Rural Employment in Africa: Trends and Challenges

Under-employment and rural migration in iran

E - governance in Africa : challenges , trends and issues

This paper uses content analysis and webometric approaches to respectively examine egovernance challenges and the presence and performance of African governments on the Web as well as review and compare the availability and use of various types of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the region. Results show that, despite several challenges that are faced by countries in Africa,...

Trends and challenges of traditional medicine in Africa.

Prior to the introduction of cosmopolitan medicine, traditional medicine used to be the dominant medical system available to millions of people in Africa in both rural and urban communities. However, the arrival of the Europeans marked a significant turning point in the history of this age-long tradition and culture. This paper examines the trends and challenges of traditional medicine in Afric...

Employment trends in nursing

Nurses make up the largest proportion of health workers in Canada. Whether in hospitals, home care or nursing care facilities, they play an integral role in the health care system, which touches the life of every Canadian. These days they are under increasing pressure as their employers are faced with fewer resources for providing patient care. Several factors have come into play: an aging work...

Mobilities in rural Africa: new connections, new challenges

Fluid interdependencies of mobility – physical and virtualare growing rapidly in subSaharan Africa: the remarkable expansion of mobile phone networks is bringing a tangible new dimension of connectivity into mobility, transport and access equations on the ground. This article draws on in-depth field research, including co-investigation with two groups often disadvantaged in their physical mobil...