The impact of globalisation on Africa

Abstract

Lead paper for a virtual conference on Global Information in Africa proposing that the debate extends beyond the technical and professional. Introduces the impact on education, research, economics and culture, morality, communication, work productivity, and political democracy.

Management and the management of information and library services 2000

“…The proceedings of a virtual conference on global information in Africa includes discussion following Thapisa's (2000) lead paper which examined its impact, and comment on ICT issues.…”

Globalization and English in Chinese higher education

“…For more than a decade, people have been talking about globalisation and its impact on economy, society, politics and culture (Giddens, 1990, 1999; Fukuyama, 1989, 1992; Sklair, 1995; Robertson, 1995; Rodnk, 1997; Hirst et al , 1999, quoted in Mok, 2000: 638; Waters, 2001). In recent years, many researchers have turned their attention to the impact of globalisation on more specific areas or sub‐areas as indicated in the works of Khan and Dominelli (2000), Thurow (2000), Thapisa (2000), Bae and Rowley (2001), and Lansbury et al (2003). It is, therefore, only natural that attention should be paid to education, including teaching of the most widely used foreign or second language, English.…”

Use of social media by academic librarians in Iraq

“…Globally, the digital divide broadly separates countries according to their developmental status, with those on the "wrong" side of the divide being disadvantaged by their political (Held and McGrew, 2003), economic (Thapisa, 2000), and/or cultural circumstances. Many developing countries suffer from a reduced access to digital capacity when compared to the developed world, and as a result they also experience reduced capability with regard to the sharing of knowledge and research.…”