Recursive Inter-Ethnic Violence and the Failure of Development Communication in Africa

2019 ◽  
pp. 55-66
Author(s):  
Charles Chiedu Okigbo
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Communication ◽  
Ethnic Violence ◽  
Evolution Of Development ◽  
Development Communication ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Dependency Model ◽  
Dominant Paradigm

This chapter traces the evolution of development communication and examines how it has helped or hindered peaceful coexistence in Africa. Starting with the dominant paradigm of the 1950s and 1960s, it explains the critical and dependency model of the 1970s as well as the participatory paradigm of the 1980s before concluding with the most recent iteration which is the social entrepreneurship model of McAnany (2012). These provide a backdrop for examining the place of communication in the recent developments in the six African countries which are among the 10 fastest growing economies of the world today. The final picture to emerge is one that underlines the importance of strategic communication in planned social change, especially in promoting peace and curbing inter-ethnic violence.

Recursive Inter-Ethnic Violence and the Failure of Development Communication in Africa

2015 ◽  
pp. 77-88
Author(s):  
Charles Chiedu Okigbo
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Communication ◽  
Ethnic Violence ◽  
Evolution Of Development ◽  
Development Communication ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Dependency Model ◽  
Dominant Paradigm

This chapter traces the evolution of development communication and examines how it has helped or hindered peaceful coexistence in Africa. Starting with the dominant paradigm of the 1950s and 1960s, it explains the critical and dependency model of the 1970s as well as the participatory paradigm of the 1980s before concluding with the most recent iteration which is the social entrepreneurship model of McAnany (2012). These provide a backdrop for examining the place of communication in the recent developments in the six African countries which are among the 10 fastest growing economies of the world today. The final picture to emerge is one that underlines the importance of strategic communication in planned social change, especially in promoting peace and curbing inter-ethnic violence.

scholarly journals Social and Ecological Floods in the Attica Basin

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
Savvas Mavridis ◽  
Dimitrios Adamopoulos
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Social System ◽  
Greek Population ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

<p><em>Urbanization without industrialization, which is observed among others in many African countries and causes severe damage in the social system, leads to absolute or disguised dictatorships. This proportionally applies to the Attica basin, which counts up to 40% of the Greek population and 48% of the GDP. Marianne Fay and Charlotte Opal, in their article written for the World Bank entitled “Urbanization without Growth: A not so uncommon phenomenon”, highlight these phenomena in African countries, of course with significant differences between them, but also with similarities. In Greece, many similarities with these countries are also observed.</em></p>

scholarly journals Recent Developments in Political Geography, I

1935 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 785-804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Hartshorne
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Economic Geography ◽  
New World ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Cultural Features

The border position of geography between the natural and the social sciences is fairly generally recognized. Concerned primarily with differences in the different areas of the world, geography studies both natural and cultural features. In some universities, it is included among the natural sciences, in others among the social sciences. In England and America, geographers have particularly cultivated that portion of their field which leads naturally into economics, i.e., economic geography. Much less attention has been paid to the relations with history, although various geographers and historians have studied what has variously been called historical geography or geographic history. Even less have geographers in the English-speaking countries concerned themselves with that portion of their subject which bears upon the political areas of the world. The territorial problems of the war and postwar period, however, stimulated activity in this field both in England and America, the most notable product of which is Bowman's The New World, consisting in large part of the materials gathered for the American Commission to the Peace Conference.

scholarly journals Revenue Diversification: Non-Traditional Sources of Development Finance as Game Changers in Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 275
Author(s):  
Abdoulie Sireh-Jallow
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Full Range ◽  
Revenue Diversification ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Development Finance ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Fiscal Space

It goes without saying that Africa needs a significant quantum of resources to address its development challenges. The World Bank estimates Africa’s infrastructure needs at USD 93 billion per annum and we estimate the social sector development needs at USD 109 billion per annum. We also find that the major sources of development finance in Africa are exhibiting either a declining or a constant trend. This, therefore, calls for significant increases in the fiscal space in which non-traditional sources of development finance can be game changers. This study discusses five sources of financing that are currently used by a relatively small number of African countries in spite of their potential to increase their fiscal space. Diaspora bonds, carbon sequestration and trading, renewable energy and Islamic finance, as sources of development finance are not traditional to many African countries. Tourism is traditional to all African countries, but is not optimally leveraged as in other parts of the world. We argue that African countries are not looking at the full range of options that could be available to them to increase the development finance space. We therefore argue that African policy makers should embark on revenue diversification to include non-traditional sources that could be game changers in their development finance mix.

scholarly journals The Role of a Writer: Reflections of a Novelist

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 153-158
Author(s):  
Prabhu Ray Yadav
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
Chinua Achebe ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Missionary Zeal ◽  
African People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

