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Perceptions of health : water and sanitation problems in rural and urban communities in Nigeria
2004
Rinne-Koistinen on tutkinut väitöstyössään Nigerian ympäristöterveyden tilaa maan lounaisosassa, jorubamaaksi kutsutulla alueella. Hän tutki erityisesti veteen ja sanitaatioon liittyviä käsityksiä ja käytäntöjä, mutta myös veden roolia perinteisten parantajien työssä sekä veden saatavuuteen ja ympäristöterveyteen liittyviä ongelmia maaseudulla ja urbaanissa elinympäristössä. Rinne-Koistisen mukaan paikalliset ihmiset havaitsevat ympäristöön ja terveyteen liittyviä riskejä monella eri tasolla.Rinne-Koistinen keskittyi väitöstyössään Lounais-Nigeriaan kuuluvaan joruba-alueeseen. Vuosien 1998, 1999 ja 2001 aikana hän teki kolme kenttätutkimusmatkaa alueelle, johon kuuluvat maaseudun kylät ja p…
A critical analysis of the 'cooperative' strategy to poverty reduction : a case study of cooperatives in Lagos, Nigeria
2007
The aim of this thesis is to critically examine whether cooperatives can be effective at poverty reduction, in response to the renewed call for a cooperative strategy to poverty reduction. The thesis studied cooperatives as a social organization and examined the interrelationships between the cooperatives and the members, the factors that hold both together to promote and deter the success of the cooperatives, the motivation for members’ participation and their expectations from the cooperatives. These were then used to discuss and evaluate cooperatives as a poverty reduction strategy. The study followed an inductive method for data collection and analysis. Focus group discussions were held…
Evaluation of Nigeria Universities Websites Quality : A Comparative Analysis
2018
The use and continuous use of the website in the developed countries universities are predominant, and the developing countries universities are heightening their effort in the aspect of education technology. The reason why one university website is better than the other concerning quality and accessibility is the focus of this study and this prompt evaluation of 141 Universities in Nigeria across the Federal, State, and the Private ownership. We opted for a hybrid approach to cover the gap in the previous studies. WebQual and SITEQUAL as a framework is adopted based on the web analytical tools. The study contributes theoretically by combining two website quality theories to explain the inh…