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Knowledge Societies in China, Portugal, and Uganda

Knowledge Societies in China, Portugal, and Uganda

Nuno Vasco Lopes, Kenneth Bagarukayo, Jun Cheng
Copyright: © 2017 |Volume: 8 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 28
ISSN: 1947-8429|EISSN: 1947-8437|EISBN13: 9781522514350|DOI: 10.4018/IJKSR.2017010102
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Lopes, Nuno Vasco, et al. "Knowledge Societies in China, Portugal, and Uganda." IJKSR vol.8, no.1 2017: pp.23-50. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJKSR.2017010102

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Lopes, N. V., Bagarukayo, K., & Cheng, J. (2017). Knowledge Societies in China, Portugal, and Uganda. International Journal of Knowledge Society Research (IJKSR), 8(1), 23-50. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJKSR.2017010102

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Lopes, Nuno Vasco, Kenneth Bagarukayo, and Jun Cheng. "Knowledge Societies in China, Portugal, and Uganda," International Journal of Knowledge Society Research (IJKSR) 8, no.1: 23-50. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJKSR.2017010102

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Abstract

In September 2015, the United Nations (UN) Member States subscribed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the 2030 Agenda (General Assembly 2015). This work makes an analysis on how Knowledge Societies can effectively contribute for the achievements of the Agenda's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Moreover, it will be presented the research overview conducted by UNU-EGOV for producing the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Knowledge Societies Handbook (UNESCO/IFAP and UNU-EGOV 2016). In addition, three countries from three different Continents of Asia, Europe and Africa - China, Portugal and Uganda respectively - will be analyzed in the context of the knowledge societies architecture proposed in the handbook. For making that analysis a set of indicators collected from the “The World Bank” (The World Bank 2016) and “International Telecommunication Union” (ITU) (ITU 2015) databases have been selected. The indicators have been interpreted taking into consideration the socio-cultural, political, and economic context of each of the three countries.

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