Towards a Knowledge-Based Economy – the Case of Botswana

2012 ◽  
pp. 117-127
Author(s):  
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
National Development ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Management Paradigms ◽  
The Government

Botswana is keen to position itself as a knowledge-based economy as early as 2016 due to the realisation that to compete on a global scale, efficient knowledge value chains must be put in place, which includes indigenous knowledge management systems. This realisation is primarily caused by falling demand in the price of diamonds (due to the world’s recession), which is the country’s current economic mainstay. Today, Botswana is pushing for further economic liberalisation and diversification by employing and encouraging novel frontiers of knowledge with emphasis placed on research and efficient knowledge management as a vital resource for national development. In Botswana, the role of scientific and technical knowledge is being emphasized as the main driver of sustainable development, but not forgetting the potential contribution of indigenous and mythological knowledge to this aim. Several initiatives have been devised or implemented by both the government and the public sector to position Botswana as a knowledge-based economy. This paper surveys the fundamental concepts on which this paradigm shift is based and brings out the different initiatives that have been undertaken while emphasizing the role of research and efficient knowledge management paradigms in shaping Botswana as a knowledge-based economy.

Towards a Knowledge-Based Economy – the Case of Botswana A Discussion Article

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
National Development ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Management Paradigms ◽  
The Government

Botswana is keen to position itself as a knowledge-based economy as early as 2016 due to the realisation that to compete on a global scale, efficient knowledge value chains must be put in place, which includes indigenous knowledge management systems. This realisation is primarily caused by falling demand in the price of diamonds (due to the world’s recession), which is the country’s current economic mainstay. Today, Botswana is pushing for further economic liberalisation and diversification by employing and encouraging novel frontiers of knowledge with emphasis placed on research and efficient knowledge management as a vital resource for national development. In Botswana, the role of scientific and technical knowledge is being emphasized as the main driver of sustainable development, but not forgetting the potential contribution of indigenous and mythological knowledge to this aim. Several initiatives have been devised or implemented by both the government and the public sector to position Botswana as a knowledge-based economy. This paper surveys the fundamental concepts on which this paradigm shift is based and brings out the different initiatives that have been undertaken while emphasizing the role of research and efficient knowledge management paradigms in shaping Botswana as a knowledge-based economy.

Freedom of Information as a Catalyst for Responsiveness in the e-Government Environment

2015 ◽  
pp. 135-148
Author(s):  
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya ◽  
Peter Mazebe II Mothataesi Sebina ◽  
Saul F.C. Zulu
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Public Services ◽  
National Development ◽  
Freedom Of Information ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Responsiveness

As Botswana actively transcends to utilizing e-Government as a platform for responsive public service delivery, it is apparent that a probe is done on the role of Freedom of Information (FOI) on government responsiveness. This chapter explores the fundamental concepts of contemporary e-Government and enunciates how FOI can be embedded in the e-Government agenda in the developing world using Botswana as a case. The chapter posits that the delay in adopting FOI in Botswana incapacitates the ability of state actors to exhibit acceptable levels of lucidity and ingenuousness during their delivery of public services and in turn promotes a culture of sluggishness which serves to promote the current existing information asymmetry. The chapter further posits that FOI may help the government of Botswana achieve its commitment towards the attainment of a knowledge-based economy during the period of the National Development Plan (NDP) 10.

Towards Knowledge-Based Waqf Organizations

2020 ◽  
pp. 100-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelkader Laallam ◽  
Salina Kassim ◽  
Engku Rabiah Adawiah ◽  
Buerhan Saiti
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Science Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The World

The world is changing at a great pace and acceleration. The role of science, knowledge, and learning has emerged, in developing and adopting appropriate methods to manage and transfer knowledge and experience within an organization and making it available for everyone to share and exchange easily, through knowledge fountains and databases. This chapter introduces the concept of knowledge management to waqf institutions and the potential contribution that can be provided by this in solving many problems and challenges confronting them, in the hope of achieving a qualitative leap in performance and restoring their leading role in societies. There is some evidence that researchers have addressed the issue of knowledge management in the context of waqf institutions. Consequently, this chapter draws attention to the importance of knowledge management for waqf institutions, with the intent of providing a comprehensive understanding of this topic and its association with the organizational performance enhancements, from different angles.

