Institutions Technology And Development In Africa

Author : Jeffrey James
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351001908

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Institutions, Technology and Development in Africa by Jeffrey James Pdf

An extensive literature has demonstrated that technologies in sub-Saharan Africa are largely inappropriate: that is, that they are typically capital- and import-intensive rather than labour- and local input-intensive. These technologies have created a pattern of development that is highly unequal, with widespread unemployment and under-employment. In this literature, however, relatively little attention has been paid to the institutions that govern the generation, adoption and use of technology. This book draws on historical analysis and case studies to evaluate how institutions in different countries, including those in Africa itself, generate technologies that vary in their characteristics and suitability for the region. Through these case studies, insight is gained into the characteristics of ‘appropriate’ institutions that might underlie a more balanced pattern of technology and development than currently exists. The findings of the book clearly confirm a major tenet of institutionalist theory: namely, that institutions developed in one set of circumstances are unlikely to be appropriate to conditions in a markedly different set. This book will be of interest to economists, social historians and anyone with an interest in modern African development.

Author : Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351154062

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Learning to Compete in African Industry by Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka Pdf

This book examines the institutional roots of the persistent differences in economic performance of firms, industries and countries in Africa. It draws attention to the role of institutions in supporting technical change and shows how technological progress is central to competitiveness in a global context. The role of initial conditions such as levels of literacy and natural endowment, the structure of industry and resource endowment are also emphasized. With its focus on how institutions shape systems of innovation this book makes a unique contribution to the debate about African development.

Author : Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba,Mammo Muchie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319921808

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Innovation, Regional Integration, and Development in Africa by Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba,Mammo Muchie Pdf

This edited volume discusses the role of innovation and regional integration in economic development in Africa. Over the past five decades, post-colonial African countries have struggled to break loose from the trap of poverty and underdevelopment through the adoption of various development strategies at regional, national, and continental levels. However, the results of both national and regional efforts at advancing development on the continent have been mixed. Although the importance of agglomeration and fusion of institutions have long been recognized as possible path to achieving economic development in Africa, the approach to regionalism has been unduly focused on market integration, while neglecting other dimensions such as social policy, mobility of labor, educational policy, biotechnology, regional legislation, manufacturing, innovation, and science and technology. This volume investigates the link between innovation, regional integration, and development in Africa, arguing that the immediate and long term development of Africa lies not just in the structural transformation of its economies but in the advancement of scientific and innovation capacities. The book is divided into four parts. Part I addresses the theoretical and conceptual underpinnings of innovation and regional integration in Africa. Part II presents case studies which examine how regional economic institutions are fostering innovation in Africa. Part III of the book deals with sectoral issues on innovation and integrated development in Africa. Part IV sets the future research on innovation, regional integration, and development in Africa. Combining theoretical analysis and a comparative, interdisciplinary approach, this volume is appropriate for researchers and students interested in economic development, political economy, African studies, international relations, agricultural science, and geography, as well as policymakers in regional economic communities and the African Union.

Author : Pundy Pillay
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781920355449

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Linking Higher Education and Economic Development by Pundy Pillay Pdf

Finland, South Korea and the state of North Carolina in the United States are three systems that successfully have harnessed higher education in their economic development initiatives. Common to the success of all these systems is, amongst others, the link between economic and education planning, quality public schooling, high tertiary participation rates with institutional differentiation, labour market demand, cooperation and networks, and consensus about the importance of higher education for development. Linking higher education and economic development: Implications for Africa from three successful systems draws together evidence on the three systems, synthesises the key findings, and distils the implications for African countries. The project on which the book is based forms part of a larger study on Universities and Economic Development in Africa, undertaken by the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (HERANA). HERANA is co-ordinated by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation in South Africa.

Author : Achim Gutowski,Nazar Mohamed Hassan,Tobias Knedlik,Chantal Marie Ngo Tong,Karl Wohlmuth
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643911735

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Science, Technology and Innovation Policies for Inclusive Growth in Africa by Achim Gutowski,Nazar Mohamed Hassan,Tobias Knedlik,Chantal Marie Ngo Tong,Karl Wohlmuth Pdf

The volume analyses major strategic and policy issues. How to make Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policies relevant for inclusive growth strategies in Africa so that socio-economic transformation strategies will take off. The first part discusses the issues of human skills development as part of STI policies, based on visions, strategic plans and country cases (for Cameroon, Nigeria and Mauritania). The second part looks at STI Policies for Economic Transformation, focussing on country case studies (for Egypt and Tunisia). A third part presents book reviews and book notes.

Author : Ramata Molo Thioune
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781552500064

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Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa: The experience with community telecenters by Ramata Molo Thioune Pdf

Volume 3 documents the processes used, and institutions created, to bring computers and connectivity into schools, as a means of enhancing the use and integration of ICTs in teaching and learning. A range of project, administrative, and cultural settings are explored as are a wide variety of technical solutions. The results, observations, and conclusions presented in this book will be useful for policy- and decision-makers in education and ICTs. The book will also be useful for teachers, researchers, and development practitioners and professionals with interests or active programs in the area of "ICT for development." Information technology professionals looking to service the potential education market will also find this book valuable.

