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Title: Models Of Renewable Energy Technology-Transfer To Developing-Countries
Date: 1996
Source: RENEWABLE ENERGY v. 9 no. 1-4 96 SEP-DEC p. 1104-1107
Author(s): ABLETHOMAS, U
Abstract: This paper will discuss the benefits and needs for renewable energy technology transfer to developing countries. It will also assess and discuss the different models or channels of renewable energy technology transfer for successful dissemination in developing countries.
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Title: Can small countries survive the future?
Date: 1995
Source: Futures; Oct 1995, v27n8, p. 883-889 (7 pages)
Author(s): Sardar, Ziauddin.
Abstract: In conventional development literature, small countries are distinguished by their physical size. Countries like The Gambia or Guinea-Bissau are described as facing small-country problems, i.e. they are unable to sustain themselves. However, small does not necessarily mean unsustainable. Singapore, by contrast, has one of the highest standards of living in the world. It is argued that geographical or population size are less significant factors in determining viability than social, economic and cultural conditions. The future for small countries will only be viable if they can come together on the basis of mutual help and respect.
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Title: Dissemination Of Photovoltaics In The Gambia
Date: 1995
Source: RENEWABLE ENERGY v. 6 no. 5-6 95 JUL-SEP p. 507-513
Author(s): ABLETHOMAS, U; HILL, R; OKEEFE, P; PEARSALL, N M
Abstract: The Gambia has abundant solar energy but a significant shortfall in electrical generation and distribution capacity, along with a growing demand for electricity. This paper will outline areas in the application of photovoltaics (PV) in The Gambia which are both technically and economically viable. Photovoltaics is beginning to contribute to developmental efforts, but this contribution is rarely quantified. The paper will discuss the socio-economic benefits that The Gambia has derived from this appropriate technology. The application of PV on a scale much wider than the present will require strengthening of the infrastructure in PV systems, construction and maintenance and financing. The infrastructural needs of the country and its manufacturing capabilities will be assessed along with the organizational aspects for successful PV dissemination.
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Title: Food Bowl Division And Social-Change
Date: 1995
Source: ECOLOGY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION v. 34 no. 2 95 p. 89-104
Author(s): BECKERLEG, S
Abstract: Effective, local food sharing mechanisms are vital if the nutritional needs of small-scale communities are to be met. Changes in the ways in which food entitlement are decided by villagers in Keneba, The Gambia are described. Membership of the consumption unit (sinkiro) is the chief means by which individuals gain food security. Consumption units are kin-based, but outsiders can negotiate membership. The impact on sinkiro structure of two research stations based in the village is analysed. Changes in women's position within the wage economic sector are reviewed, and the increased level of female responsibility for sinkiro provision analysed. Strategies of crisis management are linked to economic change and shifting gender relations. The sinkiro endures in a rapidly changing environment in which the long-term food security of many African communities is threatened.
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Title: Credit guarantees authorized. (Us Department of Agriculture)
Date: 1994
Source: Journal of Commerce and Commercial; Oct 5 1994, v402, n28325, p3A(1)
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Abstract: The Agriculture Dept. has authorized the disbursement of $50 million worth of credit guarantees on commodities such as wheat and rice to for sale in 18 countries in West Africa for FY 1995. The credit guarantees will be supervised by Commodity Credit Corp.'s Export Guarantee Program. It will covered commodities sold to Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Tongo.
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Title: Gambian women dig for pay dirt; cooperative gardens in West Africa yield produce and cash for a growing population. (Royal Norwegian Society for Rural Development helps program)
Date: 1994
Source: The Christian Science Monitor; March 29 1994, v86, n86, p 11, col 1
Author(s): Press, Robert M.
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Title: Photovoltaics For The Gambia Implementation Strategies For Renewable Energy Technology Transfer.
Date: 1994
Source: Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF NORTHUMBRIA AT NEWCASTLE (UNITED KINGDOM), 1994. 361 p.; This item is not available from University Microfilms International. Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 56-03, Section: C, page: 0771. Publisher info
Author(s): ABLE-THOMAS, URIEL.
