Includes bibliographical references and index.

Global goals and African development / Maano Ramutsindela and David Mickler -- PART I. Africa's sustainable development: approaches, institutions, agendas. Growth or solidarity? The discourse of the SDGs / Tor Halvorsen and John Higgins -- Lifelong learning and the SDGs / Florida A. Karani and Julia Preece -- Chinese and Western development approaches in Afica: implications for the SDGs / Tobias Broich, Adam Szirmai and Ayokunu Adekokun -- The AUs African governance architecture and SDG 16: examining intersections / David Mickler and George Makundi Wachira -- African mining and the SDGs: from vision to reality / Kathryn Sturman, Perrine Toledano, Charles F. A. Akayuli and Mzamose Gondwe -- Minding the Gap? The Media and the Realisation of SDG 13 in Kenya / Jacinta Mwende Maweu and Chris Paterson -- Small-scale mining, the SDGs, and human insecurity in Ghana / Isaac Mensah, John Boakye-Danquah, Nurudeen Suleiman, Sena Nutakor and Muhammad Dan Suleiman -- Public finance and the SDGs in Ghana / Ibrahim Bedi and William Coffie --

PART II. Scientific evidence and critical thinking on the SDGs in Africa. Research data management as a strategic imperative for SDGs / Constance Bitso, Elisha Ondieki Makori and Sellina Khumbo Kapondera -- Prioritising women's mental health for the achievement of the SDGs in Africa / Maxine F. Spedding, Angela Ofori-Atta, Dan J. Stein, Katherine R. Sorsdahl and Crick Lund -- Talent management challanges for women in South Africa / Linda Ronnie and Alison J. Glaister -- Securing inclusive growth: mentorship and youth employment in Kenya / Joy M. Kiiru and Laura Nelima Barasa -- The challenge of obtaining a decent work environment in Sub-Saharan Africa / Bente Elisabeth Moen, Israel Paul Nyarubeli, Alexander M. Tungu, Aiweraisia Vera Ngowi, Abera Kumie, Wakgari Deressa and Simon Henry David Mamuya -- Upscaling agriculture and food security in Africa in pursuit of the SDGs: what role does China play? / Lawal Marafa, Julian May and Vincent Ado Tenebe -- Contextualizing accountability and responsible production and consumption in the extractive industries of west Africa / Innocent I. Okwuosa and Sharif S. Khalid -- Using the past to inform a sustainable future: palaeoecological insights from east Africa / Esther Githumbi, Rob Marchant and Daniel Olago -- Biodiversity, wildlife and the land question in Africa / Maano Ramutsindela and Paballo Abel Chauke -- Water and sanitation inequality in Africa: challenges for SDG 6 / Horman Chitonge, Amanda Mokoena and Minga Kongo -- Achieving SDG 14 in the African small island developing states of the Indian Ocean / Erika J. Techera and Krishnee A. Appadoo --

PART III. Africa and the SDGs: the role of collaborative research. The SDGs and African higher education / Han Aarts, Heinz Greijn, Goolam Mohamedbhai and James Otieno Jowi -- Which factors influence international research collaboration in Africa? / Hugo Confraria, Jaco Blanckenberg and Charl Swart -- Making north-south collaborations work: facilitating natural product drug discovery in Africa / Kwaku Kyeremeh, Adrian Flint, Marcel Jaspars, Suthananda Naidu Sunassee, Richard Amewu, Godwin Akpeko Dziwornu, Kojo Sekyi Acquah, Adwoa Nartey Padiki, Rui Krause and Dorcas Osei-Safo -- A collaborative framework highlighting climate-sensitive non-communicable diseases in urban Sub-Saharan Africa / Hanna-Andrea Rother, Clive E. Sabel and Sotiris Vardoulakis -- Multiplex learning: an evidence-based approach to design policy learning networks in Sub-Saharan Africa for the SDGs / Serdar T�rkeli, Pui-Hang Wong and Eleni Abraham Yitbarek -- Correction to: Prioritising health systems to achieve SDGs in Africa: a review of scientific evidence / Colette Adhiambo Wesonga and Benard Kulohoma.

"The book draws upon the expertise and international research collaborations forged by the Worldwide Universities Network Global Africa Group to critically engage with the intersection, in theory and practice, of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Africas development agendas and needs. Further, it argues that - and demonstrates how - the SDGs should be understood as an aspirational blueprint for development with multiple meanings that are situated in dynamic and contested terrains. As the SDGs have substantial implications for development policy and resourcing at both the macro and micro levels, their relevance is not only context-specific but should also be assessed in terms of the aspirations and needs of ordinary citizens across the continent. Drawing on analyses and evidence from both the natural and social sciences, the book demonstrates that progress towards the SDGs must meet demands for improving human well-being under diverse and challenging socio-economic, political and environmental conditions. Examples include those from the mining industry, public health, employment and the media. In closing, it highlights how international collaboration in the form of research networks can enhance the production of critical knowledge on and engagement with the SDGs in Africa"--Page 4 of cover.

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