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• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Preface
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• About the Contributors
• INTRODUCTION
• The African Union Ten Years After. Solving African Problems with Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance
• PART I
• From the OAU to the African Union: State, Nation, Society and Good Governance in Africa
• CHAPTER 1
• Ghaddafi and the African Union. The End of an Era?
• CHAPTER 2
• Know Thy Self; the African Union and the Need for African-Centred Education

• ""CHAPTER 3
• The African Union and the Democratic Project. Examining the Challenges for Task Accomplishment """"CHAPTER 4
• The Impact of Model â€?Câ€? Schooling on Africanisation of Potential African Intellectuals""; ""CHAPTER 5
• Elite Corruption and the Impact on African Economic Growth and Human Well-being""; ""CHAPTER 6
• Corruption and Poverty in Africa. Interrogating the Problematic of Reform Without Development in Nigeria ""; ""PART II
• Peace and Security Architecture and its Impact on Africa""; ""CHAPTER 7
• Panel of the Wise and the Future of Conflict Resolution in Africa ""

• CHAPTER 8
• Mashopeng Go a Boelwa Revisiting Our Past as Imperative to Humanising Law Enforcement in South AfricaCHAPTER 9
• African Solutions to African Problems. The Fault line in Conflict Resolution in Africa
• CHAPTER 10
• A Return of Hostilities? The Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the Future of a Two-State Sudan
• PART III
• Science, Technology and Innovation for Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance
• CHAPTER 11
• Africa and the Impending Nano-divide. An Overview on Temporal and Normative Perspectives

• ""CHAPTER 12
• Examining the Role of Women in Alleviating Poverty""""CHAPTER 13
• Renewable Energy and Development in Africa. Reflections on the role of the African Union ""; ""CHAPTER 14
• The African Unionâ€?s Position on Organic Agriculture. What Are the Benefi ts of Governance at Continental Level? ""; ""CHAPTER 15
• Africa and the MDG on Improved Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation. Case of Nigeria and Ghana""; ""PART IV
• Africa in the World Economy/Africa in the World Trading System ""; ""CHAPTER 16
• Are Mineral Resources in Africa Enriching Africans? Trading with the World""

• ""CHAPTER 17
• Natural Resources for African Development under Sino-American Geo-strategic Rivalry""""CHAPTER 18
• Financing the EUâ€?s Economic Partnership Agreements in Africa. Implications of Alternative Funding Initiatives""; ""CHAPTER 19
• A â€?Wannabe Attitudeâ€?. Africaâ€?s New Hurdle to its Transformation and Achieving the MDGs ""; ""CHAPTER 20
• Pan-African Unity as a Pre-Requisite for Pro-Active Response to Climate Change""; ""CHAPTER 21
• Humanity and the Environment in Africa. Environmentalism Before the Environmentalists""

• ""PART V
• Politianism, Afro-Centricity, and the African Diaspora""

This book looks at the first ten years of the African Union. This is the second in a series of books that will be produced each year from annual conferences held on the multi-faceted issue of African liberation. The key themes of the book explore ways of improving the effectiveness of the African Union, fostering unity amongst African countries through entrenchment of pan-Africanism, and building ownership of the African Union by the African people and their communities. In addition, the thoughts of key figures of pan-Africanism and black emancipation, such as Sylvester Williams and Frantz Fan.

• Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Contributing authors; Introduction; Chapter 1 -Science and Technology Indicators in Africa; Chapter 2
• Building Systems for Innovation 'Take off' in African Economies; Chapter 3 -Innovation in Africa
• Toward a Realistic Vision; Chapter 4
• Innovations Systems in Renewable Natural ResourceManagement and Sustainable Agriculture; Chapter 5 -Low-income Countries and Innovation Studies; Chapter 6
• Human Capital, R & D andEndogenous Occupational Choice; Chapter 7 -Building Systems of Innovation in an African Setting.

• Chapter 8 -Are North-South Technological Spillovers Substantial?Chapter 9 -Where are the Flags of Our Fathers?; Chapter 10
• Design Theory of Letanta; Chapter 11
• Conclusion; Back cover.

A brief overview of the African economic picture reveals a paradox where the continent that has rich mineral resources, nearly a billion people and a land mass which includes the sizes of China, USA, India, Western Europe, Argentina together larger than the sum of these regions is in an unacceptable state of being an object of aid, debt and loans despite the vast resources both known and yet to be explored. Africa should have been a productive and innovation centre and not a charity and aid centre of the world where ëdonorshipí has replaced African national ownershipí of not just Africaís reso.

