Publication, Volume 4 No. 1 2014 ISSN 2315-6317

Editor’s Note

In the last edition of the African Journal of Sustainable Development (AJSD), we reported that the journal was undergoing the process of being registered on the African Journals Online (AJOL) platform. In this edition, we are glad to inform you that the Journal has now been successfully registered on AJOL (see http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajsd). This is a great feat, given that the journal is only in its fourth year of publication. The online publication will further enhance the global reach and digital presence of the Journal. We are therefore grateful to the editorial team, reviewers, and subscribers for their immense contributions to this success story.

This edition of the Journal contains 12 peer-reviewed papers. The papers cover various aspects of sustainable development, including micro-financing, political economy, education, local empowerment, leadership and gender issues, natural resource management, and environmental sustainability. The research was conducted in Nigeria, Kenya, and the United States of America.

We received many manuscripts, both solicited and unsolicited. Some of the papers were presented at the fourth annual Ibadan Sustainable Development Summit (ISDS) held in August 2013. The review process was thorough, and all contributors were involved. The current rejection rate is 20 percent (that is, one out of every five manuscripts submitted for consideration was rejected). We hope to sustain the standard and quality of the Journal.

Again, we like to thank the contributors for the opportunity to share their research work on sustainable development issues through the AJSD. To our reviewers, collaborators, and patrons, especially the financial support of the John D. and Catherine MacArthur Foundation, we say THANK YOU.

Microfinance for the Urban Bottom of the Pyramid Segment in Nairobi’s Kibera Slum in Kenya: Does Financial Training Impact Sustainable Urban Development? 1

Mutisya E. & M. Yarime

Nigeria and the Political Economy of Underdevelopment: Focus on Selected Issues 17

Yagboyaju Dhikru Adewale.

Relationship between Teacher Attributes and the Use of ICT Facilities in the Language Classrooms in Osun State, Nigeria 45

Labo-Popoola, S. Olubunmi

Community Participation and Project Sustainability in Rural Nigeria: A Study of Bauchi State Local Empowerment and Environmental Management Project 61

Abdullahi M. B., A. Ahmed & I. Sale

Indigenous People, Leadership, and Development: The Role of Chieftaincy Institution in the Development of Ghana 77

Edusah S. E. & E. Osei-Tutu

Street Sweeping in Ibadan: Urbanising Yoruba Traditional Environmental Sanitation Practice 87

Wahab B. & O. Kehinde