Sustainable Development Goals, are we there yet?–challenges and shortcomings, Otobong Inieke
Otobong Inieke Department of Computer Science Middlesex University, Mauritius Campus, Uniciti Mauritius Email: iniekeoto@live.com DOI: 10.1108/WJSTSD-06-2020-0053 Purpose: Literature reviews were conducted with the aim of analysing and deriving evidence and reference points. A qualitative research approach was also used in order to properly identify situations, problems and solutions related to the particular context of sustainable development […]
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 […]
Local territories, their power and their actions: development as a weapon for peace, Prof. Cristina D’ Alessandro‐Scarpari
Prof. Cristina D’ Alessandro-Scarpari Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris France Email: dalessandro@wanadoo.fr DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100014 Abstract: Focusing on local realities and more precisely on urban contexts, post-conflict reconstruction can use development as an instrument for peace – or even as a weapon for peace. At the present time, in an era of non-conventional conflicts, actors can […]
Development of low aflatoxin soycorn milk, Ignatius Santa, Indah Kuswardani, Agustinus Tanur, Fitri Anita and Veronica Lini
Ignatius Santa, Indah Kuswardani, Agustinus Elbert Tanur, Fitri Anita and Veronica Lini Widya Mandala Surabaya Catholic University Indonesia Abstract: A nutritious soycorn milk can be produced by combining soybean and corn. The beverage offers dual nutritional advantages for public health in combating protein and Vitamin A deficiency. However, many studies have shown high level aflatoxin contamination […]
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 […]
(E)-ducation in St. Lucia: Myth or Reality? Dr. Gale Rigobert
Dr. Gale T.C. Rigobert Institute of International Relations (IIR) The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Trinidad and Tobago Email: gale.rigobert@sta.uwi.edu DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000003 Abstract: There is an ongoing debate on the economic viability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the emerging e-economy. The centrality of ICTs in the current development discourse, suggests […]