Abstract: This research project has assessed the social and techno-economic aspects of photovoltaic (PV) manufacture and dissemination in the Gambia as an appropriate alternative source of energy for development. The research has also considered the relationship between energy and development, the need to conserve and use fuelwood and to utilise the other conventional energy sources more efficiently. The Gambia's energy balance has been presented for 1988/89 to 1991/92 indicating its energy demand pattern. The importance of an integrated energy plan has been indicated with the need to conserve and use energy more efficiently. The project has considered some of the renewable energy technologies that might be appropriate sources of energy for development with emphasis on PV. The techno-economic benefits of PV lighting, PV water pumping and PV vaccine refrigeration compared to the conventional systems have been assessed. The technical performance, reliability, efficiency and cost have been presented for PV systems compared to existing or potential conventional systems in order to assess their technical feasibility and economic viability. A specific case study has been investigated on the techno-economic feasibility of installing PV stand-alone, diesel or PV/diesel hybrid systems at Banjul International Airport. Different models of technology transfer to developing countries have been discussed. An assessment has been made of the needs and associated problems for developing countries and the Gambia in particular. The appropriate models and strategy for PV manufacture and dissemination in the Gambia have been identified. Means of transferring these technologies into the Gambia have been suggested. An assessment of the relevant criteria for the Gambia to acquire the PV technology was carried out. Several levels of acquiring PV technology through technology transfer have been identified. A strategy for acquiring PV technology and the dissemination procedure in the Gambia has been suggested.
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Title: The European Development Fund.
Date: 1994
Source: Business Africa; Feb 1-15, 1994, v3n3, p. 7 (1 pages)
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Abstract: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Tanzania, and Zambia are the main beneficiaries in Africa of the European Development Fund's release of financial aid. General African, Caribbean, and Pacific states' programs are noted.
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Title: The Role Of Women In Sustainable Development: The Gambia, A Case Study.
Date: 1994
Source: Masters Thesis (M.D.E.)--DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY (CANADA), 1994. 88 p.; Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 33-04, page: 1116.
Author(s): SAHO, JAINABA M. L.
Abstract: Sustainable development means growth which respects the limits to environmental resources (e.g. clean air, water, forests and soils). Developing countries must find their own feasible growth paths to sustainable development. Albeit The Gambia's growth rates have grown rapidly over recent years, and the economy has appeared to benefit from the rigourous application of structural adjustment policies, poverty remains widespread. Gambian women, in their triple roles as reproducers, producers and community mobilizers, must be recognized for their existing, and even more for their potential, contribution in the development of the nation. For future planning and advocacy purposes, an approach which portrays women as producers of development rather than as passive recipients of aid is suggested and an outline which attempts to sketch out the way this might be done is given, with particular examples drawn from the fisheries and the tourism sectors. ISBN: 0315938358
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Title: Aid Flows & Policy Reforms A General Equilibrium Analysis of Adjustment & the Poor in the Gambia
Date: 1993
Source: Series: Working Paper Ser. No. 46; ISBN: 1564011461 Trade Paper USD 7.00 R
Author(s): Dorosh, Paul A.; Lundberg, Mattias K. Author
Abstract: 72 p
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Title: Evaluation as action research: the case of the Management Development Institute in Gambia, West Africa.
Date: 1993
Source: International Journal of Public Administration; March 1993, v16, n3, p341(16)
Author(s): Murrell, Kenneth L.
Abstract: The Management Development Institute in Gambia, West Africa was reviewed by a team sent to form an action research intervention program. The evaluation team discovered five legitimate mutually exclusive frameworks within the institution. Upon this discovery, an action team was formed to troubleshoot problem areas. The action team was empowered and a team was formed. A future role and structure in which to work was formed for the action team. Overall, the action team research is a viable means for troubleshooting. Author Abstract the following article describes an organization development intervention as part of a Unite Nations funded evaluation mission to Gambia in West Africa. The mission was led by the author of this report and was directed to evaluate the Gambian Management Development Institute in Banjul, the capital city. The evaluation methodology used relied heavily on an O.D. action research approach which incorporated the active involvement of the Institute's leadership, as well as those responsible for the United Nation's Development Program funding to help develop institutional capacity. The mission accomplished its evaluation purpose easily and also achieved considerable success in promoting team work and developing action research skills in the officials responsible. The process described is defined as an effort to build in self corrective responses to the project's problems rather than using an evaluation mission to find fault. The end result was the development of a strategy for Gambianization and institution building that helped reconnect the key professionals whose cooperation would aid in project success. COPYRIGHT Marcel Dekker Inc. 1993
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Title: Gambia Ports Authority : A catalyst for economic development.
