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Open Access as a Platform for Sustainable Development: Prospects and Challenges in Africa

Open Access as a Platform for Sustainable Development: Prospects and Challenges in Africa

Priti Jain
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781799850182|ISBN10: 1799850188|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799854050|EISBN13: 9781799850199
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5018-2.ch001
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Jain, Priti. "Open Access as a Platform for Sustainable Development: Prospects and Challenges in Africa." Open Access Implications for Sustainable Social, Political, and Economic Development, edited by Priti Jain, et al., IGI Global, 2021, pp. 1-23. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5018-2.ch001

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Jain, P. (2021). Open Access as a Platform for Sustainable Development: Prospects and Challenges in Africa. In P. Jain, N. Mnjama, & O. Oladokun (Eds.), Open Access Implications for Sustainable Social, Political, and Economic Development (pp. 1-23). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5018-2.ch001

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Jain, Priti. "Open Access as a Platform for Sustainable Development: Prospects and Challenges in Africa." In Open Access Implications for Sustainable Social, Political, and Economic Development, edited by Priti Jain, Nathan Mnjama, and O. Oladokun, 1-23. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5018-2.ch001

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Abstract

Open access publishing is a cross-cutting issue that has the potential to contribute to most Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are reliant on improved access to information and knowledge. Open access publishing makes scientific results available for everyone, and thus facilitates new discoveries and empowers researchers through rapid and efficient access to knowledge. Open access is a platform of knowledge management. There is a clear link between open access and access to information, and therefore between open access and sustainable development. International organizations such as WIPO and UNESCO have already recognized this connection and have changed their own internal policies and officially recognize open access as a driver for achievement of the SDGs and sustainable social, political, and economic development. In the above context, this chapter discusses how sustainable development can be realized through open access platforms. The chapter is based on in-depth literature review. The chapter commences with a brief review of the literature on the major concepts, which is followed by a description of the role of open access in attaining sustainable development. Thereafter, the status, prospects, and challenges of open access publishing in Africa are discussed. Finally, the chapter provides recommendations for attaining sustainable developments goals through open access publishing in Africa.

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