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- Review of: How do you spell development? Uppsala: Scandanavian Institute of African Studies, 1983
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- 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- Review of: Haleh Afshar (ed). Women, development and suvival in the Third World. London: Longman, 1991
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- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- There has been a high and growing incidence of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa in the last two decades or so. Over time what can be discerned in the various approaches to poverty alleviation in these countries is that they are determined largely by making a choice between growth-promoting policies and poverty focused strategies. The reality, however; is that the two approaches are not, after all mutually exclusive: they are complementary to the extent that the former serve only as a long-term solution while the latter constitute an immediate and direct shot at the poverty itself. This paper deliberates on the rationality of adopting the so-called "'poverty alleviation with economic growth" strategy. The strategy brings to the fore the necessity of tackling poverty through a broadly-based growth process with an explicit orientation to employment generation, supplemented by massive investments in human capital of the poor. The prospects and challenges of this strategy in the context of the Nigerian situation are articulated and the conclusion of the paper is that poverty alleviation in contemporary Nigeria requires both economic policy and educational reforms. To enhance the human capital of the poor in particular, the prioritiesforeducational reforms should be in the areas of basic education, vocational education and training.
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- 2000-07-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- A project to assist guidance educators in developing their skills, resources and confidence in providing a mental health service to the learners in their schools, was set up as part of a wider school-based reform initiative. The project was structured according to the principles of community psychology: community collaboration and participation, empowerment, a needs-based approach, cultural sensitivity, a preventative/health promotion emphasis, and an awareness of the context in which individuals live and the macro system issues that may influence their everyday lives. Teachers reported feeling empowered both personally and professionally by the project, and that the service delivery to learners had improved. The experiences in this project affirmed the role of psychology in serving under-resourced and disadvantaged communities, and the value of a community psychology orientation in South Africa. Although the project enjoyed success in the short-term and adhered to many of the practices espoused by community psychology, the failure of the project to more fully address the socioeconomic and political context creates uncertainty whether the positive benefit of the project can be sustained. Long-term follow-up will be needed to adequately assess this.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
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- This paper examines the issue of ethnic conflicts and their implications for democracy in Nigeria. Ethnic conflict and distrust is identified as the bane of former democratic experiments in Nigeria. Moreover, since the late 1980s, ethnicity in Nigeria has assumed disturbing new dimensions. The most crucial of these are the issues of marginalisation and agitations by ethnic minorities. Marginalisation breeds suspicion, distrust, heightens ethnic tensions and may eventually lead to conl1ict over the sharing and allocation of power and national resources. Democratic tradition, which is imperative for development, cannot blossom in the context of ethnic conflict. Thus,marginalisation, whether apparent or real, has the potential for disrupting the drive towards democracy. With cries for marginalisation so rife among ethnic groups, a need arises to address the issue squarely. This is particularly important given that Nigeria is presently engaged in another attempt at democracy. Ethnic conflicts in whatever form need to be resolved in order to allow for democracy to thrive. This paper examines ways in which ethnic problems in Nigeria may be resolved through the creation of a realistic and workable federalism modelled largely on the American model.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
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- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Date Issued:
- 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
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- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Date Issued:
- 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa
- Date Issued:
- 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Journal of Social Development in Africa