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Towards a harmonious view of money: The Nigerian experience 朝向和谐的金钱观:尼日利亚的经验

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2021.0633

Salewa Olawoye-Mann

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Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on the livelihood and food security of street food vendors and consumers in Nigeria 2019冠状病毒病封锁对尼日利亚街头食品摊贩和消费者生计和粮食安全的影响

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2021-11-18 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2021.0641

Oloko Majing, Ekpo Regina

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Internationalisation of the naira, institutional reforms, and a common currency for the ECOWAS 奈拉的国际化，机构改革，以及西非经共体的共同货币

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2021-11-12 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2020.0568

Michael A. Akume, Abdurrahman Isik, M. Oduh

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Managerial practices for small construction companies in Masvingo City: Lessons for entrepreneurship in Zimbabwes higher education sector 马斯温戈市小型建筑公司的管理实践:津巴布韦高等教育部门的创业经验

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2021-11-05 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2021.0638

Sithole Silas, Tsitsi Ndamba Gamuchirai, Nhamo Martison

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Women in nonfarm rural employment: implications on the social and economic empowerment of rural women in Uganda 非农业农村就业妇女:对乌干达农村妇女社会和经济赋权的影响

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2021.0632

Kantono Esther, Kuluthum Nakalema, Elizabeth Namujogo

{"title":"Women in nonfarm rural employment: implications on the social and economic empowerment of rural women in Uganda","authors":"Kantono Esther, Kuluthum Nakalema, Elizabeth Namujogo","doi":"10.5897/jasd2021.0632","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/jasd2021.0632","url":null,"abstract":"Nonfarm employment is an increasing form of employment in rural areas in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is partly because many of the workers in developing countries especially in Sub-Saharan Africa are self-employed workers. Most women in Uganda do not own land since customary land ownership system deprives women of owning land. This has pushed women to nonfarm employment in urban areas, semi-rural, and rural areas. This paper explored the implications of nonfarm rural employment on the social and economic empowerment of women in rural areas. The findings revealed that nonfarm rural employment boosts women’s income, puts women in leadership positions in women’s groups such as the savings groups, and empowers women to become independent by reducing economic dependence on men or their husbands while also providing women with decision making power both in the community and households. Additionally, successful women in nonfarm employment, especially self-employed women, are role models and a motivation to other rural women to venture into nonfarm employment. Being successful as a woman in nonfarm employment also comes along with leadership roles and high social status in the community. \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 Key words: Nonfarm employment, women empowerment, rural nonfarm economy, Uganda.","PeriodicalId":255248,"journal":{"name":"Journal of African Studies and Development","volume":"39 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114021998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Soft skills in developing economies: An African view on the hidden linkage between indigenous knowledge and business perspectives 发展中经济体的软技能:非洲人对本土知识与商业观点之间隐藏联系的看法

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2021-08-31 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2021.0625

Helen Akolgo-Azupogo, A. Rubens, R. Bardy

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Natural resources in Africa; a gift or curse: The case of Nigeria 非洲自然资源;礼物还是诅咒:尼日利亚的例子

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2021-05-31 DOI: 10.5897/JASD2018.0491

A. Abou-Zaid, J. Amusa, Sami Alabdulwahab

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The influence of nationalism on pan Africanism 民族主义对泛非主义的影响

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2021-05-31 DOI: 10.5897/JASD2019.0544

Angela R. Pashayan

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Performance management and health service delivery in the local governments of Uganda 乌干达地方政府的绩效管理和保健服务提供

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2019-10-31 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2019.0529

M. Ndanyi

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The rationale behind the Penan Kubaan Ethnic Groups refusal to seek wage employment in the mainstream economy of Malaysia 本南库班族拒绝在马来西亚主流经济中寻求有薪就业的理由

Journal of African Studies and Development Pub Date : 2019-10-31 DOI: 10.5897/jasd2019.0537

N. Mohd, Saad Zabariah

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