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Acknowledgements.
I am highly indebted to all who helped this research succeed. There is no way I can stand and
accept all the credits for the accomplishment of this work all alone. I owe a debt of gratitude
to Erasmus Mundus and DILL Consortium for their full support, without them this work was
impossible. I thank one million times my supervisor Dr. Gillian Oliver for her tireless support
in improving the quality of this thesis. It is because of her I realise how luck was I to be
supervised by her. Without her, I was like a bright star during the day, who would see that. I
extend my heartfelt gratitude to all my teachers, the first to the last in my master studies time.
On their behalf I will include the name of Sirje Virkus, a wonderful teacher, a friend and a
mother. One hundred million words will still be very little to pick right words to thank her
enough for her kindness and support. Many thanks to all who spent their time to fill the long
questionnaires but special thanks to those who distributed them; Aristarik Maro, Mr.
Goodluck Mosha and my brother Joshua. I thank my colleagues who did their master thesis in
Tallinn for their advices and support. Many thanks to my dear colleagues in Oslo and Parma
who accepted with no hesitation to pilot my questionnaires and offered useful suggestions. It
is indeed important for me to find little space in this page to express my sincere gratitude to
my beloved fiancée Irene who even at the midst of loneliness and pessimism, her love and
support paved a way to let an oasis of hope flow in me like an everlasting stream. I wish I
could remember and acknowledge all those who offered their support by their names but even
though their names are not mentioned here they should rest assured that their support is very
much acknowledged, for they say “there is no act of kindness no matter small it is, is ever
wasted”.
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