• Preface: Exposure to the African Roots of Mathematics Modelling and Engineering Design Mammo Muchie and Nnamdi Nwulu Introduction: Engineering design and mathematical modelling: Concepts and applications Nnamdi Nwulu and Mammo Muchie
• 1. Current state and trajectory of design engineering in Kenya Hailemichael Teshome Demissie
• 2. Student's perception of engineering design for competitiveness in Africa: The case of Tanzania, East Africa Lawrence Joseph Kerefu and Juliana Zawadi Machuve
• 3. Barriers hindering biomimicry adoption and application in the construction industry Olusegun A. Oguntona and Clinton O. Aigbavboa
• 4. Inventory of kiln stacks emissions and health risk assessment: Case of a cement industry in Southwest Nigeria Solomon O. Giwa, Collins N. Nwaokocha and Abayomi T. Layeni
• 5. Modelling the effects of exposure to risk on junior faculty productivity incentives under the academic tenure system Ibrahim Niankara
• 6. Analyses of mathematical models for city population dynamics under heterogeneity O.C. Collins, T.S. Simelane and K.J. Duffy
• 7. Mathematical model showing how socioeconomic dynamics in African cities could widen or reduce inequality Obiora Cornelius Collins, Thokozani Silas Simelane and Kevin Jan Duffy
• 8. Exchange rate impact on output and inflation: A historical perspective from Zimbabwe Nyasha Mahonye and Tatenda Zengeni
• 9. A mathematical formulation of the joint economic and emission dispatch problem of a renewable energy-assisted prosumer microgrid Uyikumhe Damisa and Nnamdi I. Nwulu
• 10. A simplified control scheme for electric vehicle-power grid circuit with DC distribution and battery storage systems Kabeya Musasa, Musole Innocent Muheme, Nnamdi Ikechi Nwulu and Mammo Muchie
• 11. Temporal analysis of electricity consumption for prepaid metered low- and high-income households in Soweto, South Africa Njabulo Kambule, Kowiyou Yessoufou, Nnamdi Nwulu and Charles Mbohwa
• 12. A novel approach for the identification of critical nodes and transmission lines for mitigating voltage instability in power networks Akintunde Samson Alayande and Nnamdi Nwulu
• 13. Design, construction and mathematical modelling of the performance of a biogas digester for a family in the Eastern Cape province, South AfricaPatrick Mukumba, Golden Makaka, Sampson Mamphweli and Peace-maker Masukume Conclusion: Post Scriptum, Mathematical Modelling and Engineering Design to Promote STEM Education in Africa Mammo Muchie & Nnmandi Nwulu.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Engineering Design and Mathematical Modelling: Concepts and Applications consists of chapters that span the Engineering design and mathematical modelling domains. Engineering design and mathematical modelling are key tools/techniques in the Science, Technology and Innovation spheres. Whilst engineering design is concerned with the creation of functional innovative products and processes, mathematical modelling seeks to utilize mathematical principles and concepts to describe and control real world phenomena. Both of these can be useful tools for spurring and hastening progress in developing countries. They are also areas where Africa needs to 'skill-up' in order to build a technological base. The chapters in this book cover the relevant research trends in the fields of both engineering design and mathematical modelling. This book was originally published as a special issue of the African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

"The contributions in this edited book reflect analytically and critically on how innovation and development in Africa like the rest of the Global South has been evolving differently from its origin in the developed world and the East Asian Tiger economies"-- Provided by publisher

"Innovations in the African context, especially sub-Saharan Africa, which has a large informal economy cannot be measured with the conventional metrics employed in developed economies. Hence, it is important to build capacity to develop appropriate systems of innovation indicators for the African countries. The contributions in this edited book reflect on both informal and formal sectors by exploring why we need to and how we can develop innovation indicators that are appropriate for measuring and understanding the dynamics of the innovation in different sectors across different countries in Africa"-- Provided by publisher

