April 2009
NGO-state interaction and the politics of development in Cameroon in the context of liberalisation
The economic downturn and consequent impoverishment in Cameroon have led to a large increase in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are being heralded by some as the development panacea. This has triggered some readjustment in the dynamics of interaction between the Cameroonian state and NGOs with the promulgation of the 1999 law to control NGOs. This paper critically explores the emerging trends and the roles...
April 2009
Comparative analysis of stressors on job performance of public and private health workers in Calabar, Nigeria
This study investigated and compared the influence of stressor on the job performance of the health workers in the public and private sectors. The stressors investigated include interpersonal conflict, job security, poor remuneration, non-participation in decision-making, and inadequate skill acquisition. Five hypotheses were generated to serve as a guide to this study. A validated structured questionnaire was used to...
April 2009
Sustenance of education sector reforms in Nigeria through adequate participation by all stake holders
This study assessed the views of stakeholders on sustenance of education sector reforms in Nigeria. A structured and validated questionnaire was used to collect data from 160 subjects randomly drawn from primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions, including education inspectorate divisions. Population t-test was used to analyze the data collected. Results of the study revealed that community participation in...
April 2009
School attendance of child labor: A pilot survey in Gaibandha district of Bangladesh
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of some selected determinants on school attendance of child laborers in Bangladesh. For this, the data were collected from 1157 child laborers of Gaibandha district, using purposive sampling technique based on the scheduled questionnaire. To analyze the collected data, univariate analysis, c2- test statistic and logistic regression technique are used respectively....
April 2009
Transformation of the South African health care system with regard to African traditional healers: The social effects of inclusion and regulation
The paper will examine the recent incorporation of African traditional healers into the larger government-regulated health system. The new legislation passed by government is an attempt to legally recognise the fact that African traditional healers in South Africa play a significant role as part of the health system in the country. The health system has gone through dramatic changes since 1994, including the shifting of...
April 2009
Role of SHGs in socio-economic change of vulnerable poor
Self help groups (SHGs) have emerged as popular method of working with people in recent years. This movement comes from the people’s desires to meet their needs and determine their own destines through the principle “by the people, for the people and of the people”. Ordinarily ‘self help’ refers to the provision to aid self, but here self is also taken internally. Self – help...
April 2009
Who is reaching whom? Depth of outreach of rural micro finance institutions in Ghana
Outreach of microfinance institutions has been saddled with the definition of who is poor specifically within the context of an individual’s capability to access financial and non-financial services. This paper presents empirical results of the structure of the microfinance market in Ghana as per institutions and defines the market target of each of the institutions based on the socio-economic characteristics of...
April 2009
Industrializing the Nigerian society through creative skill acquisition vocational and technical education programme
The development of any nation is critical to the economic survival and vibrancy of that nation. This holds particularly true for developing nations like Nigeria, who is still grappling with chronic factors like unemployment and underemployment, which have kept them in the perpetual bondage of economic frustration. Vocational and technical education a multifaceted, multi-disciplinary and pragmatic field of study, is...
April 2009
Attaining standards in technology education in Nigeria universities through effective utilization of physical facilities
Technical Education programmes at university level involve an effective interaction among the lecturer, the student and the environment. The environment which includes the physical facilities enables the lecturer to attain cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domain objectives. These traits could only be attained if the lecturer adopts instructional approaches that effectively associate with the use of physical...
April 2009
Training technology and vocational education teachers for the new 9-3-4 education system in Nigeria: Its problems and prospects
The construct of this paper is to ascertain the attendant problems prevalent in the training patterns of vocational and technical education teachers in our various training institutions in the country, and its consequences in the teaching or impacting of knowledge by these trained personnel to the young ones in the post-primary schools across the state and beyond. It also suggested remedies for overcoming the...
April 2009
The interface between customary law and local government legislation in Nigeria: A retrospect and prospect
An evolutionary examination of democratic governance in Nigeria throws up a lot of gap which metaphorically are in need of surgical operations. Not only are the existing statute almost a near departure from what obtains in practice, politicians and technocrats carry on as if all the grey areas that have constituted a cog in the operation of a just, equitable, accountable and democratic system are immutable to change....
April 2009
Waste management towards sustainable development in Nigeria: A case study of Lagos tate
This paper discusses a key dimension of Wastenomics – that of addressing the sustainable waste management practices and education. Key words: Waste, development, Lagos state.
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