The future of Africa is now! The critical role of capacity development, Dr. Frannie Léautier
Dr. Frannie A. Léautier African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Zimbabwe Email: f.leautier@acbf-pact.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100008 Abstract: African countries experienced severe macroeconomic shocks in the 1980s, which put them on a reform path that has generated resilience visible in their ability to recover and even grow from the fiscal and economic crises of 2008-2009. Critical to the […]
The African capacity building foundation: rising to the challenge of capacity through a unique and innovative framework, W. Ofosu‐Amaah
W. Paatii Ofosu-Amaah African Development Bank Tunis Email: p.ofosu-amaah@afdb.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100009 Abstract: The birth of the African Capacity Building Foundation on February 9, 1991, was the culmination of intense efforts and groundbreaking commitment to capacity building in Africa by Africa Governors of the World Bank, the Bank itself and the cofounding Institutions – the African […]
The state of capacity building in Africa, Prof. Roger Nanfosso
Prof. Roger Tsafack Nanfosso University of Yaoundé II Cameroon Email: rtsafack@gpeyaounde.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100010 Abstract: How can we account for the actual state of the capacity building in Africa? This paper attempts to respond to this question, building on the existing literature and statistical data available both within and outside the continent. Using the arguments put […]
Africa’s second half-centenary: sustainable human development/citizen security?, Prof. Timothy Shaw
Prof. Timothy M Shaw The University of the West Indies Trinidad & Tobago Email: Timothy.Shaw@sta.uwi.edu DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100013 Abstract: Africa faces an unanticipated ‘second chance’ at the start of the second decade of the 21st century: how many ‘developmental’ versus ‘fragile’ states by 2020? The interrelated prospects for both BRICs & the continent are being transformed […]
Building Indigenous Knowledge capacity for development, Prof. Amer Al‐Roubaie
Prof. Amer Al-Roubaie College of Business and Finance Ahlia University, Manama Bahrain Email: amer@ahliauniversity.edu.bh DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000008 Abstract: The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in development. The paper focuses on the role that IK and local cultural values play in the process of development. Currently, knowledge, information, science […]