ABSTRACT Rebellion and diplomacy have played considerable roles in international politics in the last two decades. Both phenomena, however, have failed to resolve many crises and conflict of interests that have plagued the African continent. Studies have been done on the causes and effects of these conflicts. However, substantial attention has not been paid to the centrality of diplomacy in the conflict processes. By drawing the contours of successes and failures of diplomacy, this study inve...
The focus of this study was to review the performance of MTEF and notice the change that was brought about by MTEF since the commencement of its implementation. The study examined the effectiveness of the budget reform process, the current process whether the Namibian fiscal policy did achieve the micro and fiscal policy goals. Given that Namibia has implemented a homemade MTEF in Africa, the paper examines whether Namibia MTEF's is different from those MTEF initiatives. The study analysed th...
ABSTRACT This study was an assessment of the oversight role of the Parliamentary Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security (PSCFDS) over the security sector in Namibia. The Namibian Parliament established parliamentary committees under the Standing Rules and Orders (SRO) or by resolution thereof for the duration of a parliament calendar. Every committee of the parliament established in terms of Sub-Article (1) of the Namibian Constitution shall have the power to subpoena p...
ABSTRACT Occupational stress and fear of contagion are common among nurses/midwives dealing with HIV/AIDS patients, and the psycho-social impact become more acute when death occurs, because the loss of a young patient, the suffering and self identification with the patient cause acute sadness and grief. Therefore a need rises to address the problem of occupational stress and fear among nurses and midwives caring for victims of HIV/AIDS. The Government of the Republic of Namibia has taken a p...
Abstract Whilst the ‘natural resource curse’ theory has been an enduring theory in the study of the relationship between natural resources endowment and economic development, the economics approach to this theory, which privileges the economic explanation focusing on the Dutch disease and revenue volatility, has been dominant. The political economy approach has proven to be more useful not only in political science but also in the study of the African political economy and developing cou...
Abstract Dominant scholarships on globalization and conflict management take one of two basic approaches. The providentialists describe it as a process of unifying the world into a one happy and peaceful family of 7 God. The constructionists conceive it as a human effort towards the creation of a borderless world through technological inventions. Both approaches failed to recognize resource inequalities as the driving force of both processes. It is against this backdrop that this study sou...
ABSTRACT The contradictions of importing over US$10 billion fuel annually for domestic consumption, in the midst of abundant oil endowment, has attracted attention and concern from researchers and investigators. This study, therefore, set out to evaluate the effects of the political economy of fuel importation on the development of refineries in Nigeria between 1999 and 2013. It set as its objectives the task of interrogating the nexus between allocation of fuel import licenses to independen...
ABSTRACT The study is a comparative analysis of SAP and NEEDS in economic planning and management in Nigeria. It seeks to understand if there is any relationship between SAD and NEED in economic planning and management and the prospect that NEEDS will succeed were SAP failed. Documentary data sources of textbooks, journals, newspapers and magazines among other secondary sources were used extensively in the study. Anchoring analysis on the depending theory, the study noted that NEEDS is an o...
Abstract The study focuses on a contextual analysis of the greatest happiness to the greatest number within the context of the Nigerian experience spanning between 1999 and 2009. Consequently, this study investigated whether the character of the Nigerian ruling class has undermined the utilitarian principle of the greatest good of the greatest number. The study employed the qualitative method of data collection and the qualitative descriptive method of data analysis. The ex-post-facto s...
ABSTRACT The weaknesses of the public sector in the delivery of effective and efficient services in developing countries is a policy problem that is well documented in the literature. The public sector is noted for being unresponsive to customer needs and also fraught with corruption and rigid regulations. Consequently, the new public management ideas including the executive agency concept were proposed as an antidote to the problems associated with quality in public service provision. Agains...
ABSTRACT Climate change has turned out to be one of the most destructing problems facing the world today that needs to be addressed. The causes and impacts are not limited to one part of the world or the other but are differentiated in light of the financial structure of a country as well as the ability to adapt. Ghana like many African countries had and continues to experience its fair share of the impacts of climate change manifested in extreme temperatures and unpredictable rainfall patter...
ABSTRACT Ghanaian women have made considerable progress towards participating more effectively in politics and issues of public concern. In spite of this, a myriad of challenges still inhibit the participation of women in politics in Ghana. This study explores the issues surrounding the participation of women in politics in Ghana. It analyzes the participation of Ghanaian women in politics by using Tamale, a Muslim dominated society, as a case study. This study also examines the hindering fac...
ABSTRACT The end of the Cold War caused or at least promoted progress toward an aid architecture that sought to ensure effectiveness in the delivery of aid. The Paris Declaration (PD) was thus adopted to show the resolve of leaders to take far-reaching and monitorable actions to reform the ways in which aid was delivered and managed (PD, 2005: 1). The primary aim of the Declaration was to provide a framework to manage aid more effectively. Even though Ghana received much aid (a total of US$ 1...
ABSTRACT An efficient public transportation system is indispensable to the economic development of countries. This study examined the involvement of the state in Ghana‟s public transport delivery. It, particularly, focuses on the creation of Metro Mass Transit (MMT) Limited as a state-backed transit organisation, in spite of the Ghanaian Government‟s chequered history in the transit industry. The study shows how the Government was, inter alia, politically motivated to set up MMT Limited a...
ABSTRACT Inter-ethnic conflicts have flared up intermittently in Ghana, especially in the northern part of the country, which has a large number of different ethnic communities. These conflicts have left damaging implications for socio-economic development, but also for inter-ethnic relations. This study sought to analyse the Gonja-Nawuri conflict of 1991-1992 in Kpandai in the Northern region. The objective was to establish the impact of the conflict on inter-ethnic relations. A cosmopolit...