• Introduction : African economic transformation in the digital age / Mammo Muchie & Angathevar Baskaran
• ICTs and economic transformation in Africa : a synthesis / Olu Ajakaiye & Samuel Wangwe
• Innovation system approach towards economic transformation in the digital age / Angathevar Baskaran & Mammo Muchie
• Building the information society for us all / Christopher Freeman & Luc Soete
• How much is free? : quantifying open source software development in South Africa / Michael Gastrow & Saahier Parker
• Research in African e-local governance : outcome assessment research framework / Timothy Mwololo Waema, Winnie Mitullah & Edith Adera
• Policy implications of the relationship between ICT access and usage and well-being : a case study of Kenya / Timothy Mwololo Waema & Obadia Okinda
• Assessing ICT impact on development and economic transformation in the rural areas of Tanzania : the case of rural tele-centres / Peter Ulanga
• The impact of the Nigerian ICT policy on the printing and publishing industry / John O. Adeoti, Foluso M. Adeyinka & Moses O. Ubaru
• An assessment of application software market in Cameroon / Sunday A. Khan & Arsène Gidéon Nkama
• Link between ICT investments, growth and jobs creation in Senegal / Latif Dramani & Oumy Laye
• Impact of cellular phones on technical and allocative efficiencies of commercial taxi and fishing boat firms in Ghana / Vijay K. Bhasin, Simon K. Harvey & Eme Umoeka Fiawoyife
• Impact of ICT investment, ownership and use in the cassava value chain in south western Nigeria / Mutawakilu A. Tiamiyu and Abiodun S. Bankole & Rosemary O. Agbonlahor
• Conceptualizing accountability in ICT4D : complementary perspectives of information systems and development management / Silvia Masiero
• Sustainable broadband connectivity model for rural areas of Tanzania / Fatuma Simba, Lena Trojer & Zaipuna O. Yonah
• Post scriptum / Mammo Muchie & Angathevar Baskaran.

"The digital age is upon us. The current period is said to be under the fourth industrial revolution of robotization, digitalisation, and nanotechnology driven advanced materials. Biotechnology and cogno technology are driving the world. There are real concerns over whether or not technology should advance to a position of producing all the goods and services that humans need and consume. This is a real question in a world awash with goods and services produced with high end technological tools that would depress the wages of workers, and are then transformed into low wage earners who also do not have direct links to the sources and capacities for consumption. The ICT revolution is bringing about a major paradigm shift by having brought far-reaching changes in the way interactions are taking place among peoples, economies, societies and communities in the world today. We have now more and more e-people and fewer and fewer people that have not gone electronic yet. The number of those who go e- is growing rapidly, and those who have not yet become computer un-literate appear to be dwindling fast. That e-people are populating the world as electronic herds everywhere in the world making communication instantaneous is a reality that is with us now. It raises big opportunities as well as challenges. It looks everything that used to be done with human expenditure of energy and touch is changing with the application of ICTs in all walks of life from the military using drones to computers facilitating information on how to process social and government instruments such as passports and paying taxes. Social media is now pervasive and Africa is increasingly part of a world populated by massive data. Industrializing Africa now means, the continent entering the digital age, catching up and leapfrogging to the 4th industrial revolution. This is a timely and engaging book, reflecting on Africa's process of industrialization and socio-political construction in a digital age."-- Publisher's description

• Challenges towards building education, human capital and research capacity for integrated African development: introduction / Mammo Muchie & Angathevar Baskaran
• The relevance of technical and vocational education in Nigeria's development strategy: a new paradigm for effective economic transformation / Victor E. Dike
• Reaching out: efforts to build sustainable African research and innovation capacity / Joseph M. Kizza, Mammo Muchie & Timothy Waema
• A nanostep towards building a sustainable interdisciplinary research and educational program between the US and South Africa / Myron N.V. Williams, Paul M. Brown, Ishrat M. Khan, Alfred Msezane, James Reed, Laurisa London & Malik Maaza
• The challenges and opportunities of re-inventing higher education as centres of research capacity building / Mammo Muchie & Angathevar Baskaran
• Undergraduates' access to e-learning in Nigeria: policy implications / Nwaocha Vivian Ogochukwu
• Demystifying and demythologizing technology and technology education / Thabo I. Pudi, Vuyisile Msila, Cheryl le Roux, Agnieta B. Pretorius, Coneth Richards & Marius Dieperink
• Local universities as engines for innovation, take-off & expansion of regional development in southern economies / Ahmed Driouchi & Nada Zouag
• Constructing multidimensional education and health welfare indexes in Cameroon: multiple correspondence analyses / Boniface Ngah Epo & Francis Menjo Baye
• An investigation into the factors affecting corporate sustainability of public further education and training colleges in Gauteng Province of South Africa / Manager M. Muswaba & Zeleke Worku
• Human capital development, technological capabilities and national development: the Nigerian experience / Victor E. Dike
• Post scriptum / Mammo Muchie & Angathevar Baskaran.

