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Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa

Vol.16, No.5, 2014

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
About the Contributors
ARTICLES

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS AND DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN NIGERIA: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD
By:  Chinyeaka Justine Igbokwe-Ibeto, Ngozi Ewuim, Rosemary Ogomegbulam Anazodo & Cyril Onyepuemu Osawe

CLUSTER APPROACH TO MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF CLUSTERED AND ISOLATED WOODEN FURNITURE ENTERPRISES IN ZIMBABWE

By:  Michael Kamoyo, Zororo Muranda, Farai Mavhima

COWPEA FARMING IN MASHEGU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NIGER STATE: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN NIGERIA
By:  Ayodeji Alexander Coker, Benjamin Odoemena, Emmanuel Oladipo Akogun, and Daniel Mohammed

HEALTH AND SOCIOECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF RELIANCE ON GASOLINE-GENERATORS FOR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN IBADAN, NIGERIA
By:  Ezebunwa E. Nwokocha and Patricia A. Taiwo

INTEGRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION PROGRAMMES: PANACEA FOR QUALITY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
By:  Ann Ebele Umeh, Irene Nwamu Mogbo, Caroline Chinna C Nsofor, Cecilia Ovuariodonye  Oboh, Charles Tukura, and Ismaila Kuta

INTERFACING TRADITIONAL AND FORMAL GOVERNANCE AMONGST THE KASSENA, NORTHERN GHANA
By:  Weobong, Conrad Atogi-Akwoa

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN FAKO MUNICIPALITIES OF CAMEROON’S SOUTH WEST REGION, 1866-2010
By:  Aloysius Nyuymengka Ngalim

NIGERIAN POLITICAL PARTIES AND PATRON – CLIENTELE SYNDROME
By:  Philips O. Okolo, Chris O. Opukri, Osimerah C. Aleonokhua. and Kingsley Max-Egba

THE IMPACT OF ETHNIC RIVALRY AND GULF OF TRUST ON NIGERIAN POLITICS: THE CASE OF THE FOUR-PARTY ALLIANCE, THE PROGRESSIVE PEOPLES’ PARTY AND THE PROGRESSIVE PARTIES’ ALLIANCE, 1979-1983
By:  Emmanuel Oladipo Ojo (PhD)

YOUTH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN ZIMBABWE: THE CASE OF GWERU YOUNG PEOPLE’S ENTERPRISE (GYPE)
By:  Treda Mukuhlani

BOOK REVIEW

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THEORY, ANALYSIS AND APPLICATION. Ilishan­ Remo. Ogun State, Nigeria: Babcock University Press, by Professor Robert Dibie, 424 pages
Reviewed by Leonard Gadzekpo