Communication Infrastructure and Economic Empowerment of People of Rukara Sector in Kayonza District, Rwanda
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2013-12
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Kampala International University, Master of Arts in Economics
Abstract
This study determined the relationship between communication infrastructure
and economic empowerment of people Rukara Sector in Kayonza District in
Rwanda. To achieve this main purpose of the study, three research objectives
were set and these included: to determine the level of communication
infrastructure; to determine the level of economic empowerment of people;
and to establish whether there is significant relationship between
communication infrastructure and economic empowerment of people.
The design that was used in this study was descriptive correlation and
the study sample size was 184 and this was derived from the population of
340 through Slovene's formula. Systematic random and purposive sampling
techniques were used to select respondents. Self-administered questionnaires
were used in this study. The reliability and validity of the questionnaires were
established using Content validity Index and pretesting. All ethical
considerations were also highly valued in this study. Data analysis was done
by the use of mean, frequencies, percentage and both correlation and
regression analyses were done so as to establish relationship between the
study variables.
The research findings indicated that the level of communication
infrastructure in Rukara Sector is generally high (mean =2.62); the level of
economic empowerment of people was also found to be high (mean=2.63);
there is significant relationship between communication infrastructure and
economic empowerment of people in Rukara Sectors (r. value of 0.986; R2
value of 0.973; F. ratio of 6.554E3; Beta of 0.986 and a very small level of
significance of 0.000).
It was concluded that the there is a significant relationship between
communication infrastructure and economic empowerment of people. It was
also recommended that the government and other development partners
work together and increase funding and resource allocation for development
of communication infrastructure as a way of improving economic
empowerment of people.
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A Thesis Presented To the College of Higher Degrees and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Economics
Keywords
Communication Infrastructure, Economic Empowerment, Kayonza District, Rwanda