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This is a study of the participation of Angolan refugee women in relation to their male counterparts in aid programmes at Meheba Refugee Settlement. It examines the types of aid programmes designed for refugees at the Settlement. The study also investigates the level of refugees' participation in...

The study evaluates the public agricultural extension service delivery in Zambia with respect to the participation of smallholder farmers. The study describes the extension service implementation, establishes the smallholder farmers’ level of access to extension and finds out the factors that...

This study is undertaken to provoke a more serious attention in the Less Developed Countries towards the issues of technology as a vital vehicle for economic and social upsurge in the Less Developed Countries. Most of the Studies on this important subject have been taken in and by the Developed...

This research concentrates on Zambia, as the title suggests. It endeavours to ascertain whether patents are playing an important role in the industrial progress of Zambia and if not why and whether patents owned by foreign patentees are used as a means of transfer of technology to Zambia from the...

Alcohol consumption by school pupils has become a big problem in Zambia. Children as young as 14 years are drinking alcohol with ease yet it is a known fact that children who start drinking as early as 14 or earlier than this are more likely to become alcoholics. The purpose of this study was...

Research relating to factors responsible for adherence in Zambia has been limited. Clinic records at Choma show that the defaulter rate is at 9.9% (CIDRZ, 2007). This cross sectional study looked at common adherence problems like: level of adherence, patient factors, treatment factors, substance...

The question is raised as to whether a Form V qualification is any longer a guarantee of entry into elitist society or whether, as has "been the case with the Grade VII, supply is outstripping demand. The last few years have seen a large increase in the number of Form V leavers. An account is...

Musculoskeletal conditions are a common cause of long-term pain and physical disability affecting many people worldwide. Additionally, these conditions have an enormous economic and social impact on the individual, society and national health systems. Although the burden of disease due to...

This study examines Zambia's regional development planning attempts to construct an egalitarian socialist society. Specific attention is focussed onto whether the growth centre strategy - officially adopted by the Third National Development Plan (TNDP,1979-1983) - is an adequate strategy to...

This is a report of a study on the perceptions and attitudes of the Ministry of Education staff in Lusaka district towards the adult education degree programme. The main purpose of the study was to find out the perceptions and attitudes of the Ministry of Education staff towards adult education...