Author : Jeggan Colley Senghor
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0865439133

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Science and Technology Policy in Africa by Jeggan Colley Senghor Pdf

Author : Sanjaya Lall,Carlo Pietrobell
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781781950579

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Failing to Compete by Sanjaya Lall,Carlo Pietrobell Pdf

Despite years of liberalization, African manufacturing is conspicuously unable to compete in the global market. Its exports are minuscule, its response to competition is weak, technical efficiency is low and there are few signs of technological dynamism.

Author : Paul Tiyambe Zeleza,Ibulaimu Kakoma
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 1592211127

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In Search of Modernity by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza,Ibulaimu Kakoma Pdf

Having grappled with the question of modernisation for a long time, Africa now faces an issue that, with an increasingly knowledge-based global economy, has only become more urgent in this new millennium. This volume examines Africa's scientific and technological literacy, production and consumption, focusing in detail on the constraints and challenges, opportunities and developments, and the strategies required to promote the advancement of IT and biotechnology in Africa, to help advance our understanding of science and technology developments in Africa.

Author : Nico Cloete,Tracy Bailey,Peter A. M. Maassen
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781920355807

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Universities and Economic Development in Africa by Nico Cloete,Tracy Bailey,Peter A. M. Maassen Pdf

Universities and economic development in Africa: Pact, academic core and coordination draws together evidence and synthesises the findings from eight African case studies. The three key findings presented in this report are as follows: 1. There is a lack of clarity and agreement (pact) about a development model and the role of higher education in development, at both national and institutional levels. There is, however, an increasing awareness, particularly at government level, of the importance of universities in the global context of the knowledge economy. 2. Research production at the eight African universities is not strong enough to enable them to build on their traditional undergraduate teaching roles and make a sustained contribution to development via new knowledge production. A number of universities have manageable student-staff ratios and adequately qualifi ed staff, but inadequate funds for staff to engage in research. In addition, the incentive regimes do not support knowledge production. 3. In none of the countries in the sample is there a coordinated effort between government, external stakeholders and the university to systematically strengthen the contribution that the university can make to development. While at each of the universities there are exemplary development projects that connect strongly to external stakeholders and strengthen the academic core, the challenge is how to increase the number of these projects. The project on which this report is based forms part of a larger study on Higher Education and Economic Development in Africa, undertaken by the Higher Education Research and Advocacy Network in Africa (HERANA). HERANA is coordinated by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation in South Africa.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:642480874

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Information & Communication Technologies for Development in Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Julien Atchoua,Jean-Jacques Maomra Bogui,Saikou Diallo
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119777281

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Digital Technologies and African Societies by Julien Atchoua,Jean-Jacques Maomra Bogui,Saikou Diallo Pdf

The integration and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in African countries is increasingly observable in various sectors of activity (banking, education, trade, etc.) despite a digital divide still relevant. ICT has become a major sector of the recent growth of a new informal economy in African cities (Chéneau-Loquay, 2008). This question has been at the heart of various international meetings. An overall positive and even utopian momentum is generally heard about the contribution of digital technologies to the development of African states. The adoption or appropriation of digital technologies by Africans is presented in many speeches by politicians or institutions involved in the field of cooperation and international development as an important issue for the development of this continent. These different considerations give rise to reflections on the following themes. - Social Media and Public Space in Africa - Challenges of the digital economy in Africa - ICT and modernization of higher education in Africa

Author : Douglas Zhihua Zeng
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821373071

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Knowledge, Technology, and Cluster-based Growth in Africa by Douglas Zhihua Zeng Pdf

Africa is on the move, demonstrating in recent years a significant potential for economic growth. Although the region still faces many challenges, it is also generating pockets of economic vitality in the form of enterprise clusters that are contributing to national, regional, and local productivity. Through case examples from Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book provides an understanding of how these dynamic enterprise clusters were formed and have evolved, and how knowledge, human capital, and technology have contributed to their success.

Author : Ramata Molo Thioune
Publisher : International Development Research Centre c2003-2004.
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113998491

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Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa by Ramata Molo Thioune Pdf

Volume 1 looks at the introduction, adoption, and utilization of ICTs at the community level. In various contexts -- geographical, technological, socioeconomic, cultural, and institutional -- the book explores the questions of community participation. It looks at how communities in sub-Saharan Africa have reacted to the changes brought about by the introduction of these new ICTs and, in detail, presents both the opportunities and the challenges that ICTs present for community development. The book will be useful for both researchers and development practitioners active, or just embarking upon, an "ICT for development" program. It will also be a very useful reference tool not only for academics but also for policymakers, decision-makers, and development professionals interested in the issue.

Author : Mohamed Hassan
Publisher : Randforum Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073200110

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Science and Technology for the Socio-economic Development of Africa by Mohamed Hassan Pdf