Date: 1993
Source: Corporate Location; Aug 1993, p. SSS9 (1 pages)
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Abstract: The Gambia Ports Authority (GPA) was established under the 1972 Ports Act as a statutory public corporation mandated to conduct its affairs on sound commercial liners. Since the GPA's establishment, further legislation, known as the Public Enterprises Act 1989, was enacted, with the main objectives of promoting improved performance, profitability, and efficiency. The government further contracted with the GPA under a performance contract in 1987. It is widely recognized that the GPA has performed exceptionally under the contract as evidenced by its attainment. In 1993, the GPA has defined a corporate strategy that envisages transforming the port of Banjul into a key distribution and transshipment center for the Western African sub region. The strategy is based on the significant economic advantages Gambia has to offer and an increasing reputation being earned by the port of Banjul as the most efficient and cost-effective port in the region. The 3rd Banjul Port Project will upgrade the port's facilities over a 5-year period.
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Title: Intrahousehold Resource Allocation: A Principal-Agent Analysis With Empirical Evidence (Gambia River Basin, Households).
Date: 1993
Source: Thesis (PH.D.)--THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 1993. 139 p.; Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 54-07, Section: A, page: 2678. Chairperson: SHERRIE A. KOSSOUDJI.
Author(s): CHAWLA, ANITA J.
Abstract: This study examines intrahousehold resource allocation in farm households in the Gambia River Basin. I use a multiperiod principal-agent game to explore the contractual arrangements associated with resource allocation. The household head remunerates household members for effort supplied for household food production. Household members individually contract with the household head and receive personal land on which they can grow income generating crops and a subsistence allotment of food. The model generates, as a solution, a sequence of payment schedules where remuneration is a function of effort on household plots. As men and women age, the sequence of payment schedules increases. The solution to the contracting problem also predicts that the payment schedule is greater for men than for women in any period. This payment differential is a function of the institutional structure of the household--women who leave the household may not return. The irreversibility of a woman's decision to leave the household in any period leaves her strategically weak while she maintains household residence. Consequently, household heads can extract a surplus from women's remuneration. I test the implications of the model using the Gambia River Basin Studies project data, collected in 1983-1984. A payment equation is estimated using two model specifications with different measures of the dependent variable which represents payment for effort on household plots. Three econometric approaches are used to estimate the models. The explanatory power of the model is explored, and selectivity and endogeneity biases are considered. The empirical results are sensitive to model specification. There is some evidence to support the hypotheses that household members are remunerated for labor supplied for communal food production and that payment increases over time. Strong evidence consistent with the hypothesis that there is a payment differential for men and women that is a function of the household's endowment with public goods did not emerge. The results suggest an agenda for further research, including a refinement of the model specification and the development of a more comprehensive measure of household public goods.
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Title: Reflections on information issues and information professionals in Africa : Some lessons from records management workshops in the Gambia and Ghana.
Date: 1993
Source: Journal of Information Science Principles & Practice; 1993, v19n4, p. 309-316 (8 pages)
Author(s): Alegbeyele, G O.
Abstract: Government information, which provides important knowledge and ensures the accountability of the government, is also vital to the healthy performance of the economy. Many African countries are coming to accept this idea, but these countries need to take bold steps to improve or reorganize information infrastructures. In 1989, records management workshops were held in the Gambia and Ghana. The objectives of these workshops included: 1. Clear much of the backlog of records in several key ministries. 2. Establish a records center and the necessary operating procedures. 3. Create an awareness in the countries' civil service about the importance and benefits of efficient records management. 4. Provide a professional forum for records management issues. A summary of the achievements of the workshops is provided, and general observations about records management in the 2 countries, including the need for a new core of trained information managers, are made.
