Challenges of African Transformation: Exploring Through Innovation Approach
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1. Verfasser: Muchie, Mammo (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Africa Institute of South Africa 2013
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Beschreibung:Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Contributing authors; Introduction; Chapter 1 -Science and Technology Indicators in Africa; Chapter 2 -- Building Systems for Innovation 'Take off' in African Economies; Chapter 3 -Innovation in Africa -- Toward a Realistic Vision; Chapter 4 -- Innovations Systems in Renewable Natural ResourceManagement and Sustainable Agriculture; Chapter 5 -Low-income Countries and Innovation Studies; Chapter 6 -- Human Capital, R & D andEndogenous Occupational Choice; Chapter 7 -Building Systems of Innovation in an African Setting
Chapter 8 -Are North-South Technological Spillovers Substantial?Chapter 9 -Where are the Flags of Our Fathers?; Chapter 10 -- Design Theory of Letanta; Chapter 11 -- Conclusion; Back cover
A brief overview of the African economic picture reveals a paradox where the continent that has rich mineral resources, nearly a billion people and a land mass which includes the sizes of China, USA, India, Western Europe, Argentina together larger than the sum of these regions is in an unacceptable state of being an object of aid, debt and loans despite the vast resources both known and yet to be explored. Africa should have been a productive and innovation centre and not a charity and aid centre of the world where ëdonorshipí has replaced African national ownershipí of not just Africaís reso
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ISBN:9780798303507
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