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This study sought to identify factors that contributed to poor life condition of female graduates with mental retardation from vocational training institutions in Zambia and measures that could address such factors. The study was carried out in five provinces (Lusaka, Central, Copperbelt, Luapula...

The Kaseba-Katota area is part of the Mesoproterozoic Irumide fold belt trending in a northeast - southwest direction and covers part of the Eastern and Central provinces of Zambia. Outcrops in the area include metasediments, which have been subjected to intense deformation resulting in strong...

This dissertation studies the nature of local government in Commonwealth Africa as reflected in Zambian urban authorities. In particular, it examines central control and local authority functions; sources of revenue and central control;and control over manpower. These are some of the main issues...

Assessing and improving capacity for Chongwe District Council (CDC) has become more and more important as the Government through the decentralization policy transfers huge responsibilities in terms of planning, implementation of development plans and management of public services to local...

The thesis examined the performance of local Councils, with regard to administration and service delivery, during the Third Republic (1991-2001). The study is based on a Case Study of Lusaka City Council, Choma Municipal Council and Luwingu District Council. The focus of the study was not so much...

This was a comparative study based on 400 grade 5 children who had lost one or both parents against their 400 peers in the same grade with both parents alive. Data collection involved the children completing various tests for academic performance, the Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL), and the...

Family planning programs have long been recognized for their importance in improving the health of women and children and in reducing population growth rates. However, Zambia like many other African countries has lagged behind other world regions in the adoption and expansion of family planning....

This dissertation discusses the form, content and function of Luapula Valley Luunda Royal poetry. Interest in this kind of research was born out of the knowledge that in earlier studies of Luunda-Kazembe roj-al poetry, there is an apparent lack of literary analysis of the poems used.There have...

Largely employing the qualitative methodology, the study reports the perceptions of some Lusaka residents on the creation of Munali Girls High School out of Munali Secondary School. The study reveals participants' perceptions; the most reported being the fact of providing a High School for girls...

There has been a lot of emphasis in Zambia on FDI in the last two decades culminating in a steady increase in FDI flows from about US$200 million in 1990 to about US$920 million in 2008. On the other hand, domestic private investment, as a percentage of GDP has generally been low and has shown...