University as regional development agent : a counterfactual analysis of an African University

dc.contributor.authorFongwa, Samuel N.
dc.contributor.authorWangenge-Ouma, Gerald
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-15T06:05:25Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.description.abstractThe contribution of universities to regional development has in the last few decades gained significant currency. Inter alia, this contribution has been through steered national, regional, and institutional policies aimed at enhancing national development, good governance, human capital creation and innovation in an increasing knowledgedependent economy, and through the universities‟ core technologies of teaching and research. Based on empirical findings from an African case study, this paper argues that other forms of contributions to regional development exist, which are neither from deliberate efforts nor steered by direct policies. This article proposes new forms of contributions termed „unintended contributions‟, in which universities become growth poles by virtue of being located in a particular region. Using the counterfactual and „export and import substitution‟ methods of analysis, this study shows the various ways in which a rural university in Cameroon has „contributed to regional development as a „growth pole‟.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentOccupational Therapyen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2017-06-30
dc.description.librarianhb2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/raer20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSamuel N. Fongwa & Gerald Wangenge-Ouma (2015) University as regional development agent: a counterfactual analysis of an African university, Africa Education Review, 12:4, 533-551, DOI:10.1080/18146627.2015.1112131.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1814-6627 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1753-5921 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/18146627.2015.1112131
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/52020
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© University of South Africa. This is an electronic version of an article published in Africa Education Review, vol. 12, pp. 533-551, 2015. Africa Education Review is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/raer20 .en_ZA
dc.subjectHigher education institutionsen_ZA
dc.subjectUniversitiesen_ZA
dc.subjectRegional developmenten_ZA
dc.subjectUniversity of Bueaen_ZA
dc.subjectCameroonen_ZA
dc.titleUniversity as regional development agent : a counterfactual analysis of an African Universityen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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