International Journal of Development and Sustainability (IJDS)
Volume 3, Number 8, August 2014, Pages 1662-1813 
ISSN:2186-8662 – www.isdsnet.com/ijds 
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Cover Page: Volume 3 Number 8, 2014
Table of Contents
1. Reducing poverty through community participation: The case of the National Poverty Reduction Program in the Dangme-West district of Ghana
  • Authors: Patrick Osei-Kufuor and Fredrick Koomson
  • Article ID: IJDS14011001  
  • Pages: 1662-1628  

2. Spatial analysis for coastal zone changes related to land utilization
  • Authors: Siriluk Prukpitikul, Payatipol Narangjavana and Ruangrai Tokrisna
  • Article ID: IJDS14032303  
  • Pages: 1629-1647

3. Embarassability, psychoticism, and tendency to engage in examination misconduct among a Nigerian sample
  • Authors: Harry Obi-Nwosu, Nwokeji Ngozi and Kelechi Ossai
  • Article ID: IJDS14041301  
  • Pages: 1648-1657

4. Firm size and return on retention
  • Authors: Ravi Thirumalaisamy 
  • Article ID: IJDS14042501  
  • Pages: 1658-1674

5. Critical factors influencing construction labour productivity in carpentry and steel fixing in North-Central Nigeria
  • Authors: Edwin Adakole Agbo and Calistus Ayegba 
  • Article ID: IJDS14050701  
  • Pages: 1675-1684

6. Effectiveness of multinational oil company's sponsored agricultural intervention in Niger Delta region, Nigeria
  • Authors: Jemimah T. Ekanem and Ike Nwachukwu 
  • Article ID: IJDS14071801
  • Pages: 1685-1696

7. The impact of personal selling on the productivity of selected banks in Calabar Metropolis
  • Authors: Joseph A. Anyadighibe, Nsobiari Festus Awara and Benjamin Bassey Esu
  • Article ID: IJDS14041701
  • Pages: 1697-1708

8. Enhancing untrained science teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in developing countries through teachers’ professional learning communities (PLCs)
  • Authors: Vicent N. Anney and Anne C. Hume
  • Article ID: IJDS14083101
  • Pages: 1709-1744

9. Information needs of Benue women on cultural practices and the spread of HIV/AIDS in Benue State
  • Authors: Ashaver Doosuur and Agada Samson Arome
  • Article ID: IJDS13062103
  • Pages: 1745-1755

10. An assessment of public sector service delivery in Nigeria: A case study of federal capital territory area councils, 2007-2011
  • Authors: Nazifi Abdullahi Darma and Muhammad Ali 
    Article ID: IJDS13091701
  • Pages: 1756-1776

11. Gender, access to farm labour and coping strategies: Implication for food productivity in Imo State, Nigeria
  • Authors: O.O. Obasi and W.N. Kanu 
  • Article ID: IJDS14032005
  • Pages: 1777-1781

12. Welding management as a tool for innovative, competitive and sustainable manufacturing: Case study – West Africa
  • Authors: Emmanuel Afrane Gyasi, Paul Kah and Jukka Martikainen 
  • Article ID: IJDS14070301
  • Pages: 1782-1793

13. New wine in old wine skin: An appraisal of the African Union in the light of the current underdevelopment of Africa
  • Authors: Kelechi Chika Ubaku, Alex Amaechi Ugwuja and Nkechi Caroline Rotimi
  • Article ID: IJDS14050902
  • Pages: 1794-1805

14. Stock markets and economic growth in oil exporting countries: Evidence from Kuwait
  • Authors: El Mostafa Bentour
  • Article ID: A14092301
  • Pages: 1806-1813