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Women and Technological Change in Developing Countries. Roslyn Dauber and Melinda L. Cain, eds.Women and the Social Costs of Economic Development: Two Colorado Case Studies. Elizabeth Moen, Elise Boulding, Jane Lillydahl, and Risa Palm.The Domestication of Women: Discrimination in Developing Societies. Barbara Rogers.

Parfitt, Trevor: The ambiguity of participation: a qualified defence of participatory development. - S. 537-556. Williams, Glyn: Evaluating participatory development: tyranny, power and (re)politicisation. - S. 557-578

This paper examines trends in infrastructure development in Nigeria with specific emphasis on the Southeast geopolitical zone. Using the case of infrastructure development provided in sectors of health, water and sanitation, and education under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) programme, it posits that the region has recorded positive gains. As a result, this paper contends that despite the effects of the Civil War on Igboland, infrastructure development efforts of successive governments within the region together with years of self-supported infrastructure projects initiated by Ndi Igbo (both at home and in diaspora), have ensured that this once known commercial hub moves towards her pre-civil war status. The paper further argues that it is not yet eureka for Ndi Igbo since there is also the need to sustain this and other efforts amidst contemporary challenges of corruption, good governance, calls for reforms in revenue sharing formula, insecurity, return to true federalism, and political and socio-economic 'social justice in Nigeria. Using a qualitative case narrative methodology, the paper concludes that these contemporary issues have the potential to distract Ndi Igbo from the real focus, which is a continued and sustained effort towards accelerated infrastructure development of this once war-torn area in Nigeria.

Opening the working conference entitled 'Towards Comprehesive Development in Zululand', which was held in Durban, from 9–11 February 1972, Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, Chief Executive Officer of the Zulu Territorial Authority, told the 100 delegates that the subject of their discussions was more correctly called KwaZulu. And the map specially prepared by Alan Best (Boston) reminded them that this comprised at present no fewer than 29 areas scattered through the length and breadth of Natal, see p. 302. 'These ghetto areas', said the Chief, 'are overdue for some attention whether one wants to see them as part of the rest of South Africa or as independent states.'