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  Population 16.95 mln
  
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Globalization and the challenges of unemployment, income inequality and poverty in Africa

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There is an urgent need to re-investigate the functional relationship between globalization, unemployment, income inequality and poverty in Africa. Unemployment accelerates the level of income inequality and poverty within a given society. It is high time that African nations look beyond the official statistics of the so called high GDP growth rate and get down to the hard business of creating real jobs that take out the hungry, angry and jobless youths from the streets into workplaces. African more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 26, 2012

The conundrum of conservation agriculture and livelihoods in Southern Africa

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Low crop productivity, food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition; inadequate farming knowledge and skills, implements and inputs are characteristic of smallholder agriculture in Southern Africa. Many researchers argue that conservation agriculture can guarantee higher crop productivity, food security, improved livelihoods and environmental protection, better than the unsustainable traditional systems of slash and burn practices. In this paper, the authors present the results of a meta-analysis more...

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Sonia Hossain on April 11, 2012

The global and local influences in the portrayal of women’s roles

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This paper analyses the impact of the global and local forces in the portrayal of women’s roles in women’s magazine in China by examining the content of women’s magazines. Particular reference is given to the editorial content of both local and international magazines as the process of globalization influences magazines in China, and this influence has been traced in the changing depiction of women’s roles in the magazines. Through a quantitative content analysis of women’s roles in magazine more...

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Sonia Hossain on March 19, 2012

The role of sport tourism in employment, income and economic development

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Sport tourism is a new concept in the world having the most growth in tourism industry. Many countries enjoy an appropriate status with respect to sport tourism and, accordingly, contribute directly to their nation’s economic prosperity. Hence, the goal of this research is to compare and survey tourism managers, interest managers and tourisms’ ideas about creation of sport tourism-induced employment and income in Mazandaran-Iran. When compared with other studies, the present research indicates more...

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Sonia Hossain on February 07, 2012

Child labor and school attendance in Kenya

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Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest incidence of child labor in the world and estimates show that it continues to grow. This paper examines the causes and magnitude of child labor in Kenya.this paper includes household chores. Including household chores is important because majority of child labor takes place within the household. The paper finds that socioeconomic status and structure of the household have a strong effect on child labor. Also, a large proportion of working children attend more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 19, 2011

Knowledge-based economy and society has become a vital commodity to countries

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Technological change is driving demand for skilled labor and spurring an upgrading skills across economies. The emergence of a knowledge-based economy (k-economy) has spawned a “new” notion of workplace literacy, changing the relationship between employers and employees. The traditional pledge where employees expect a stable or lifelong employment will no longer apply. New ideas or intellectual capital, more than savings or investments, are the new keys to prosperity and to the wealth of more...

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D C on December 28, 2010

Trade openness, foreign aid and economic growth in post-liberalisation Ghana

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The extent to which trade openness and foreign aid impacts on economic growth, has for years been an issue of global debate. Being one of the forerunners to adopt liberalization policies in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana’s post-liberalization economic growth performance has received commendations from international institutions. This has increased government commitment in recent years to open the economy to international competition. Moreover, foreign aid inflow over the period has been relatively more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 28, 2011

The modelled solar radiation pattern of Ghana

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Solar radiation has many values as it is a driving energy for weather and climate, enhances Ghana’s socio-economic landscape and can be used to generate electricity. In order for solar radiation to be used to generate electricity, we need to know its intensity on daily and monthly basis. To make this data possible would require erecting a sufficiently dense network of sophisticated radiometric stations that comes with substantial resource investment far beyond the benefits generally obtained. more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 19, 2011

Public procurement and corruption in Bangladesh: Confronting the challenges and opportunities

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In new democracies like Bangladesh code of conduct, the ethics and issues of conflict of interest have not been accorded a high priority for legislative and administrative reforms. There are reports of wide-ranging corruption, political control and pressure from trade unions in the procurement process. Public trust in the process is generally absent. The World Banks evaluation of Bangladesh concluded that the implementation of procurement process is far from satisfactory, due to the following more...

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D C on February 10, 2011

Sustainable development in Cameroon’s forestry sector

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This paper examines initiatives formulated by the government of Cameroon to promote sustainable development within its forestry sector, and proffers a series of policy recommendations for advancing sustainable forest management in Cameroon. Since the enactment of Cameroon’s comprehensive forestry law (Law N0. 94/01 of 20th January 1994), which regulated the forestry sector in the country, the government, in particular, the Ministry of Forests and Fauna, has made a series of efforts with more...

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Sonia Hossain on August 29, 2011

Biotechnology and food security in developing countries

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Food security is a necessity for every individual, home, community and nation. In developing countries, food security could be substantially improved by increased investment and policy reforms. Biotechnology’s ability to eliminate malnutrition and hunger through production of crops resistant to pests and diseases, having longer shelf-lives, refined textures and flavors, higher yields per units of land and time, tolerant to adverse weather and soil conditions, and generate employment, cannot be more...

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Sonia Hossain on September 17, 2010

Development ideas in post-independence: Sub-Saharan Africa

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This study defines the development concepts and different economic systems, analyzes the relationship between governance, leadership and development, describes the common characteristics of African economies, and puts forward a view on the developmental policies that might address the development challenges of the region. African policy makers should recognize the failed policies of the past and be attentive to agricultural and rural development ideas in their economic development process.

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Sonia Hossain on June 30, 2011

Socio-economic status of women according to development levels of countries and structure in Turkey

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Women in developed countries, unlike in underdeveloped and developing countries, are easily accorded more prestige. However, involving women in underdeveloped countries’ decisions often taken by men is an attempt to rectify this inequality. In this study, the profile of women according to the level of developed and less developed countries were examined and comparison between the profiles were made.

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Sonia Hossain on July 21, 2010

Youth development, reintegration, reconciliation and rehabilitation in post-conflict West Africa: a framework for Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire

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Focusing on Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire this article argues that it is therefore imperative to massively invest in youth development in post conflict settings in order to prevent reoccurrence of crisis and to ensure that their energies are channelled towards sustainable development. The author highlights the key challenges of youth in post-conflict West Africa; suggest priority actions to be taken by governments and their partners to improve the status of youth in post-conflict West more...

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Moushumi Biswas on December 02, 2008

Sustainable rural finance: prospects, challenges and implications

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'The paper summarises the role of Government in sustainable rural services as follows: • the role of its different organs in monitoring market distortions in the microfinance industry, capacity development to MFIs, need to be made more effective. Whatever policies and regulations are established need to be monitored to check if they are being implemented properly • rural infrastructure, particularly the road network needs special attention by government and others for healthy microfinance more...

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Imran Uddin on February 28, 2009

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