Privatization Policy and Rural Development: An Assessment of Power Holding Company of Nigeria in Ijumu Local Government of Kogi State by Adeyemi, Raji Abdulwasiu, Jedin, Mohd. Haniff, Subhan, Muhammed, Arif, Nurhaizal Azam

“…The state of electricity supply in Nigeria is nothing to write home about.The situation has resulted in the government adopting the privatization policy as the elixir to the affliction of inadequate power supply in the country.Thus, this paper investigated the privatization policy of the power sector and how it affects development in the rural areas of the Ijumu local government of Kogi State, Nigeria. The modernization theory was adopted in this paper. Data acquired from 120 respondents selected with the use of the three-stage sampling procedure, was analyzed with Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS/PC) Version 20.The study revealed that privatization of the power sector has not transformed into a significant improvement in electricity supply.Consequently, the study recommends that there is need for the government to ensure that the policy adopted should be of optimum form to achieve the desired results.…”
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Human factor in poverty alleviation initiatives: A lesson from a study on three growth centres in Kedah, Malaysia by Hassan, Kalthum

“…The study is guided by selected development theories, with modernization theory used as the main evaluative framework as it addresses both the social and economic changes triggered by development. …”
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Knowledge management in government organizations by M.H, Mohsennasab, G., Amir Nezhad, S.H, Abtahi

“…Globalization in alterations and the induction of values such as contribution, citizen-orientedness and knowledge-oriented ness in modern theories of public administration and also issues such as government-shrinkage and exertion of instead of incumbency make it necessary for government sectors to take knowledge management in government organizations; there are three main subjects: 1-Is it possible to use management knowledge in government organizations?…”
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Assessing compensation values from resettlement projects: The need to incorporate elements of freedom and justice by Wen, Chiat Lee, Viswanathan, K. Kuperan, Ali, Jamal

“…As a consequence, the displaced communities often find their welfare to be worse off after resettlement and hence, the compensations do not provide justice to them.This paper reviews the issue of compensation and the approach for making compensation.In particular, it reviews the classical compensation theory by Kaldor-Hicks and also the modern theories of compensation. This paper argues that the Kaldor-Hicks compensation criteria are limited to explain the changes in the welfare of the displaced communities after resettlement.Thus, there is a need to consider the elements in Amartya Sen’s conception of freedom, capability and liberty as well as Rawlsian theory of justice in modern compensation theories in order to capture the real changes in the welfare.A broader conceptual framework for the economics of compensation employing the role of freedom is constructed to provide a comprehensive understanding on the role of freedom and rights in compensation valuation for future development projects.…”
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