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Influence Of Resource Mobilization In Covid-19 Era On Youth’S Empowerment Projects In Busia County, Kenya

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  • BARASA Dennis Silas

    (Department of Open Distance, University of Nairobi, Kenya)

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Resource Mobilization is a global phenomenon in the Covid-19 era with Empowerment Projects as a solution kit for Youth’s unemployment through development of a robust ICT Technology centres and Innovation hubs to mentor Youth’s into economic value chain in the society. Ideally, study seeks to demonstrate how Resource Mobilization in Covid-19 era influences Youth’s Empowerment Projects in Busia County, Kenya. The study was double-helix of Motivation and Human need theories. Descriptively, Composite Mean was 1.90 with a standard deviation of 1.080 implied the performance of Youths’ Empowerment Projects in Busia County, Kenya had improved for the last one and a half years. The adjusted R2= .251for Social Responsibility, R2 = 0.214 for Business Mentorship projects and R2=.208 for Innovation hubs with predictive power of about 25.1%, 21.4% and 20.8% variations in the projects. The F- values for Social Responsibility, 15.017 with 0.05 0.496, the F-calculated for Business Mentorship, 15.219 with 0.05 0.161 and finally the F-calculated for Innovation hubs was 16.470 with 0.05 0, indicated a statistical significant relationship between Social Responsibility, Business Mentorship and Innovation hubs in Covid-19 era and Youths’ Empowerment Projects. The variable was significant since p> 0.05; hence, alternative hypothesis presumed statistical significant influence between Resource Mobilization in Covid-19 era and Youth’s empowerment projects, was accepted. The study recommends adoption of social responsibility, Business mentorship and innovation hubs as a platform for resource mobilization in Busia County, Kenya.

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  • BARASA Dennis Silas, 2022. "Influence Of Resource Mobilization In Covid-19 Era On Youth’S Empowerment Projects In Busia County, Kenya," Management of Sustainable Development, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences, vol. 14(2), pages 4-10, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:blg:msudev:v:14:y:2022:i:2:p:4-10:n:2
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.54989/msd-2022-0009
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