   Chinua Achebe is an iconic name in Africa as well as world literature. He is a writer committed to the social uplift of marginalized and downtrodden people. He believes that serious writer should have a sense of responsibility to enhance the quality of humanity by way of exposing all manmade suppression and oppression in society. Achebe is a crusader against colonialism that enslaved the African countries and their people. He is opposed to the injustice and atrocities perpetrated by colonial rulers, and he wants to awaken the African people to rise up against the onslaught of colonialism in future. The present work serves as an inspiring guide to the African people and writers to pursue the spirit of struggle to gain self dignity and recognition. He writes with a missionary zeal and exhorts the writers to use their art as a weapon to assert their confidence and past glory. For him, art is a means to bring about change in society. His works have served as a teacher for his readers. So, Achebe has become a novelist cum teacher, especially for African people, and in general for his readers all over the world.

scholarly journals Recent Developments in the Banking Sector following the Global Crisis: The Effects of Regulations in the Banking Sector in Turkey

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emine Fırat ◽  
Ekrem Erdem
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crises ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Rapid Change ◽  
Economic Stability ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Bank Staff ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Observation Method

Banking sector is susceptible to the social and economic events. With accelerating of the globalization movement in the world, financial crises experienced not only affected one sector, but also showed itself in the world. After financial crises, while banks face to the great hazards, on the other hand, they caught opportunities. For example, the spread of the approach of non-interest banking in the world led Islamic finance sector to grow. The Turkish banking sector, after 2000 November Crisis and 2001February Crisis, also experienced a rapid change process. In the recent years, the structures and banking understandings in the banks in our country changed. In the institutional meaning, a number of innovations, positive or negative, concerning the bank staff and customers, were conducted. As of October 8, 2013, with regulations published in official newspaper, the code on credit cards and banking cards was amended. The regulations conducted, economic and political events engaging in the agenda, and unexpected increase in the exchange rate caused the banks to be influenced and to react rapidly. In our study, the effects of the regulations conducted in the recent times and the economic fluctuations experienced on banking sector were studied. The state of banking sector in Turkey and the regulations conducted in the banking sector were studied in detail, basically using the observation method and by means of examples. As a result in Turkey, in order to provide the economic stability and to be able to sustain it, the banking sector should be powerful.

scholarly journals Communication and Sport: A Call to Action

2021 ◽  
pp. 399-418
Author(s):  
Paulo Salgado
Keyword(s):  
Social Role ◽  
Strategic Communication ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Interactive Process ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Sports Industry ◽  
Sports Communication ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Economic Influence

The economic influence of media has dramatically changed the world of sport, leading sports organisations to increase their focus on communication and assets like brands and reputation. The intent for a more strategic communication within the sports industry must consider a broader and more profound reflection of how the world of sports intertwines with communication and its interactive process of creation, selection, and retention of meaning (Weick, 1979). As a practice and as a business, the social role played by sports, and the singularities of sports organisations are central pieces for the comprehension of the strategic sports communication model presented in this paper. It aims at encouraging researchers to dive into the realm of sports communication.

The problem of periodization of the history of religion

1997 ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Borys Lobovyk
Keyword(s):  
Religious Studies ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Religious Development ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Role Of Religion

An important problem of religious studies, the history of religion as a branch of knowledge is the periodization process of the development of religious phenomenon. It is precisely here, as in focus, that the question of the essence and meaning of the religious development of the human being of the world, the origin of beliefs and cult, the reasons for the changes in them, the place and role of religion in the social and spiritual process, etc., are converging.

Social Design for Services Framework

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie SARANTOU ◽  
Satu MIETTINEN
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Service Design ◽  
Social Design ◽  
Practical Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

This paper addresses the fields of social and service design in development contexts, practice-based and constructive design research. A framework for social design for services will be explored through the survey of existing literature, specifically by drawing on eight doctoral theses that were produced by the World Design research group. The work of World Design researcher-designers was guided by a strong ethos of social and service design for development in marginalised communities. The paper also draws on a case study in Namibia and South Africa titled ‘My Dream World’. This case study presents a good example of how the social design for services framework functions in practice during experimentation and research in the field. The social design for services framework transfers the World Design group’s research results into practical action, providing a tool for the facilitation of design and research processes for sustainable development in marginal contexts.

Exploring the World Trade Organisation's Trade and Environment/Public Health Jurisprudence as a Model for Incorporating a Trade–Labour Linkage into the Organisation's Multilateral Trade Regime: Should African Countries Accept a Policy Shift?

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-65
Author(s):  
Tapiwa V. Warikandwa ◽  
Patrick C. Osode
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
World Trade ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Trade Regime ◽  
Multilateral Trade ◽  
Appellate Body ◽  
The World ◽  
Labour Standards ◽  
The Impact

The incorporation of a trade-labour (standards) linkage into the multilateral trade regime of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been persistently opposed by developing countries, including those in Africa, on the grounds that it has the potential to weaken their competitive advantage. For that reason, low levels of compliance with core labour standards have been viewed as acceptable by African countries. However, with the impact of WTO agreements growing increasingly broader and deeper for the weaker and vulnerable economies of developing countries, the jurisprudence developed by the WTO Panels and Appellate Body regarding a trade-environment/public health linkage has the potential to address the concerns of developing countries regarding the potential negative effects of a trade-labour linkage. This article argues that the pertinent WTO Panel and Appellate Body decisions could advance the prospects of establishing a linkage of global trade participation to labour standards without any harm befalling developing countries.

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