January 2013

Knowledge assessment on the effects of climate change due to keeping livestock in urban and peri-urban areas of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  This paper discusses assessment results of the respondents who kept livestock in urban and peri-urban areas in the three municipalities of Kinondoni, Ilala, and Temeke in Dar es Salaam city region, if they had knowledge that their activities had an effect on climate change. Data show that over two thirds of the respondents did not think that the presence of solid waste, liquid waste, and pollution...

Author(s):   M. R. S. Mlozi, A. Lupala, S. W. Chenyambuga, E. Liwenga and T. Msogoya  

January 2013

Public attitudes toward non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the Republic of Georgia

  The growth of civil societies depends on many factors; a key component is the development of a robust variety of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to provide programs and services that a government cannot, will not or should not provide. NGOs also hold government and corporations accountable through efforts to increase transparency. But, NGOs can only sustain their efforts and succeed with public support....

Author(s):   Roger A. Ritvo, Giorgi Berdzenishvili, Nino Khazalia, Mariam Khidesheli, Akaki Liqokeli and Sofio Samkharadze