African Science Granting Councils : Towards Sustainable Development in Africa
This book delves into the research-policy nexus as it relates to development in Africa. It does so by examining four country-cases – Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya and Zambia – while referring to South Africa as a possible exemplar case.The book reaffirms that the majority of governments in Africa s...
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African Minds
2023
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=4403746&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: nlebk uiTerm: 4403746 longDbName: eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: btl: African Science Granting Councils : Towards Sustainable Development in Africa aug: au: Teboho Moja Samuel Okunade isbn: 9781928502791 9781928502807 imageinfo: pubinfo: dt: @attributes: year: 2023 month: 01 day: 01 dtAvail: @attributes: year: 2026 month: 04 day: 03 pub: African Minds pubContract: Thoth Open Metadata place: South Africa price: 0.01 limitsGroup: maxCheckoutDays: 1500 pda: N printPagesOffline: 100 printPagesOnline: 100 previewPages: 10000 prePubGroup: dewey: @attributes: class: 338.9 item: 338 .9 lc: @attributes: class: HC800.Z9 E54845 2023 item: HC 800 .Z9 E54845 2023 artinfo: ui: 4403746 1417393041 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: EB doid: NL$4403746$PDF caption: PDF download: Y tig: atl: African Science Granting Councils : Towards Sustainable Development in Africa ptl: African Science Granting Councils aug: au: Teboho Moja Samuel Okunade su: Sustainable development--Africa Research and development projects Research--Finance.--Africa De´veloppement durable--Afrique Projets de recherche et de de´veloppement Recherche--Finances.--Afrique sug: subj: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy Sustainable development--Africa Research and development projects Research--Finance.--Africa De´veloppement durable--Afrique Projets de recherche et de de´veloppement Recherche--Finances.--Afrique ab: This book delves into the research-policy nexus as it relates to development in Africa. It does so by examining four country-cases – Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya and Zambia – while referring to South Africa as a possible exemplar case.The book reaffirms that the majority of governments in Africa spend less than one per cent of their GDP on research and development (R&D) despite the commitment to raise their research funding levels contained in the Lagos Plan of Action (1980). Hence, reliance on external funding for research persists on the continent.To manage research engagements and public funds, Science Granting Councils (SGCs) have been established. These institutions are held account- able for how public funds are spent and how the research they fund contributes to the advancement of society.To-date, the SGCs and researchers have demonstrated in various ways how funded research contributes to the advancement of society. However, there appear to be differences in opinion amongst key stakeholders in terms of what constitutes research priorities as well as expectations in terms of the returns on research investments made.This book brings to the fore the importance of research and its outcome on societal development, and reveals the stake that African governments hold in the process. The book encourages African governments to show greater commitment to providing funding for research on the continent. This is critical if governments are to assume a lead role in the continent's development agenda. It would also set the stage for partnerships with other stakeholders, including industry and funding organisations. Researchers are also encouraged to work closely with the SGCs to ensure the valorisation of research products for societal benefit. This has a potential to unlock more funding for research in Africa which, in turn, would drive the development of the continent. pubtype: eBook doctype: Book ougenre: Book language: English copyright: @attributes: flag: N copyrightText: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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