Global Goals and African Development

Ramutsindela, Maano; Mickler, David

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“…Huckle and Wals (2015) and Harris et al (2017) acknowledge that thinkers, administrations and contributors agree that institutions of higher learning are a critical resource for sustainable development. Ramutsindela and Mickler (2020) noted that the contribution of research centres and universities to achieving the SDGs ranges from streamlining SDGs to familiarising the curriculum. While bridging the link between research and social goals, the need of the hour is the triangulation of governments, academia and stakeholders (Hassan, 2001).…”

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“…In keeping with the development paradigms of post-2015, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) raise significant challenges about how African development aspirations and requirements are standing on a more comprehensive global agenda and their effect on the well-being of Africans (Ramutsindela and Mickler, 2020). However, the engagement of state and non-state agents in scientific discussions and policy endeavours in the field of development in Africa remains low.…”

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“…While bridging the link between research and social goals, the need of the hour is the triangulation of governments, academia and stakeholders (Hassan, 2001). Every nation wants to construct a better education framework (Ramutsindela and Mickler, 2020) by focusing on the emerging economies of the globe and considering the scientific and technological hype to accomplish SDG 4 (Quality Education) and SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure). Enhancing research productivity and efficacy are the well-known strategies used to conceive these capacities (Confraria et al , 2020).…”

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Mapping research output on library and information science research domain in South Africa: a bibliometric visualisation

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Rehman³

2022

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the research output on “library and information science” (LIS) research domain in South Africa. It also highlights the top LIS research organisations, authors, journals, collaboration types and commonly used keywords. This research will aid in the identification of emerging concepts, trends and advances in this subject. Design/methodology/approach The Web of Science (WoS), an indexing and abstracting database, served as a tool for bibliographical data. By applying advanced search features, the authors curated data from 1989 to 2021 through the WoS subject category WC = (Information Science & Library Science), limiting the scope to the region, CU = (South Africa), which resulted in 1,034 articles. Moreover, the research focuses on science mapping using the R package for reliable analysis. Findings The findings reveal that the publications have considerably grown over time, indicating significant attention among researchers in LIS. The findings indicate the critical operator’s performance, existing thematic choices and subsequent research opportunities. The primary topical fields of study that emerged from the bibliometric analysis are impact, information, science, model, management, technology, knowledge and education. Pouris and Fourie are the most productive citations, h-index and g-index. The influential institute was The University of Pretoria. Research limitations/implications The use of the WoS database for data collecting limits this study. Because the WoS was the only citation and abstract database used in this study, bibliometric investigations using other citation and abstract databases like “Scopus”, “Google Scholar” and “Dimension” could be interesting. This study presented a bibliometric summary; nevertheless, a systematic and methodical examination of highly cited LIS research publications could throw more light on the subject. Practical implications This paper gives valuable information about recent scientific advancements in the LIS and emerging future academic subject prospects. Furthermore, this research work will serve as a reference for researchers in various areas to analyse the evolution of scholarly literature on a particular topic over time. Originality/value By identifying the standard channels of study in the LIS discipline, and the essential journals, publications, nations, institutions, authors, data sources and networks in this subject, this bibliometric mapping and visualisation provide new perspectives into academic performance. This paper also articulates future research directions in this realm of knowledge. This study is more rigorous and comprehensive in terms of the analytical procedures it uses.

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“…These concerns are so important as to be incorporated into a world governance principle, driven on the platform of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a central theme for post-2015 development paradigm; its main focus involving how general development priorities and needs can be skewed to correspond with the broader agenda of the world and the impacts of such agenda on the well-being of the generality of the people and society at large. As noted by Ramutsindela & Micker (2018), sustainable development goals, from their inception at the Rio+20 United Nations Conference in 2012, are underpinned by the moral principles that are captured in the phrase, 'no one should be left behind' and epitomises a common global vision 'of progress towards a safe, just and sustainable space for all human beings to thrive on the planet' (Osborn et al, 2015).…”

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The paper adumbrated on prevalent circumstances surrounding the delivery of the type of education that may not correspond to sustainability in Nigeria. This is against the backdrop of a plethora of negative imperatives in the motive, mode and usages for educational certificates instead of knowledge and merit. Abstracting from the philosophical postulations embedded in Aristotle's Polis and Plato's Republic as its theoretical foundation, the paper argued that education for self-actualization, if not skewed to align with the goal needs of the larger society cannot confer sustainability in the long run. Mainly descriptive in approach, the paper inferred that apart from the fact of poor funding and outmoded curriculum contents of Nigerian educational programme, which result in the churning out of graduates adjudged to be largely unemployable, a great number of education seekers still hold unto the misconception that an educational certificate, no matter how acquired and what nature it is, provides, not just jobs, but white collar jobs, whereas this had long been supplanted by pragmatism, smartness, innovation and creativity. The paper therefore recommended, among others, improved funding, the re-appraisal of educational curriculum, improvement in schools' infrastructure, training of teachers etc.; community involvement in platforms for counselling, support and skill acquisition centres for alternative development; and the acquisition of skill sets in computer/ICT related programmes, arts and crafts, as complements to educational certificates that are expected to train the head and equip the hands at the same time.

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“…The SDGs are also related to the African Union's 2063 Agenda, as described in Chapter 1. Even if the SDGs and the Agenda 2063 are of different origin, they were adopted the same year and could therefore be aligned through parallel processes (Ramutsindela and Mickler 2020).…”

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The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals

Bexell¹,

Jönsson²

2021

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This book draws attention to political aspects of sustainable development goal-setting, exploring the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the global-national nexus during their first five years.After broad global deliberation and political negotiations, the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs were adopted in the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 2015, and by now many countries have political structures in place for working towards their realisation. This book explores three concepts to call attention to the political qualities of processes related to the SDGs: legitimacy, responsibility, and accountability. Legitimacy is required to obtain broad political ownership for policy goals in order for them to become effective in addressing cross-border sustainability challenges. Responsibility needs to be clearly distributed among political institutions if a long-term set of broad goals such as the SDGs are to be realised. Accountability to the public is the retrospective mirror of political responsibility. The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals contributes new knowledge on political processes at the nexus of global and national levels, focussing on three countries at different levels of socio-economic development and democratisation: namely Ghana, Tanzania, and Sweden. These countries illustrate a variety of challenges related to the realisation of the SDGs. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of sustainable development, international organisations, and global politics.

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Global Goals and African Development

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