Akor, Opaluwah (2015) Problematization: The Foundation of Sustainable Development. In: 2nd Covenant University Conference on African Development Issues (CU-ICADI), 11th - 13th May, 2015, Africa Leadership Development Center, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria..
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Abstract
Over the last century, technology has been touted as the main instrument to drive sustainable development in the global south. Both academics and governments with the indication that a successful transfer in advanced technological practices will lead to higher production and efficiency and thus economic growth have heralded the call for technological transfer. This view though popular, has failed to identify the human capacity needed to not only operate but also understand the need for this technology. The absence of problematisation in the development discourse is a gap that must be filled before technology and economic growth can take the stage. Problematisation refers to the act of putting an issue into question to understand how they came to be. In other words, bringing an accepted or overlooked issue back into the realm of discourse. This capacity, though it exists sits in the hands of the "development experts" and not the ones who need development thereby making the process of development an induced process rather than an organic one. If people cannot be trusted with the ability to contextualise the problems they face, then they will always be in need of external support. This concept paper address the issues of the approaches to development employed by government and development agencies in Nigeria and the global south. By analysing a case study, the effectiveness of problematizing can be grasped and in so, inculcated as a prerequisite for the drive for development in Nigeria and the Global south.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Development, problematisation, ICT, technology, Sustainable development, Nigeria, Global south. |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Art |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2015 07:37 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jun 2015 07:37 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/5312 |
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