conduct and settlement of the dispute between the North Charterland Exploration Company and the Colonial Office. In Chapter one the historical background pertaining to the formation of the North Charterland Exploration Company from its inception in 1895...

Zambia has recognized the importance of equal participation of women and men in the development process and the involvement of Non-Governmental Organisations to finance, design and implement poverty reduction programmes to reduce poverty (GRZ, 2002a). Concern Worldwide Zambia (CWZ) is one of the...

This study examines British policy towards Egyptian farmers in Lower Egypt. It looks at the way the agricultural policy was formulated,implemented and its results over the time period 1882 to 1922 the time when Britain ruled Egypt. On the whole, the thesis has revealed that expansions in...

Economic theory states that in situations of few well established enterprises, competition and consumer welfare is usually affected. The reduction in competition among other things results into consumers facing poorer service, and higher prices of goods and services. A number of studies in the...