Innovation, regional integration, and development in Africa : rethinking theories, institutions, and policies /: rethinking theories, institutions, and policies. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Mammo Muchie editors.
• Editors: Oloruntoba, Samuel O (Samuel Ojo), 1970-; Muchie, Mammo
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 338.96; Political science; Economic development -- Africa; Economic development; Regionalism; Development economics; Economic policy; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General; Economic development; International economic integration; Social Science -- Regional Studies; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy; Development studies; International relations; Development economics & emerging economies; Political economy; Politics & government; Africa -- Economic integration; Africa; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319921808; 3319921800
• Related ISBNs: 9783319921792; 3319921797
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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