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Innovation financing and public policy dilemmas in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Joseph Ato Forson --- Department of Banking and Finance, GhanaAs part of efforts to change the structure of economies in sub-Saharan Africa from agrarian dominated to a more diversified one that will add value to exports and create more job opportunities, countries in the region have intensified strategies through... -
ECOWAS and the prevalence of energy-inefficient lighting technologies: Any hope of achieving SDG 7.3?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Edwin Albert Umoh --- , Nigeria Yahaya Muhammad Bande --- , Nigeria Omokhafe James Tola --- , NigeriaA region-adaptive hierarchical framework for realizing Sustainable Development Goal 7.3 is proposed in this paper, using Nigeria as a case study for strategy adoption and adaptation. In 2013, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) rolled out strategic plans... -
Transhumance pastoralism in West Africa – its importance, policies and challenges
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Eric Cofie Timpong-Jones --- Livestock and Poultry Research Centre (LIPREC), University of Ghana, Ghana Igshaan Samuels --- University of the Western Cape, South Africa Felix Owusu Sarkwa --- Livestock and Poultry Research Centre (LIPREC), University of Ghana, Ghana Kwame Oppong-Anane --- Oporhu Agricultural and Rural Development Consultancy Ltd, Ghana Ayodele Oluwakemi Majekodumni --- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), NigeriaThe Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) recognises transhumance pastoralism as a beneficial livestock production system that can contribute to food security together with economic and political stability. Thus, the subregional bloc put together the ECOWAS Protocol on Transhumance...