Foreign Aid to Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 385-395
Author(s):  
Sultan Juma Kakuba
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Important Resource ◽  
Good Intention

The main objective of this chapter is to provide evidence that foreign Aid to African countries is a barricade to their sustainable development. Both modernisation and Dependency theorists' suggestions have failed to spawn socio-economic and political development in African countries. Complexity theory may provide a better understanding of the linkage between foreign aid and the socio-economic and political underdevelopment. The current foreign aid given to African sovereign states by donor or developed countries seems to perpetuate underdevelopment. In fact, Foreign Aid to most of African countries has not adequately addressed its problems; rather it has succeeded in keeping most of African countries dependent on foreign aid and in the state of underdevelopment. Using both quantitative and qualitative document analysis of records on foreign Aid to Africa reveals that foreign Aid in and out of itself is not a bad thing, it is among those many important resource inputs, which operate in many African countries which if paved with good intention could bring about sustainable socio-economic and political development in Africa.

Foreign Aid to Africa

2016 ◽  
pp. 114-124
Author(s):  
Sultan Juma Kakuba
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Important Resource ◽  
Good Intention

The main objective of this chapter is to provide evidence that foreign Aid to African countries is a barricade to their sustainable development. Both modernisation and Dependency theorists' suggestions have failed to spawn socio-economic and political development in African countries. Complexity theory may provide a better understanding of the linkage between foreign aid and the socio-economic and political underdevelopment. The current foreign aid given to African sovereign states by donor or developed countries seems to perpetuate underdevelopment. In fact, Foreign Aid to most of African countries has not adequately addressed its problems; rather it has succeeded in keeping most of African countries dependent on foreign aid and in the state of underdevelopment. Using both quantitative and qualitative document analysis of records on foreign Aid to Africa reveals that foreign Aid in and out of itself is not a bad thing, it is among those many important resource inputs, which operate in many African countries which if paved with good intention could bring about sustainable socio-economic and political development in Africa.

Foreign Aid to Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 799-809
Author(s):  
Sultan Juma Kakuba
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Important Resource ◽  
Good Intention

The main objective of this chapter is to provide evidence that foreign Aid to African countries is a barricade to their sustainable development. Both modernisation and Dependency theorists' suggestions have failed to spawn socio-economic and political development in African countries. Complexity theory may provide a better understanding of the linkage between foreign aid and the socio-economic and political underdevelopment. The current foreign aid given to African sovereign states by donor or developed countries seems to perpetuate underdevelopment. In fact, Foreign Aid to most of African countries has not adequately addressed its problems; rather it has succeeded in keeping most of African countries dependent on foreign aid and in the state of underdevelopment. Using both quantitative and qualitative document analysis of records on foreign Aid to Africa reveals that foreign Aid in and out of itself is not a bad thing, it is among those many important resource inputs, which operate in many African countries which if paved with good intention could bring about sustainable socio-economic and political development in Africa.

INNOVATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL PARADIGM OF FORMATION OF SOCIAL SAFETY – PREREQUISITE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
pp. 103-110
Author(s):  
Vira Kutsenko ◽  
Iryna Kinash ◽  
Hanna Yevtushenko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
High Morbidity ◽  
Social Production ◽  
Current State ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Educational Paradigm

The article is devoted to the consideration of the important issue of the implementation of the principles of sustainable development, in the context of the introduction of innovative education and ensuring social safety. It is noted that an important result of the implementation of the process of sustainable development is social safety as a state of protection of vital rights and freedoms of citizens, as well as a system of social and political events that provides this protection. An important role in ensuring social safety and sustainable development belongs to education, which has an innovative basis. Therefore, it is important to form an innovative and educational paradigm that would contribute to the creation of an optimal socio-economic environment for social safety and sustainable development. The article highlights the problematic issues of social safety and sustainable development that are now taking place in Ukraine. Poverty, unemployment, high morbidity, rising crime – all this negatively affects the living standards of the population and the state of social safety of the country. It is noted that the strengthening of social safety largely depends on the state of human capital and the development of the educational sphere. The development of education, raising the educational level of the population acts as a catalyst for socio-economic processes, allows those working in social production to realize the achievements of scientific and technological progress and participate in its development. The innovative educational paradigm aims to provide high quality educational services, create a competitive educational environment and ensure the training of competitive specialists, which implies the establishment of a close relationship between education and business. It is also necessary to actively use the experience of developed countries to ensure the positive impact of education on the achievement of social safety and sustainable development. In this aspect, the article analyzes the current state of the educational sphere in Ukraine. The ways of achieving stability and optimal development of the educational sphere are proposed, which should contribute to ensuring economic growth on the principles of sustainable development.