Botswana’s Novel Approaches for Knowledge-Based Economy Facilitation

2011 ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
The Public ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The Government

The Vision 2016, which is a set of strategic plans desired to position Botswana at the completive edge of the socio-economic hierarchy in Africa, is being implemented with concerted efforts from both the private and the public sector, including ordinary citizens. One of the major motivations for drawing this strategy has been the desire to transform Botswana from a resource and industry-based (e.g. agriculture and diamond mining) to knowledge-based economy. This has come from the realisation that in order to compete favourably at a global scale, there is need to put in place efficient knowledge value chains. To this course, several initiatives have been devised and/or implemented by both the government and the public sector. This article surveys the fundamental concepts on which this paradigm shift is hinged and brings out the different issues, initiatives and policies (such as Information and Communications Technology development, nurturing of an appropriate human resource base by way of strategic human resource development plans, investment in intellectual capital, etc.) that have been done so far in Botswana. The article, however, does not claim that it offers a compendium of existing programs towards a knowledge-based economy initiated by Botswana. The article posits that although significant strides have been scored in Botswana’s efforts towards a knowledge-based economy, a lot more needs to be done if it were to compete favourably at an international stage.

e-Bario and e-Bedian Project Implementation in Malaysia

2005 ◽  
pp. 214-219
Author(s):  
Jayapragas Gnaniah ◽  
Alvin W. Yeo ◽  
Hushairi Zen ◽  
Peter Songan ◽  
Khairuddin Ab. Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Urban Communities ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
National Development ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The Government ◽  
Digital Gap ◽  
Malaysian Government

The Malaysian government inspires the country to become a fully developed nation with an emphasis on knowledge-based economy by the year 2020. Though the government has been pushing aggressively for one household to own one computer and at least an Internet connection, it is difficult to see these desires and plans of the Malaysian government going beyond the borders of urban centres and small towns due to the limited infrastructure and amenities. In Sarawak, it has been noted that there are limited mechanisms to ensure that remote rural populations are able to get the same benefits as their urban counterparts due to its vast undeveloped areas and that the majority of Sarawak’s population live in such areas. Harris (1999) has remarked that even though Sarawak’s rural population was promised a full and equitable share in the benefits of national development, it has great potential to be sidelined in the nation’s quest towards a knowledge society. This situation, if left unchecked, would produce an “unbridgeable” digital gap between the developed urban communities and the technologically impoverished rural communities.

Exploring the Role of National Culture on Knowledge Practices: A Comparison between Spain and the UK

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 808-819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro ◽  
Mª Eugenia Sánchez Vidal ◽  
David Cegarra-Leiva
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Knowledge Practices ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Knowledge Management Practices ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Uk

In the context of a competitive knowledge-based economy, the knowledge provided by a firm's founders is one of the most important measures of success. This paper aims to identify the role of national culture on a founder's knowledge practices in a modern organisation. Using data collected from 258 Small to Medium sized Enterprises (SMES) in the Spanish and UK telecommunication industries (130 from Spain and 128 from the UK), we propose three knowledge management practices to be analysed; namely transfer, transformation and open-mindedness. This paper provides evidence that while Spanish SMES are more positively associated with higher levels of transfer and transformation of knowledge, UK SMES are more positively associated with higher levels of open-mindedness. Hence, this study serves as an important contribution to the small amount of literature currently available in this field by examining different practices that can be explained by the cultural characteristics of both countries.

