Civil war and economic development in bakara market in Mogadishu, Somalia
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2012-08
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Kampala International University, College of Economics and Management
Abstract
The study on the “civil war and economic development” was carried out in Bakara market Mogadishu, Somalia, with specific aims of; examining the role of civil war; in improving people’s standard of living; and in improvement economic development. A review of related literature was carried out on already existing
information on the specific aims of this study as a way of comprehending the problem and enriching and supplementing the study findings. This was through quantitative and qualitative research designs under which questionnaires and interviews were administered to a sample of 50 respondents who were both
randomly and purposively selected. It was established that, the relationship between the civil war and
economic development in Bakara market in Mogadishu, Somalia exists (sig 0.05) the results also indicated that civil war correlated positively with economic development (r- value>0.05).The null hypothesis is rejected
hence accepting the alternative hypothesis which indicted that there is significant relationship between the variables. The study concluded that, although the economic development has created employment avenues, it should avoid duplication of roles and focus on economically sustaining jobs and by playing a corporate social
responsibility role, economic development should take initiative to raise awareness on shortfalls of the systems and develop a policy of crime detection.
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A research report submitted to college of applied economics and management science for a partial fulfillment for the award of Bachelors Degree of Arts in Economic of Kampala International University
Keywords
Civil war, Economic development, Bakara market, Mogadishu