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Title: The Gambia: women in the public service. (Reports From Around the World: Africa and the Middle East)
Date: 1993
Source: WIN News; Wntr 1993, v19, n1, p49(1)
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Abstract: Gambian civil service is dominated by males despite the fact that women are not discriminated against when it comes to employment opportunities. However, 85% of managerial and administrative positions are occupied by males and only 1.4% of professional positions are occupied by women. These figures indicate how limited access to education because of culture-bound restrictions have put women at a disadvantage. Moreover, young girls are discouraged from pursuing higher education because of early marriages. For that matter, working women are burdened with juggling their domestic and career duties. Family responsibilities often push them to give up their jobs.
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Title: A Social Accounting Matrix for the Gambia
Date: 1992
Source: Series: Working Paper Ser.; ISBN: 1564011208 Paper Text USD 7.00 R
Author(s): CFNPP Staff; Jabara, Cathy L. Author; Lundberg, Mattias Author; Jallow, Abdoulie S. Author
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Title: Expanding women's role in rural development: the case of West African Sahel. (Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Niger and Burkina Faso)
Date: 1992
Source: The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies; Spring 1992, v17, n1, p77(12)
Author(s): Grigsby, William J.; Ghazanfar, S.M.
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Title: Gambia-Iran. (Gambian economic minister Mbemba Jatta asks for crude supply from Iran)
Date: 1992
Source: Platt's Oilgram News; August 5 1992, v70, n151, p6(1)
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Title: Rural-To-Urban Migration And Its Effect On Food Consumption And Nutrition In The Gambia (Migration).
Date: 1992
Source: Thesis (PH.D.)--CORNELL UNIVERSITY, 1992. 188 p.; Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-12, Section: B, page: 6325.
Author(s): TOLVANEN, A. MARJATTA.
Abstract: The study on rural-to-urban migration and its effect on food consumption and nutritional status of children under five years of age was carried out in 1989-90 in The Gambia. The purpose of this study was (a) to assess the influence of rural-urban migration on household food acquisition and food consumption patterns and to assess the nutritional status of migrated urban populations as compared with both the nutritional status of populations from areas of origin and nutritional status of urban-born populations and (b) to find out factors which directly or indirectly affect household food acquisition and consumption behavior among migrated population and how they are related to the length of residence in urban areas. The sample of 407 households was selected, and they were classified in four groups, based on their migration history: rural, short-term and long-term migrants (under and over 3 yrs in the urban area) and urban born households. Data on household demographics, employment, incomes, expenditures, food consumption and nutritional status of children was collected, and the importance of those factors on calorie consumption and nutritional status of children under five years of age in the households of different migration histories was analyzed using analysis of variance and multivariate analysis. This study suggests that rural-to-urban migration in the Gambia is selective of nature, for the recent migrant households are younger and better educated. They also have the highest incomes, and the total amount of calories consumed was significantly higher in recent migrant households than in all the three other household groups. This group was selected on the basis of having staying in the urban area three years or less, but the households of this group seem to have characteristics, which may not be related to migration. Consequently, the result that this group performed the best economically, and that it was also reflected in their food consumption patterns, may not be due only to migration.
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Title: Banjul Sewage
Date: 1991
Source: West Africa, No. 3844, 701
Author(s): Dale, K. and Schindlmayr, T.
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Title: From Provider to Promoter: Gambia's Rocky Transition
Date: 1991
Source: Source (UNDP), Vol. 3, No. 2 (June 1991), 10-13
Author(s): Robson, Emma
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Title: Gambia Budgets for the Poor.
Date: 1991
Source: Africa Economic Digest, Vol. 12, No. 21, 6
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Title: Gambia gambol.
Date: 1991
Source: World Press Review; Feb 1991, v38, n2, p66(1)
Author(s): Reynolds, Howard
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Title: Measuring the Quality of Life Across Countries.
Date: 1991
Source: Review of Economics & Statistics; Nov 1991, v73n4, p. 684-693 (10 pages)
Author(s): Slottje, Daniel J.
Abstract: A multidimensional approach to measuring the quality of life across countries is introduced. The analysis shows that examining only one dimension of a country does not provide an accurate representation of the quality of life. By using 20 indicators that capture a multidimensional view, it is possible to more closely approach Sen's (1985, 1987) concept that other factors than gross domestic product and mortality rates should be incorporated into any quality of life index. The 20 quality of life attributes are ranked for 126 countries. The inclusion of such countries as Switzerland, the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Sweden, and Japan is not so surprising as the presence of Jamaica, New Guinea, Barbados, and Gambia in the ranking of the top 20 countries. None of the latter 4 countries would be in the top 30 if only one dimension were used. By incorporating liberty indicators in the analysis, countries known for political repression finish at the bottom of the rankings.
