Journal Articles (Development Studies): Recent submissions

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    • A review of enabling factors in support intervention programmes for early school leavers: 

      Tukundane, Cuthbert; Kanyandago, Peter; Minnaert, Alexander; Zeelen, Jacques (Elsevier, 2015-02)
      One of the major problems facing education systems in Sub-Saharan Africa is the phenomenon of young people who leave school before completion. Research has shown that this phenomenon disadvantages young people and exposes ...

    • Using participatory action research to improve vocational skills training for marginalised youth in Uganda: 

      Tukundane, Cuthbert; Zeelen, Jacques (International Journal of Training Research, 2015)
      Although vocational education and training is considered to be a good option for improving livelihood opportunities for marginalised youth in developing countries, it often suffers from an image problem. This situation ...

    • The Case for an African Solution to Cybercrime: 

      Nkongho, Eno-Akpa, Rene (Uganda Martyrs University, 2016)
      Currently, Africa hosts 4 of 10 countries with the highest cybercrime levels in the world. To augment the inadequacy of municipal cyber legislations in Africa, the African Union Convention on Security in Cyberspace and ...

    • Prospects for Africa's socioeconomic development despite marginalisation 

      Buchana, Josef Kisoga (Uganda Martyrs University, 2012)
      This paper discusses the external and internal factors hindering holistic and sustainable socioeconomic development in Africa. The factors are identified as: 1) marginalization engineered by manipulation of market forces, ...

    • Democracy and rural development in post-apartheid South Africa 

      Matunhu, Jephias; Nengwenkhulu, Ranwedzi (Uganda Martyrs University, 2012)
      The research addresses the contentious link between democracy and sustainable rural economic development in post-apartheid South Africa. Historically, in 1994, the democratic state in South Africa inherited a legacy of ...

    • Centrality of the family in the pursuit of sustainable development 

      Luswata, Albert (Uganda Martyrs University, 2012)
      The complex nature of the concept of sustainable development requires an integration of knowledge, other than basing on a particular science or model. This article widens the horizon by bringing onboard an approach based ...