Reflections on some Dynamics of Development: Good Governance and the Sustainable Development Goals

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dc.contributor.authorAyee, J.A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-02T11:06:56Z
dc.date.available2020-03-02T11:06:56Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionGhana Social Science Journal, 13(2)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe multidimensionality, complexity, sustainability and vicissitudes of development have been at the heart of scholarly debates and have attracted the interest and attention of governments, citizens and development partners in Ghana and other African countries (Goulet 1971; Bryant and White 1982; Sen 1999; Todaro 2000; UN 2000; UN 2015; World Bank 1978-2016, among others). In fact, the post-colonial state in Africa has largely been preoccupied with issues, processes and strategies of development since the attainment of independence. Even though there is no universal definition of development, it is largely seen as the capacity and capability of a country to formulate and implement strategies and interventions which are meant to reduce inequality, unemployment and poverty. Development also entails building effective institutions, providing basic services, and ensuring the judicious management of human and physical resources, accelerated growth, social changes and stability. In this connection, development encompasses political, economic and social spheres (Goulet 1971; Bryant and White 1982; World Bank 1991; 2001; 2003; 2004; United Nations 1994; Todaro 2000). This has been reinforced by Sen (1999: 1) who views development “as a process of expanding the real freedoms that people enjoy”. To him, even though growth in gross national product, rise in personal incomes, industrialization, technological advancement andsocial modernization are important means to expanding the freedoms of individuals, they present a narrower view of developmenten_US
dc.identifier.issn0855-4730
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/35068
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGhana Social Science Journalen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries13;2
dc.subjectindustrializationen_US
dc.subjecttechnological advancementen_US
dc.subjectpersonal incomesen_US
dc.subjectAfrican countriesen_US
dc.titleReflections on some Dynamics of Development: Good Governance and the Sustainable Development Goalsen_US
dc.typeJournalen_US

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