Organisational Information Needs for Public Service Delivery in the Digital Era

2019 ◽  
pp. 135-165
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
Information Gap ◽  
Government Organisation ◽  
The Government

Chapter 7 continues the path through the ISSP framework by considering the information needs of the government entities. However, before it applies various suggested models, the chapter discusses concepts related to the transformation of data to information to knowledge and to wisdom. The chapter discusses this transformation process in detail, including the knowledge-based economy and knowledge management. Once these various concepts are addressed, the chapter focuses on the application of various models to explicitly determine the information needs of the government entity by providing a step by step description of the procedure for doing this, with supporting examples for each step. The outcome of this process is the entity's information gap and resultant database contents for the government organisation under examination.

Botswana's Novel Approaches for Knowledge-Based Economy Facilitation

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
The Public ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Based Economy ◽  
The Government

The Vision 2016, which is a set of strategic plans desired to position Botswana at the completive edge of the socio-economic hierarchy in Africa, is being implemented with concerted efforts from both the private and the public sector, including ordinary citizens. One of the major motivations for drawing this strategy has been the desire to transform Botswana from a resource and industry-based (e.g. agriculture and diamond mining) to knowledge-based economy. This has come from the realisation that in order to compete favourably at a global scale, there is need to put in place efficient knowledge value chains. To this course, several initiatives have been devised and/or implemented by both the government and the public sector. This article surveys the fundamental concepts on which this paradigm shift is hinged and brings out the different issues, initiatives and policies (such as Information and Communications Technology development, nurturing of an appropriate human resource base by way of strategic human resource development plans, investment in intellectual capital, etc.) that have been done so far in Botswana. The article, however, does not claim that it offers a compendium of existing programs towards a knowledgebased economy initiated by Botswana. The article posits that although significant strides have been scored in Botswana’s efforts towards a knowledge-based economy, a lot more needs to be done if it were to compete favourably at an international stage.

“Knowledge-Based Economics” in the Innovative Development of the Construction Sphere

2015 ◽  
Vol 725-726 ◽  
pp. 996-1001
Author(s):  
Galina Tokunova ◽  
Alexander Petrov
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Competitive Ability ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Business Structures ◽  
The Government ◽  
Technological Platforms

The increased role of knowledge in the economics, the growth of the role of education and innovations caused the necessity to revise the role of the basic subjects in the market (the government, business structures, universities) and mechanisms of their interaction. The primary importance is now being shifted towards such subjects of innovations as resource centers, innovative businesses, technological platforms, the clusters capable of exerting efficient influence upon the innovations process, which, in its turn, improves the competitive ability of particular spheres of business and entire national economics. This process also influenced the construction industry. The purpose of this research is to analyze the manifestation of the phenomenon of the knowledge-based economics in the construction sphere. The tasks of this research: firstly, to highlight the evolution of the scientific discipline “knowledge-based economics”; secondly, to analyze the efficiency of the phenomenon on the example of the USA, the EC and Russia; thirdly, to analyze the innovative process in the construction sphere; fourthly, to highlight the role of various institutional structures (resource centers, innovative businesses, technological platforms, clusters) for innovative activity in the construction sphere.

scholarly journals A legal paradigm shift towards climate justice in the Anthropocene

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-68
Author(s):  
Sam Adelman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Climate Justice ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
International Environmental Law ◽  
Main Driver ◽  
Business As Usual ◽  
Ecological Catastrophe

Business as usual is widely acknowledged as the main driver of ecological collapse and climate breakdown, but less attention is paid to the role of law as usual as an impediment to climate justice. This article analyses how domestic and international environmental law facilitate injustices against living entities and nature. It calls for a paradigm shift in legal theory, practice and teaching to reflect the scale and urgency of the unfolding ecological catastrophe. Section 2 outlines the links between climatic harms and climate injustices. This is followed by discussions of unsustainable law and economic development in sections 3 and 4. Section 5 examines the potential contribution of new materialist legal theory in bringing about a legal paradigm shift that reflects the jurisgenerative role of nature in promoting climate justice.

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