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Need for Sustainable Development: Theoretical and Practical Concerns for Sub-Saharan Africa

Need for Sustainable Development: Theoretical and Practical Concerns for Sub-Saharan Africa

Samwel J. Kabote, Halima Omari Mangi
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522532477|ISBN10: 1522532471|EISBN13: 9781522532484
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-3247-7.ch002
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Kabote, Samwel J., and Halima Omari Mangi. "Need for Sustainable Development: Theoretical and Practical Concerns for Sub-Saharan Africa." Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Governance Strategies for Economic Growth in Africa, edited by Kassa Teshager Alemu and Mulunesh Abebe Alebachew, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 30-46. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3247-7.ch002

APA

Kabote, S. J. & Mangi, H. O. (2018). Need for Sustainable Development: Theoretical and Practical Concerns for Sub-Saharan Africa. In K. Teshager Alemu & M. Abebe Alebachew (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Governance Strategies for Economic Growth in Africa (pp. 30-46). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3247-7.ch002

Chicago

Kabote, Samwel J., and Halima Omari Mangi. "Need for Sustainable Development: Theoretical and Practical Concerns for Sub-Saharan Africa." In Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Governance Strategies for Economic Growth in Africa, edited by Kassa Teshager Alemu and Mulunesh Abebe Alebachew, 30-46. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-3247-7.ch002

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Abstract

Since 2015, the efforts to promote sustainable development turned into a new face after the 17 Sustainable Development Goals were embraced by the 193 nation states, in the world, to be implemented up to 2030. Despite this impressing milestone, the concept of SD is not explored sufficiently. This chapter reviews and discusses need for SD in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where poverty is rampant and livelihood security is deprived. The chapter argues that SSA needs SD. This can be achieved through a balance between the environment, society, economy and institutions, concurrently with interventions to eliminate abject poverty and improve livelihood security. Additionally, SSA should address the challenges that impede the efforts to promote SD seriously with considerations that the communities are heterogeneous and inequalities in different forms are lingering. The future research should investigate, among others, appropriate strategies and interventions to balance the environment, society and the economy for SD.

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