Millennium development goals achievement in different states of India (2003-2004 to 2013-2014), Prof. Ranajit Chakrabarty, Dr. Mahuya Chakrabarti and Dr. Ayan Chattopadhyay
Prof. Ranajit Chakrabarty Calcutta University, Kolkata India Email: ranajit4@hotmail.com Dr. Mahuya Chakrabarti Bethune College, Kolkata India Dr. Ayan Chattopadhyay Future Retail Ltd, Kolkata India DOI: 10.1108/WJSTSD-01-2016-0011 Purpose: According to the Government of India 2015 report on millennium development goal (MDG), India is yet to achieve almost 50 per cent of the goals set by UN. Characterized by its […]
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 […]
Subverting, disenchanting and rationalizing STI systems for revealing modernity in Africa, Dr. Jacques Hamel
Dr. Jacques L. Hamel United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa Ethiopia Email: jachamel@gmail.com DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000014 Abstract: The paper provides a speculative reflection on the power of modern science, technology and innovation systems (STI) for revealing some distinctive style of modernity in Africa. The modernization of these systems, as the backbones of any mode […]