• Introduction: Building sectoral level competence & innovation systems in Africa / Mammo Muchie & Angathevar Baskaran
• System divergence or coherence : the variations of innovation system from the local to the global / Angathevar Baskaran & Mammo Muchie
• Technological capability, innovation capacity and agro-industry development in Nigeria / John Olatunji Adeoti & Adetola Ibidunni Adeoti
• Determinants of technology adoption in Ugandan agricultural manufacturing firms / Niringiye Aggrey
• Testing technology transfer policies for the South African seed industry / Sebastian Derwisch & Birgit Kopainsky
• Learning, upgrading and innovation in Nigerian indigenous industries / Siyanbola Willie O., Olamade Olumuyiwa O., Isola Oluseyi O. & Egbetokun Abiodun A.
• Natural gas in future Nigerian national industrial development : an overview in the context of current progress in technology / Aminu Bayawa Muhammad, Abdullahi Abdu Zuru, Muhammad Gidado Liman & Ahmad Ahmad Tijjani
• Uyinmwen and the development of an indigenous genre in the Edo-Benin home video industry, Nigeria / Uyilawa Usuanlele
• Barriers towards the development of emerging contractors in the Limpopo Province, South Africa / Lawrence K. Tshivhase & Zeleke Worku
• Forging partnerships for innovation through networking : case studies from the fodder innovation project, Nigeria / Elias Madzudzo
• Assessment of technological innovations in selected indigenous oilfield servicing firms in Nigeria / Oluseye O. Jegede, Abiodun A. Egbetokun** & Willie O. Siyanbola
• Financial lending and investment in sustainable small-scale agribusiness in Sub-Saharan Africa : a review of carbon sequestration and welfare benefits / Benjamin Olatunbosun
• Post scriptum / Mammo Muchie & Angathevar Baskaran.

• "Solutions to access safe and drinking water in Africa" : from MDGs to SDGs to achieve universal access to clean water / Mammo Muchie & Angathevar Baskaran
• Inequality in access to improved water and sanitation in Africa / Oluwakemi S. Babatunde, Mammo Muchie & Angathevar Baskaran
• Treatment of abattoir wastewater using septic and multimedia anaerobic filtration tanks from a slaughter house in Akure, south-west Nigeria / Olawale O. Olanrewaju & James R. Adewumi
• Community view of public water projects and the challenges posed to state institutions in Nigeria / Emmanuel M. Akpabio
• Integrated water resources management (iIWM) in South Africa : challenges of microbiology quality of water resources / Rasheed A. Adeleke & Cornelius C. Bezuidenhout
• Green drop certification of wastewater treatment plants in South Africa : an initiative to reduce drinking water sources pollution and bedrock of wastewater reuse / James R Adewumi & Olawale O. Olanrewaju
• Impact of climate change on water resources in Africa / Oghenerobor B. Akpor & Maxwell K. Boakye
• Treatment of the wastewater containing phenol and strontium using isolated cultures from mine water / Bilainu O. Oboirien
• Technical challenges for water borehole design, construction and maintenance in the eastern Niger Delta of Nigeria / Nwankwoala, H.O. & Udom, G.J
• Reflections on water and wellbeing : the political imperatives in Nigeria / Segun Oshewolo, Mammo Muchie & Angathevar Baskaran
• Impact of distance between on-site sanitation and location of boreholes on groundwater contamination : the case of developing and semi-developed rural areas of Limpopo Province, South Africa / Matodzi M Mokoena & Murembiwa S. Mukhola
• Analysis of policy implication on water service indicators and basic household water service delivery in rural areas of South Africa : a review / Lutendo S. Mudau, Murembiwa S. Mukhola & Paul R. Hunter
• Post scriptum / Mammo Muchie & Angathevar Baskaran.

