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This chapter explores the level and characteristics of the entrepreneurial activities of young people living in one such area, Bwaise, which is located on the outskirts of Kampala. Drawing on a participatory research methodology, it examines why and how young people establish businesses in a difficult urban environment and the range of challenges they face related to resource scarcity and inadequa

This chapter draws on research conducted in one such compound, Chawama, in order to explore the employment situation of young people. Young people growing up in Lusaka's compounds face extreme challenges in finding ways to support themselves. The chapter highlights how some young people in the community act as "social entrepreneurs" a term used to denote entrepreneurial activity driven by a missio

This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book analysis the nature of youth entrepreneurship at the national level in both urban and rural areas and in specific sectors, and shows how it is affected by key factors including microfinance, social capital, and entrepreneurship education. It illustrates the multifaceted nature of yout

This chapter examines the livelihood strategies of young people living in three villages near the town of Bole in the Northern Region of Ghana, looking at their farming and fishing activities, nonfarm businesses in the village, and the role of migration in business establishment. The fieldwork on which the chapter is based was conducted in Bole District, one of 20 districts in the Northern Region,

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has become one of the EUs most contested policy areas. But despite widely observed patterns of rural resentment and farmers’ resistance to environmental policies, few studies have examined the CAPs political consequences beyond recent farmers protests. Drawing on policy feedback theory, Bourdieu’s theory of symbolic fields, and scholarship on sociotechnical ima

This chapter looks in detail at the role of young female entrepreneurs in the handicraft industry, and examines why young women choose to enter the sector and the capitals on which they draw in operating their enterprises. Handicraft production by young women in western Uganda is typically based on both informally and formally learned skills and makes use of locally available and/or purchased raw

This chapter contributes to debates concerning university entrepreneurship education in sub-Saharan Africa by examining who studies entrepreneurship education and why, their career paths after graduating, and how their studies have impacted on their entrepreneurial intentions. It draws on a study of recent graduates from two universities in Uganda who had studied entrepreneurship. Governments, don

The industrial sector, also called secondary sector, is in charge of transforming materials into goods. An important workforce is employed in the industrial sector not only in modern industrial countries, but in all modern societies. Since many of these jobs entail working under wet conditions, heat, or with hazardous chemicals, both irritant and allergic occupational contact dermatitis are of utm

The use of the home as a workplace has persisted throughout the world, challenging established notions of economic progress and resulting in home-based work being seen as an integral and lasting part of the capitalist organisation of production. Many different types of work are conducted in the home, including production, retail, and service activities. Home-based workers are a heterogeneous group

Att skapa fasta förbindelser mellan länder genom att bygga broar eller tunnlar är mycket kostsamt, men politiska beslutsfattare hoppas i allmänhet att dessa gigantiska infrastrukturprojekt ska öka internationella handelsflöden. Vi utnyttjar öppnandet av Öresundsbron för att testa om det stämmer. Vårt forskningsprojekt visar att Sverige och Danmark handlar ca 25 procent mer med varandra än man skul

PurposeThis study investigates the anchoring effect in property valuation among students from different educational backgrounds, aiming to determine whether an engineering education mitigates cognitive bias compared to a social science education.Design/methodology/approachAn experimental design was implemented during the final examinations in property valuation courses at two Swedish universities.

port framstår gärna som något spontant, kroppsligt och i någon mening frikopplat från ekonomi: prestationer på planen, publikens jubel och dramatiken i en direktsändning. Men modern idrott är i själva verket nära sammanvävd med marknadsekonomins förutsättningar. Exempelvis är den utrustning som används av såväl amatörer som professionella idrottsutövare ofta resultatet av betydande investeringar i

The expansion of e-commerce and the consequent spatial changes raise questions about how accessibility and liveability for older people is considered in increasingly ageing societies. The aim of this article is to enhance the understanding of how digitally literate older people perceive e-commerce as a tool to accommodate their needs. The study therefore poses the question: How do digitally litera

Projektet har demonstrerat hur man kan tillverka mätutrustning för att mäta fönster- och dörröppningar och ett antal förslag presenteras för att göra mätningarna säkrare. Dessutom har projektet mätt öppningsvinklar i 15 bostäder under ett år varje minut, med kvantitativa resultat. Mätningar har gjorts för att koppla luftflöden till öppningar med små vinklar. Det har gjorts systematiska, förenklade

Yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) is the benchmark oxygen-ion conductor and is widely regarded as electronically inert under oxidizing conditions. Yet its electrical behavior at the nanoscale remains unsettled. While bulk YSZ exhibits predominantly ionic transport, electronic contributions have only been reported under highly defective, porous, or strong-field conditions. Here, we demonstrate that