Publicaties

A plethora of strategies and initiatives have been proposed to address the development deficits in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, the resulting analyses have failed to converge on the actual causes of these shortfalls and to identify optimum solutions. As a result, disparities between the rich and poor have widened. According to scholarly works on development practice, journal and newspaper articles, as well as primary sources, part of the ...

In theory, corporate social responsibility(CSR)assumes that private companies can become vital development agents provided that they work as joint stakeholders and in partnership with governments and communities. In recent years published evidence r suggests that the business community's pursuit for effective social impact has been advancing towards the tipping point described by Malcolm Gladwell (2000). Subsequently, we find that even within ...

Impact Day, UNAIDS, Geneva - March 29th, 2011
Discussion:
One of my key concerns is linked to communication policy: how can we bridge the gap between policy and practice in an optimal manner within the behaviour change cycle (BCC) in order to achieve sustainable behaviour change?

It is widely accepted that the behaviour change cycle(BCC) must include policy development, strategic planning, communication planning, ...

In this paper, I cast a glance at the general theories of development and then pose the question why and how development initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have failed to achieve the desired results. To answer this question, I set my context within the development experience in SSA then examine the manner in which power relations have been connected to the participation process. Drawing mainly from the notions of Michel Foucault, Paulo ...