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Title: Senegal, Gambia discovery by Petro-Canada. (offshore oil industry)
Date: 1991
Source: Offshore; Dec 1991, v51, n12, p7(1)
Author(s): George, Dev
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Title: Siemens unit gets solar energy job. (Siemens Solar to build system for Cape Verde Islands, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal)
Date: 1991
Source: The New York Times; Feb 26 1991, v140, pC4(N) pD5(L), col 2
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Title: No more daily grind. (inexpensive technology relieves African women from chore of pounding grain)
Date: 1990
Source: South; March 1990, n113, p59(1)
Author(s): Madeley, John
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Title: Senegal buoyed by industry response to joint offshore oil effort with Gambia.
Date: 1990
Source: Platt's Oilgram News; April 30 1990, v68, n83, p3(1)
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Title: Food Security In Sub-Saharan Africa: The Prospects For Domestic Finance.
Date: 1989
Source: Thesis (PH.D.)--SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, 1989. 122 p.; Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 51-01, Section: A, page: 0289. LARRY SCHROEDER.
Author(s): AMISSAH, DOUGLAS KWESI.
Abstract: This thesis explores the nature of the structural relationships between food consumption and government revenues to determine whether the latter can offer potential support for filling food consumption gaps. The study begins by estimating the magnitude of both short and long term food insecurity. It notes that within the past twenty eight years, Sub-Saharan Africa has moved quickly from an enviable position of net food exporter to become a substantial and a rapidly growing food importer. The subregion not only faces intermittent episodes of famine but also chronic undernutrition is now widespread on the continent. The analytical framework adopted in this thesis suggests that in the majority of the countries, it is feasible to rely on domestic financial resources of the governments to stabilize variability in food consumption levels. The category of countries for which public revenues tend to be high in years of food consumption shortfalls are primarily those with substantial noncrop exports, for example minerals and livestock. The analytical framework indicates also that countries like Nigeria with their heavy dependence on taxes on profits and income differ from those like Gambia in their ability to finance their food security requirements. While the former group of countries are likely to find their revenue flows running counter cyclically to food consumption shortfalls, the latter category of countries, with their heavy reliance on trade taxes, are more likely to have less revenues in years when additional food imports are needed. To enhance their capacity to provide domestic finance for their food import requirements, governments of Sub-Saharan Africa are urged to diversify their export economies away from the production of annual nonfood crops to the production and/or manufacture of commodities whose supply is not influenced by the same weather patterns and other factors that affect food production. Similarly, a shift away from taxes on trade towards greater reliance on income and sales taxes will help these food-deficit countries to meet their food import requirements.
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Title: How Farmers Cope With Risk and Stress in Rural Gambia
Date: 1989
Source: Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Bulletin, Vol. 20, No. 2 (April 1989), 16-22
Author(s): Taal, Housainou
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Title: Problems of youth in Anglophone West Africa: A review.
Date: 1989
Source: International Journal of Adolescence & Youth 1989 Vol 2(1) 31-42
Author(s): Olukoya, Adepeju A.
Abstract: Examines problems of youth in Anglophone West Africa, beginning with a demographic overview and a description of the socioeconomic situation of these youth. Cultural trends contributing to youth problems focus on reproductive health, child abuse, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, and accidents. Possible solutions to such problems are suggested, including family life education, educating society (e.g., through mass media campaigns), more facilities for serving youth, new legislation, and further research into these problems. (PsycINFO Database Copyright 1990 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)
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Title: A Woman's Work Is Never Done
Date: 1988
Source: Geographical Magazine, Vol. 60, 46-49
Author(s): Brown, Angela W. and Barret, Hazel R.
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Title: Saudi Arabian Economic Aid To West Africa: A Case Study Of The Gambia And Sierra Leone, 1975-1985 (Economic Aid).
Date: 1988
Source: Thesis (PH.D.)--HOWARD UNIVERSITY, 1988. 463 p.; Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 50-07, Section: A, page: 2234.
Author(s): SILLAH, MOHAMMED-BASSIRU.
