Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa

Vol.11, No.3, 2009

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

About The Contributors

ARTICLES

GLOBAL ECONOMIC MELTDOWN AND SUB- SAHARAN AFRICA: TRANSMISSION CHANNELS, LESSONS AND POLICY OPTIONS
By: Dipo T. Busari and M. Adetunji Babatunde

CHALLENGES OF DECENTRALIZATION AS AN INSTRUMENT TO SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT: THE EAST GONJA DISTRICT OF GHANA AS A CASE STUDY
By: Mohammed Sulemana

IN SEARCH FOR BROAD-BASED GROWTH: LINKAGES AND POLICY EFFECTS IN A VILLAGE ECONOMY IN RURAL ETHIOPIA
By: Tadele Ferede

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF VOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENT SCHEMES IN ETHIOPIA: A CASE FROM JIRU GAMACHU RESETTLEMENT VILLAGE, NONNO DISTRICT, CENTRAL ETHIOPIA
By: Messay Mulugeta Tefera

THE UNITED STATES AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT (AGOA) AND AFRICAN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO NIGERIA
By: Dokun Oyeshola and Abike Lawal

ADDRESSING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY IN NIGERIA: A CALL FOR ACTION, NOT RHETORIC
By Victor E. Dike

FOREST INCOME DETERMINANTS AMONG RURAL HOUSEHOLDS OF ETCHE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA
By: Anthony O. Onoja and Henry C. Unaeze

GLOBALIZATION, POVERTY, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE CASE OF SOUTH AFRICA
By: T. O. Akinbobola and C. A. Isike

GOOD GOVERNANCE, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN NIGERIA
By: Lemuel Ededegwa Odeh

HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD AND DEMOCRACY IN ZIMBABWE SINCE INDEPENDENCE: AN OVERVIEW
By: Feddious Mutenheri

NIGER DELTA: THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGE
By: Ashiomanedu Joel

OVERCOMING LANGUAGE CHALLENGES OF OPEN SOURCE APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
By: Joshua M. Pearce and Eleanor E. ter Horst

SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF ECO-TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA
By: Eja Iwara Eja, Judith Eteng Otu and Anake Ushie Michael

THE RELEVANCE OF ISLAMIC BANKING IN DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: A CASE OF ZIMBABWE
By: Kosmas Njanike

ISSUES OF GENDER IN PHOTOVOLTIAC INSTALLATIONS FOR HEALTH CLINIC ILLUMINATION IN RURAL MALIAN COMMUNITIES
By: Kether R. Hayden

BOOK REVIEWS

Francis B Nyamnjoh, Insiders and Outsiders: Citizenship and Xenophobia in contemporary Southern Africa, Zed Books, London/New York, 2006. pp. 273. ISBN 1 84277 677 0.
Reviewed by: Percyslage Chigora

Dejumobi, Said and Adebayo Olukoshi (Ed.) (2009). The African Union and New Strategies for Development, Codesria and DPMF
Reviewed by: David K. Kariuki

Wood, Elisabeth Jean. (2007). Forging Democracy from Below: Insurgent Transitions in South Africa and El Salvador. Cambridge University Press {ISBN 9780521788878}
Reviewed By: Samuel S. Sampson