Background: Despite the adverse demographic and health impact of early marriage, it still occurs in many developing nations including Nigeria. One of the outcomes of early marriage is increase in population size due to the ...

Entrepreneurship is a key ingredient to reducing unemployment and increasing economic growth. In South Africa, historical data points to an issue with entrepreneurs getting access to early stage venture capital. Venture ...

This thesis aims to investigate the influence of earnings news on stock liquidity and the relationship between information asymmetry cost component and Post Earnings Announcement Drift in different equity markets. The scope ...

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation with a membership of five countries. Since its establishment in 1999 the Community has generated a lot of information and knowledge through its ...

Science can define what is practicable, what can be done, but it cannot determine which developments it is right to pursue- this is largely an ethical judgment attempting to answer ‘ought we to do it’? The most sensible ...

Education is a central socio-economic right that provides the foundation for life-long learning and economic opportunities. Literacy data published by the UNESCO1 Institute for Statistics (UIS) in 2007 shows that the ...

Firms are increasingly being pressured into considering the natural environment in their day to day business activities, with consideration for the environment being recognised as a competitive issue. Firms are therefore ...

The following thesis looks at the role of ecologies in architecture and its role in sustainable development. The purpose of the work is to create an architectural response which provides the urban and natural realm with ...