The State of Teledensity Diffusion in Least Developed Countries

2011 ◽  
pp. 268-292
Author(s):  
Victor W.A. Mbarika
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The State ◽  
Current Understanding ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
Geographical Factors ◽  
Organizational Literature

This chapter reviews research from academic and major international organizational literature to examine and synthesize the current understanding of teledensity development in Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The obstacles to the growth of teledensity are discussed, and the importance and opportunities for growth of teledensity to solve priority problems and to realize sustainable development in LDCs are examined. The literature findings suggest that various policy, economical, financial, managerial, organizational, technological, political, and geographical factors are important determinants for growth of teledensity in LDCs. A variety of strategies to advance teledensity in LDCs are suggested.

Influencing sustainability by controlling future brownfields in Africa: a case study of Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 102-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikiale Gebreslase Gebremariam ◽  
Yuming Zhu ◽  
Naveed Ahmad ◽  
Dawit Nega Bekele
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Brownfield Redevelopment ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The increasing African population and economic growth leading to urbanisation continues to increase the need to redevelop brownfields as a strategy of encouraging sustainable development of cities, in particular in Ethiopia. However, the adoption of brownfield redevelopment in Ethiopia is at initial stage. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to highlight the framework based on grey-incidence decision-making approach to manage brownfields in African countries by taking Ethiopia as case example. The grey-incidence decision-making model integrates multiple factors such as economic, social, environmental, technical and associated risks and provides an effective decision-making and management tool for environmental practitioners and government agencies. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires were used to collect data on terms and definitions of brownfield. The questions were prepared on the basis of currently used definitions developed by a number of developed countries. Moreover, this study utilises a grey-incidence decision-making approach to help in management and decision-making for the implementation of brownfield redevelopment projects (BRPs) in the remediated sites. Findings Standard definition of brownfield and essential guidelines for brownfield redevelopment is proposed for Ethiopian context. The research findings were tested and verified using literature data and survey from major stakeholders. In addition, the grey-incidence decision-making approach is applied for the evaluation of BRPs in the remediated sites. A framework is proposed to control future brownfields for African countries by taking Ethiopia as a case example. Originality/value This research stresses the significance of an urban structure to address sustainable development, and the need to consider redevelopment of brownfields and identify the potential for a specific government policy framework. This research provides the best opportunity for Ethiopia by devising an urban land policy and create a strategy to contribute social, economic, financial and environmental benefits. It also provides a foundation to solve environmental issues by involving all major stakeholders, including community citizens, environmentalists and government agencies, and it also serves as guidelines to transform brownfields into Greenfields; and finally, it contributes to achieve the 2030 UN global goals.

scholarly journals Sustainable Development of African Countries: Minding Public Life, Education, and Welfare

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danyang Li ◽  
Guosheng He ◽  
Hui Jin ◽  
Fu-Sheng Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Least Developed Countries ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Life Education

Sustainable development (SD) has increasingly played a key background role in government policymaking across the world, especially for the least developed countries in Africa. Therefore, the purpose of our research is to study the SD of African countries in public life, education, and welfare, and then to help policy makers better monitor the status of sustainable development and formulate development policies in these aspects. We firstly propose a new method to assess the SD in public life, education, and welfare. Then we assess the SD status in 51 African countries as well as other countries in the world. After that, we also make a comparison between African countries and the countries in other continents.

Power, Peasants and Political Development: Reconsidering State Construction in Africa

1996 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 112-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Munro
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
State Control ◽  
Economic Decline ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Political Crises ◽  
State Construction

Recent writing on political development in Africa has shown a marked tendency to de-privilege the state. We might discern three broad, related, reasons for this trend. The first is the deepening political crisis involving what Crawford Young has described as “shrinkage in the competence, credibility and probity of the state.” The second is the growing dissatisfaction among scholars with the narrow analytical focus of state-centered scholarship on state structures and elites. The third is the re-emergence of civil society as an analytical concept (sparked by political crises in Eastern Europe) and a renewed emphasis on market institutions as appropriate arbiters of social provision.Many scholars, despairing of the political and economic decline of African countries and seeking more compelling explanations, have moved the state out of the explanatory spotlight. They have stressed the fragmentation of politics, processes of economic disengagement from the realm of state control, and expanding areas of social life that fall outside of the ambit of state authority. For some, the relationship between the state and civil society has offered a more appealing focus for analysis.2 Society-centered research has even suggested that the state is not (or is no longer) the main organising principle of politics in Africa.