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explore, examine, and analyze the political and economic relationships between Saudi Arabia and Africa, with special focus on two West African states, namely, Gambia and Sierra Leone. Another objective of this study is to trace the historical and cultural contacts that had existed between Saudi Arabia and Africa. It is said that for centuries, political, commercial, and cultural ties had existed between Africa and the pre-Islamic Arabia. Arabian merchants had traded along the coasts of East Africa. The Arab Muslim traders (especially the Arabo-Berbers) transmitted the Islamic faith to West Africa. But the subjugation of Africa to foreign domination, the introduction of Christianity and European languages contributed to the temporary interruption of African-Arab relations. This resulted in the diversion of commercial activities to Europe from both regions by undermining the Trans-Saharan and the Red Sea trade routes. The findings of this study are the following: (1) that the Saudi-African connection has been strengthened by the petrodollar and program of Saudi Arabia and by the decision of African leaders to give support to the Afro-Arab alliance; (2) that Saudi aid to Africa, especially in the Gambia and Sierra Leone has increased since its inception in the mid-1970s; (3) that the Saudi-African connection is being reinforced by the proliferation of Islamic groups in both the Gambia and Sierra Leone; (4) that the growing relationship between Saudi Arabia and Sierra Leone is making the Islamic identity of Sierra Leoneans more and more evident outside Africa; (5) that Saudi Arabia's relationship with Africa, and especially the Gambia and Sierra Leone, has resulted in greater number of students in Saudi Arabian schools and universities and also in greater number of pilgrims; (6) that the longevity of the Saudi-African connection would depend in the long run, not on Saudi largesse but on mutual respect between the Saudi people and their African counterparts. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.).
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Title: The Gambia: Privatised Well-Digging
Date: 1988
Source: West Africa, No. 3698 (June 27, 1988), 1159
Author(s): Paqui, Hilda
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Title: Saving Gambia From Civilized Destruction
Date: 1987
Source: Christian Science Monitor (November 2, 1987)
Author(s): McBride, Bunny
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Title: The Concept Of "Development Literature" And The Establishment Of Criteria For The Creation Of A Development Data Base (Developing Countries--Information; Devsis, Undis Retrieval Systems).
Date: 1984
Source: Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, 1984. 315 p.; Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-11, Section: A, page: 3229.
Author(s): HOWELL, JOHN BRUCE.
Abstract: There were 2 goals of this study: (1) the definition of "development literature" and (2) the identification of criteria for establishing a data base of development literature. An analysis of 4 development data bases: DEVSIS (Ottawa), DEVSIS-Africa (Addis Ababa), UN-DIS (New York), and US-DIS (Washington) was realized to determine subject content arranged by Macrothesaurus facet and descriptor, geographic spread, languages of the documents indexed, and institutions as sources for development literature. The definition of development literature took the form of 41 profile morphemes, refined forms of subject descriptors, accounting for 65% of all subject postings in the 4 development data bases. In order to determine a good estimate of the amount of development literature, Morocco was chosen to be the sample country in 23 data bases from the DIALOG Information Retrieval Service and the SDC Information Services that had more than one percent (148 postings) of the total postings for all Morocco citations (14,857 postings). In order to distinguish development related literature from non-development-related literature, a set of working criteria was created that satisfies the second goal of the study. When the working criteria were applied to the sampled literature for Morocco, it was determined that approximately 50% of the online literature, or 7,374 postings, was development-related. In addition, Morocco was found to have a unique "subject profile" of economic and commercial interests that distinguish it from other developing countries, notably its large deposits of phosphates and other minerals such as cobalt, and its proximity to European markets for its fruits and vegetables. Using the percentages for Morocco, estimates were made for 9 other developing countries: Argentina, Ecuador, Fiji, the Gambia, Honduras, Nepal, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, and the Sudan. Including the Moroccan data, there was an estimate of 80,245 citations in 64 online data bases. As the study did not account for the other 118 developing countries, it is estimated that there may be more than 1,000,000 citations online relevant to the development of Third World countries.
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Title: United Nations Development Programme In West Africa: An Inquiry Into The Evaluation System Of Technical Cooperation In Technical And Vocational Education (Undp, Unesco, Ilo; Gambia, Nigeria).
Date: 1984
Source: Thesis (PH.D.)--UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, 1984. 295 p.; Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-07, Section: A, page: 2013.