• Preface
• Contributing authors
• Introduction
• Chapter 1. Research typology and knowledge needs for development in Africa
• Chapter 2. Ghana's innovation system: what's wrong with it and why
• Chapter 3. Labour productivity, exports and skills formation: comparing foreign and local firms in Kenyan manufacturing
• Chapter 4. Innovative approaches to industrial utilisation of Cassava in a developing economy
• Chapter 5. Enhancing innovation in developing country systems: a synthesis of case studies and lessons from Uganda
• Chapter 6. Innovation financing, industrial production and the growth of Nigeria's non-oil exports
• Chapter 7. A firm-level analysis of technological externality of foreign direct investment in South Africa
• Chapter 8. A consensual approach to domain-partitioning of a cancer data sample space: lessons from Tanzania
• Chapter 9. Remote sensing and geological investigation of Okemesi area, Southerwestern Nigeria
• Chapter 10. Conclusion.

"The most popularised concept in the economics of innovation literature has been the national system of innovation (NSI). It was in the late 1980s that the concept that Frederik List coined as the 'National Political Economy of Production' took off again with different thinkers writing about the peculiarities and distinctions of the Japanese, American, British, German, East Asian Tigers and other varieties of system construction. Freeman defines National System of Innovation as 'the network of institutions in the public and private sectors whose activities and interactions initiate, import, modify and diff use new technologies.' Richard Nelson defines it as 'a set of institutions whose interactions determine the innovative performance of national firms. Lundvall defines the system of innovation as the 'elements and relationships which interact in the production, diffusion and use of new and economically useful knowledge and are either located within or rooted inside the borders of a nation state.' The normative assumption is that those nations that succeeded in building economic strength relied on the science, engineering, technology and innovation capability that made them to achieve an innovation advantage to put them ahead in the world, acquiring national or regional economic leadership as the case may be depending on what level of analyses is selected to look at particular failure, success or progress they made"--Page 4 of cover.

• Introduction
• The uptake of environmentally sensitive innovation to transform production systems in sub-Saharan Africa
• Climate debt owed to Africa : what to demand and how to collect?
• Education, convergence and carbon dioxide growth per capita
• Green markets of the future : an economic opportunity also for newly industrializing countries and South Africa?
• Science for the future : challenges and methods for transdisciplinary sustainability research
• Conceptualizing sustainable development as a global problem : the role of strategic knowledge
• Why radical innovations fail : the case of technological change in German coal-fired power plants
• In search of green knowledge : a cognitive approach to sustainable development
• Innovation for sustainability in a changing world : The South African-German dialogue on science for sustainability
• The ecological economics synthesis for sustainability : post scriptum conclusion.

The innovation system theory has to deal with climate change as it generates the intellectual tools to promote development. A unified innovation system theory that integrates the eradication of threats to nature with the promotion of development is critically important to advance an original pedigree and trajectory of epistemology. Africa must learn and appreciate the costs to itself from the way Europe industrialised. It can neither follow nor imitate the European pattern of industrialisation. It has to include in its own development agenda both the meeting of social needs and choosing a path of development that would not bring ecological harm in the process. The African innovation system has to evolve in a nature protecting, rather than hurting, system; in addition, social needs must be met rather than exacerbating the social inequalities path of development. -- Back cover.

• Cultural and linguistic dilemmas in Africa’s development trajectory / Ibraheem Muheeb and Manji Diyal
• The development sustainability of indigenous technologies in Africa / Jacob Ongunniyi
• Rethinking African indigenous knowledge and practice for environmental sustainability in Africa / Manji Diyal -- Ethics and culture : an analysis of moral values of African aesthetic creativity / Modestus N. Onyeaghalaji
• Culture misrepresentation through language attitudes : study of Francophone Cameroonian migrants in South Africa / Atabongwoung Gallous
• Integrating culture in an urban transformation framework in South Africa / Ajebush Shafi, Mzo Siraji and Mammo Muchie
• The ethics of Ubuntu and its role in fostering justice for development in South Africa / Mofihli Teleki and Serges Djoyou Kamga
• Creative industries : foreign direct investment as a driving tool for sustainable development / Abisuga-Oyekunle Owuwayemisi and Mammo Muchie
• Colonial legacies : Africa ‘s international relations and agenda 2063 / Eric Niyutunga
• The invisible force in the downfall of the African standby force / Francis Onditi
• Africa’s democratic evolution : the role of flawed elections, incumbency and third-term syndrome In political instability / Westen K. Shilaho
• Africans and Africa : cultural nationalism and the rebirth of Pan-Africanism / Temitope Fagunwo
• Developing the African Dream : African unity, a prerequisite for African development / Somikazi Tom
• Free trade In Africa : macroeconomics convergence, possibilities and prospects / Vusi Gumede
• Transformation from millennium development goals to sustainable development goals : the imperative of African unity in Africa’s development / Ajinde Oluwashakin and Ariyo S. Aboyade

