– When a religious denomination puts a strong emphasis on children’s education, the rulers who back religion, may encourage … the diffusion of education among the followers of that denomination. Conversely secular rulers may face a religion that … they consider a force opposing modernization and may develop a secular system promoting the diffusion of education. In both …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the incidence of public education subsidies in Ghana. Since the late …, causing dramatic increases of government expenditures to the education sector. At the same time user fees have been introduced … in higher education while basic education is being made progressively free. The question then is, whether these spending …

States that community development has been promoted as a process, a method, a programme, a movement and a paradigm, but … most effective in actually doing community development? Posits that the main determinants of what is done in society today …, a potential role for the university as a mediating structure in community development.  …

. This may be an impediment to Kenya's development. Design/methodology/approach – First relevant economic literature is … be granted greater inheritance rights, especially to land. Furthermore, education of women should be promoted as a way to …

The legacy of the last 50 years of development economics is not very inspiring. In the 1960s and 1970s, instead of … looking at the real causes and viable solutions to poverty and underdevelopment, development economics was preoccupied with … specific policies of development. These countries skillfully combined government interventionism with market system incentives …

Micro-finance institutions are critical to Africa's quest for solutions to the continent's development challenge. The …, two of the major Millennium Development Goals. The paper concludes with some policy recommendations and a set of “best …

international development goals and targets set by the United Nations, UN Millennium Development Goals and the Agenda for Action of … the 2nd Tokyo International Conference on African Development. Africa's recent economic performance is a reflection of the …, education, and health targets. The paper also outlines the urgency for action at the national, regional, and international …