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Download full textSharma, R. N., Ed. – 1993
Five speakers of international prominence from around the world presented a program dealing with the research efforts of academic librarians and the effect of research on academic libraries in Australia and New Zealand, India, Russia, Africa (with an emphasis on Kenya), and the United Kingdom. This proceedings includes the following papers…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Needs
Peer reviewedRathgeber, Eva M. – Higher Education, 1988
African university research is rarely used by policy-makers in the development planning process because there is mutual suspicion between the university and government, there is a dichotomy between university-based researchers and the rural populations intended as the beneficiaries of development, and research is seriously underfunded. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Mtewa, Mekki – 1981
Research models and the issue of public/private utilization of research are discussed, along with implications for development research in Africa. The following types of research are distinguished: policy research, sectoral research, academic research, and consultancy-related research. Three research paradigms are identified: (1) the ideal…
Descriptors: College Role, Cooperative Programs, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