"The role of indigenous knowledge in development has not been examined enough. Indigenous knowledge systems tend to mean different things to different people, so is culture. Culture is undoubtedly critical for development but often underplayed or misunderstood. Development in Africa remains elusive. Those who are supposed to benefit from interventions aimed at improving wellbeing are often not involved in decision making regarding those interventions. Indigenous knowledge culture and indigenous languages are usually ignored when conceiving policies aimed at advancing development. This book – a collection of chapters on these issues – demonstrate the importance of indigenous systems in development. Indigenous knowledge plays a role in development practice because of its capacity to generate transferable local skills and set energies in motion to reduce the prevailing inequalities on the continent. In an effort to resolve the enduring puzzle of development in Africa, the role of Indigenous knowledge is thus affirmed as important. The book advocates for paradigm shift in development thinking and practice that reinforces the use of indigenous knowledge as a first line of action in the process of development Africa." -- Back cover

"The contributions in this edited book underscore the critical importance of solar energy in African energy supply and the importance of developing specific and efficient technological capabilities to harness solar energy. They also demonstrate the important role of solar energy in the socio-economic development of African countries"-- Provided by publisher

• Part I: Innovative and sustainable developments as socio-economic solutions
• Grassroots innovations for Zimbabwe's smallholder agricultural transformation: evidence from informal metal industry survey / Kingstone Mujeyi
• Indigenous agricultural technology in Nigeria: case study of National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation / O. I. Ogunyemi and A. S. Adedokun
• Rural innovations and knowledge systems development and dissemination among cassava cooperative farmers in southern Nigeria / Edwards Adeseye Alademerin
• The role of innovation in development -- could lessons be drawn for Ethiopia? / Bedru B. Balana
• A conceptual framework for building a home-grown public-private partnership platform to deliver public information services in developing economies / Temesgen A. Weseniand and Richard T. Watson
• FDI-growth nexus in Ethiopia: is there any causality? / Yesuf M. Awel and Tsehaye Weldegiorgis
• Scenario planning as a management tool for sustainable aquaculture / Worku Jimma, Daniel Adjei-Boateng and Nicolas Van Vosselen
• A study of a public-private acquisition system applying transaction cost economics principles / Ermias Kebede
• Part II: Appropriatness and applicability of ICT for growth and development
• Assessment of knowledge management practices in Jimma University: consideration of technology, leadership, organization and learning pillars / Haftamu Ebuy, Rahel Bekele and Worku Jimma
• Indigenous knowledge management framework for coffee production in Ethiopia / Tewodros Genanaw and Workshet Lamenew
• Attitude and utilization of information communication technologies (ICTs) in an Ethiopian medical teaching hospital / Melisachew Adane, Lemma Lessa and Solomon Shiferaw
• Multi-criteria decision modelling for infrastructure development:a case of Ethiopian highway rehabilitation projects / Tamirat Fikre Nebiyu
• The practice of opting for open source solutions in higher education institutions of Ethiopia / Florida Alemayehu and Lemma Lessa
• Assessing it governance practices in Ethiopian financial institutions / Mengistu Bogale
• Health information systems in Ethiopia / Belesti Melesse Asress
• Hybrid software architecture design pattern model / Asebe Jeware and Nassir Dino
• Part III: Policy tools to unpack what developing countries currently face
• The challenges of good governance and leadership for sustainable development of Ethiopia: what can Ethiopians do to overcome the challenges? / Sisay Asefa
• Exploring the extent of information and communication technology (ICT) in supporting pedagogical practices in developing countries / Amare Desta
• Influencing factors on technology localization in Iranian context: a multi-case study / Mohammad-Ali Shafia, Mehdi Mohammadi, Ali-Reza Babakhan, Mohammad Ameri and Faramarz Lotfali
• Knowledge management practices in development and humanitarian aid organizations in Ethiopia / Hermella Ayalew
• A learning oriented approach for organizational requirements development / Mesfin Kifle
• Understanding community resource-use linkages: a case study conducted in southeast and southcentral Alaska / Mekbeb E. Tessema, Robert J. Lilieholm, Dale J. Blahna, Linda E. Kruger and Joanna Endter-Wada
• Conceptualising power and empowerment in the context of public participation in urban development projects / Mentesnot Mengesha.