Sustainable development and international economic law in Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thabo Fiona Khumalo
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Developmental Needs ◽  
Economic Law ◽  
International Economic Law ◽  
Developed World

ABSTRACT Sustainable development has been advocated by the developed world as a means to ensure that the most widely beneficial type of development occurs. This has resulted in a body of rules, which though well intended, does not adequately address the developmental needs of developing countries. It has become a source of tension between developing and developed countries. Developing countries fear that it can be used to frustrate their prospects of development. Hence the adoption of sustainable development provisions by African countries has largely been controversial. This article explores the concept of sustainable development and its level of acceptance in international economic law instruments involving African countries. This article argues that African countries should adopt a more intentional position with regards to sustainable development to ensure that each agreement creates an opportunity for economic transformation and sustainability. Key words: Sustainable development, international economic law, African agreements.

Foreign Aid Reciprocity Agreements: Committing Developing Countries to Improve the Effectiveness of Aid When They Become Donors

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Skladany
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
International Development ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Security Technology ◽  
The Future ◽  
International Interaction ◽  
Aid Programs

AbstractExisting best practices for aid delivery are well known and largely uncontroversial but often neglected by bilateral and multilateral aid agencies because of domestic political considerations and bureaucratic resistance. Developing countries should unilaterally ratify an agreement committing them, in the future, after they have experienced sustained and robust economic, social, and political development, to establish their own foreign aid programs that follow existing best practices for aid delivery. Such foreign aid reciprocity agreements would have numerous benefits, including: being an international tool to signal a developing country’s resolve to reform and a domestic tool to pressure corrupt public officials to improve; enabling developing countries to take a leadership position in international development discourses; putting pressure on developed countries to implement best practices; and encouraging other developing countries to support and eventually adopt aid reciprocity agreements, which would lead to an increase in the amount of aid in the future. Furthermore, the idea of unilateral reciprocity agreements could potentially be expanded to areas of international interaction beyond foreign aid such as finance, trade, security, technology transfer, migration, and environmental policies.

scholarly journals STATE AS THE MAIN INSTITUTIONAL AND STRATEGIC SUBJECT OF ELABORATION AND IMPLEMENTATIONOF THE INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (4(73)) ◽  
pp. 22-36
Author(s):  
A.M. VDOVICHENKO ◽  
O.V. KALINCHAK ◽  
M.A. KUZNETSOVA
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
The State ◽  
Institutional Transformation ◽  
Role Of The State

Topicality. The effect of modern globalization processes leading to escalating competition make it actual and necessary to learn historical studies of implementing reforms worldwide and the role of the state in the process of institutional transformation provided by highly developed countries of the world. Therefore, the present day the key issue of Ukraine resolving which has the theoretical and practical importance is the issue of the institutional modernization with defining the role and placing of the state on course of implementing and supporting the innovative and sustainable development. Aim and tasks: to prove, on the basis of learning the historical studies of implementing reforms worldwide and the role of the state in the process of institutional transformation, that at the present stage of human development it is the state that is in a role of the main institutional strategic subject of the innovative and sustainable development strategy that has the practical importance for defining the direction of the further social and economic transformation in Ukraine. Research results. The article is focused on that the market system in its classical form is past the point of the historical development. Gradually, in view of objective reasons, the placing and functions of the state have been changing in the direction of consolidation of its role, direct dealing with resolving fateful issues. Nowadays in successful and developed countries it is the main institutional and strategic subject of mixed economic system, one of its organization components. The overview of historical experience of the reform implement in countries that have achieved substantial gains proves that these gains are connected with the institutional reformations with the state being in the heart of them. On the other hand, dogmatical proclamation of private property privileges under any circumstances and at the same time the removal of the state from resolving fateful issues, the glamorization of the market of Ukraine and as a result � system error while choosing and implementing the model of economic development, have led to the formation of oligarchic capitalism with the objective traits peculiar to it. Therefore, the present day the issue must be not the reforms modernization and intensification but the change of their rates, the economy management philosophy in general. Conclusion. The research that had been made gave an opportunity to substantiate the attitude of the authors being that without the complex system support of the real sector of economy with the focus on innovation, without consolidation of state property and its institutes including those on the backs of reprivatizing the strategically important enterprises as the fundamental principle of the future economy of Ukraine the fateful issues would be impossible to resolve.

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