Author(s): OGENE, LINUS ANIGARA.
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of the UNDP's tripartite evaluation processes, the problems, and the extent of utilization of these processes in the development of technical cooperation projects in technical and vocational education in West Africa. Data were collected by visits to relevant participants' offices of the UNDP, UNESCO, the ILO, and the governments of Gambia and Nigeria, including selected project directors in these countries. Specifically, interviews and observations were conducted to provide an understanding of the processes, and of the views and concerns of participants. Questions relevant to emerging issues were asked at each stage. This design is based on the theory developed in phenomenology, that social programs cannot be understood without understanding the conceptual frameworks within which persons being studied interpret their actions, feelings, thoughts, and motives. Relevant records and documents were reviewed to support participant testimonies. Data analysis was performed by developing themes, patterns, and categories within and across the groups for the data. The results indicated that the four levels of reviews in the UNDP in West Africa were more or less synonymous to Stufflebeam's (1972) context, input, process, and product evaluations. Its evaluation goals, described as those actions taken to facilitate process control, to effect accountability needs, and to structure change for future programming, served several audiences with divergent evaluative purposes. Process control was achieved through CTA and tripartite annual reviews, while accountability needs were fulfilled through these processes and the individual project reviews. Thematic reviews were designed to assist in structuring changes for future programming. UNDP tripartite evaluation focused on process without delayed product evaluations. Only about 3 percent of its projects received immediate product evaluation. Its process evaluations, utilizing relevant audiences' viewpoints to structure implementation decisions, were considered useful. In contrast, UNDP's product evaluation appeared not to have achieved its goals. Contributing to its shortcomings were: unclear evaluation guidelines, lack of consideration of the needs of all audiences, the untimely conduct of evaluation, and several conceptual, technical, political, and administrative problems. It was clear that product evaluation was not considered as important to developmental operations as process evaluation.
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Title: The Role Of The Cooperative Movement In Gambia'S National Development.
Date: 1982
Source: Thesis (PH.D.)--HOWARD UNIVERSITY, 1982. 395 p.; Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 43-08, Section: A, page: 2781.
Author(s): SAMURA, MOHAMED LAHAI O'BAI.
Abstract: The Gambian Cooperative Movement is analyzed in both an historical descriptive sense and in a socio-economic developmental approach. After an intensive survey of the Gambia, its people, land and history and the ethnological and demographic background so necessary to appreciate the human nuances in the development process, an historical description, analysis and commentary is made of the Gambian cooperative movement from its roots as described in reports going back to 1921 examining the then agricultural conditions and needs of the Gambia, and the early efforts at cooperative development by pioneers such as Edward Francis Small. Finally, the Gambian cooperative movement experience is integrated into a simple model-matrix of rural and economic development wherein the role of cooperatives can be seen to play a significant contribution as both an "input" and "output" in the development process: cooperatives not only achieve goals (outputs) of increased agricultural productivity and production, but by their very nature, automatically, as "inputs" aid in such national socio-economic political goals as equity, education, democratic participation and decentralization. Thus cooperatives serve a dual role in development, an end as well as a means to other ends.
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Title: Gambia Basic Needs in the Gambia
Date: 1981
Source: ISBN: 0821391674 Trade Cloth USD 10.95 R
Author(s): Bachmann, Heinz B.; Vandendries, Rene Author; MacNamara, Ann Author
Abstract: 153 p
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Title: Evaluating Census Response Errors (Gambia) Development Centre Studies
Date: 1979
Source: Series: Document Ser.; ISBN: 9264119833 Trade Cloth USD 5.50 R
Author(s): Gibril, M. A.
Abstract: 100 p
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Title: The Development Of Broadcasting In The Former British West African Possessions Of Sierra Leone, Ghana (The Gold Coast), Nigeria And The Gambia.
Date: 1977
Source: Thesis (PH.D.)--NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, 1977. 304 p.; Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 38-11, Section: A, page: 6380.
Author(s): GRAETTINGER, DIANA ILEEN.
Abstract:
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Title: The world and a Very Small Place in Africa.
Date: 2004
Source:  M.E. Sharpe
Author(s): Donald R. Wright
Abstract: A History of Globalization in Niumi, the Gambia
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