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Framing the Fundamental Issues of Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

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  • Akin L. Mabogunje

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This paper frames the fundamental issues of sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa. The paper begins by considering the general problems of development in sub-Saharan Africa and then frames the issues as the maintenance or enhancement of the region's capital stocks. It describes the integration of the region into the global capitalist economy and considers how to integrate science and technology into the development culture of the region through greater concern with social learning. A concluding section reflects on the imperative of a new value and cultural orientation if sub-Saharan Africa is to meet the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations and those of the New Partnership for Africa's Development articulated by African governments themselves.

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  • Akin L. Mabogunje, 2004. "Framing the Fundamental Issues of Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa," CID Working Papers 104, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
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    2. Anthony A. Leiserowitz & Robert W. Kates & Thomas M. Parris, 2004. "Sustainability Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors: A Review of Multi-national and Global Trends," CID Working Papers 113, Center for International Development at Harvard University.

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    Keywords

    Sub-Saharan Africa; sustainable development; sustainability science; social learning; science and technology; S&T; globalization; social capital; knowledge systems;
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    JEL classification:

    • F02 - International Economics - - General - - - International Economic Order and Integration
    • N57 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Africa; Oceania
    • O19 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - International Linkages to Development; Role of International Organizations
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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