Killing Ebola: The militarization of US aid in Liberia
In Liberia, the security-development nexus strongly emphasized the security side when Ebola became an international crisis with potential for global risk in 2014. In West Africa, 28,600 people had...
View ArticleDoes decentralization have a role in poverty reduction? The Ethiopian experience
This article reviews the actual impacts of decentralization on poverty reduction in Ethiopia after the inception of decentralization since 2000s. Secondary document analyses accompanied by interview...
View ArticleMedia and democratic imperatives in Nigeria’s fourth republic
The media over the years have been globally acknowledged as the watchdog of the society and their information/monitoring roles considered a sine qua non for democracy and good governance. The media,...
View ArticleEnhancing the middle class as a development resource in Africa: Insights from...
One indicator of national economic progress is middle class expansion. While recent studies show an increasing sub-Saharan African middle class, there is no clear empirical appreciation of the factors...
View ArticleBarriers to parent-child communication on sexual and reproductive health...
The increasing rate of risky behaviours among the East African adolescents has greater burden to the adolescent, family and the society. Young women in this region are exposed to potential sexual and...
View ArticleCraft globally, blame locally: How global neo-liberal development...
For over two decades now, Sub-Saharan Africa has been superimposed in a coercive and contradictory neo-liberal development economism agenda. According to this paradigm, markets and not states are the...
View ArticleAn analysis of western diversity management theories in a Nigerian context
Research has shown that the philosophy behind diversity studies emerged from the Global North. This also strengthens the assumption that the current diversity management theorizing is mainly...
View ArticleFactors contributing to irregular migration: A case of Kasulu District, Tanzania
Despite the fact that irregular migrants (IRMs) have often been facing a lot of challenges in sustaining their livelihood in Kasulu District, yet in recent years, there has been an increase of IRMs...
View ArticleDiscontents in Japan’s aid discourse in Africa: Land grabbing activism in...
Political resistance towards international development is a prevalent theme in global civil society and Non-Governmental organizations. The poor are often assumed to indubitably participate in...
View ArticleSocioeconomic characteristics of prisoners and food insecurity occurrence and...
While Malawis per capita cereal production may be higher than her per capita cereal consumption, Malawi is a net cereal importer and thus food insecure. The food situation is much worse in Malawis...
View ArticleHistorical development, existing challenges and opportunities in Ethiopian...
The intention of this study is to overview the development of Ethiopian Education from Early to Modern schooling. Opportunities and challenges regarding education quality and access in Ethiopia are...
View ArticleKilling Ebola: The militarization of US aid in Liberia
In Liberia, the security-development nexus strongly emphasized the security side when Ebola became an international crisis with potential for global risk in 2014. In West Africa, 28,600 people had...
View ArticleEmpowering traditional rulers and grassroot mobilization for rural...
This research empirically examined the impact of empowerments of traditional rulers on rural development in Cross River State, Nigeria. In order to guide the study, two research hypotheses were...
View ArticleIndigenous conflict management and resolution mechanisms on rangelands in...
Conflict resolution and peace building mechanisms remain problematic for most societies in Africa including those in Ethiopia, as most of them are trying to imitate western modalities rather than...
View ArticleIntroducing the Jaarsa Biyyaa customary dispute settlement institution among...
This study deals with an introduction to Jaarsa Biyyaa (Elders council) among Horroo of Oromo society in Ethiopia. Even though numerous researches have been conducted on customary institutions of...
View ArticleAppraisal of the impact of the gender of household heads on housing condition...
Housing is one of the basic needs of man, unarguably the third after food and clothing. It accounts for the social, cultural and economic value of a society; hence, quality housing is desired by all...
View ArticleCombining indigenous wisdom and academic knowledge to build sustainable...
The paper presents the premise that sustainable development in Africa is only possible when it involves a bottom-up approach and brings in a multitude of local endeavors. In order for this to occur,...
View ArticleGroundwater users’ awareness of water institutions in Tanzania: A case study...
This paper examines awareness of groundwater formal and informal institutions among water users. The paper adopted sequential exploratory research design to collect quantitative and qualitative data....
View ArticleSurvival strategies and livelihood diversification of Ileje Migrants in Mbozi...
This paper attempts to examine survival strategies and livelihood diversification of migrants in Mbozi district, southern Tanzania. A total of 551 heads of households were involved in this study. The...
View ArticleGroundwater conflicts or disputes? Experience from Mbarali District in Tanzania
This article examines conflicts and or disputes attributed to ineffectiveness of groundwater governance. The study adopted sequential exploratory research design. A random sample of 90 water users was...
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