Innovation, Regional Integration, and Development in Africa

Rethinking Theories, Institutions, and Policies

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

Av Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Mammo Muchie

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This edited volume discusses the role of innovation and regional integration in economic development in Africa.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-12-21
Mått155 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt534 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAdvances in African Economic, Social and Political Development
Antal sidor342
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030063795

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Samel Olotuntoba recieved his PhD Degree in Political Science with specialisation in International Political Economy from University of Lagos, Nigeria. He has a Masters Degree (Cum Laude) in Political Science from the same University and a Bachelows (Honours) Degree in Political Science from University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Dr. Oloruntoba was also a Visiting Scholar at Brown and Northwestern Universities in the United States of America. Before his appointment as a Senior Lecturer 2014, he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute at University of South Africa.

Chapter 1:Innovation and Regional Integration: Reframing the Debates on Innovation and Integrated African Development.- Chapter 2: Towards a Unified Theory of Pan-African Innovation Systems and Integrated Development.- Chapter 3: Exploring Theory and Praxis for Socioeconomic Development.- Chapter 4: Innovating the Political Economy of Pan Africanism: Imagination and Renaissance.- Chapter 5: Innovating Policy Systems of Innovation for Regional Integration.- Chapter 6: Transnational Simultaneity: an Emergent African Perspective of Regional Integration.- Chapter 7: Knowledge Valorisation for Inclusive Innovation and Integrated African Development.- Chapter 8: Regional Integration Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities in Africa: A Case of Tripartite Free Trade Area.- Chapter 9: The Regionalism-Innovation Nexus: The ECOWAS Experience.- Chapter 10: Institutional Capacity and Regional Integration: Reflections on the Composition and Powers of the ECOWAS Parliament.- Chapter 11: Innovation and Development in West Africa.- Chapter 12: The Role of Cloud-Based Surveillance Systems in Regional Integration in ECOWAS.- Chapter 13: Higher Education, R&D, and Challenges in National Innovation System Building of Angola.- Chapter 14: Regional Integration and Knowledge Flows: Effects on Manufacturing Productivity in southern Africa.- Chapter 15: Regionalism and Failure of the African Manufacturing Sector: Technology Transfer Policies as a Missing Link.- Chapter 16: Intra-African Trade and Innovation in the Agricultural Sector.- Chapter 17: Unemployment and Informal Entrepreneurship in Zimbabwe.- Chapter 18: Analysis of Agricultural Innovation and Decision Making among Maize Farming Household in Nigeria: A Gender Approach.- Chapter 19: Social Innovations as a Response to Municipal Failures in Africa.- Chapter 20: Science and Technological Capability Building in Global South: Comparative Study of India and South Africa.- Chapter 21: Conclusion: Setting Research Agenda for Innovation and Integrated African Development.