scholarly journals Promoting the Open Science culture in university libraries of developing countries: case studies of the French-speaking universities of Belgium cooperation programs in the Global South

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frédéric Brodkom ◽  
Bernard Pochet
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Greater Antilles ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
The South ◽  
Science Culture ◽  
French Speaking

Watch the VIDEO here. Presenter - Frédéric Brodkom.The ARES-CCD (formerly CUD) is the French-speaking universities and high-school of Belgium Commission for the Cooperation to Development. With an annual budget of 31 M€ fully dedicated to the academic development of actually 19 universities of North and Central Africa, South-East Asia, Western South America and Greater Antilles, this commission brings together volunteers of the academic, scientific and administrative staffs of our universities. Since 2000, librarians are strongly involved in this project with the aim to develop the partner’s libraries, to improve their infrastructures and operations, to facilitate their access to documentary resources and to strengthen their librarians' skills.Given the important documentary needs of students and researchers in the South and the lack of financial resources, the promotion of Open Science is more than an obvious. We will show that, in addition to our activities of purchasing books or materials, basic training or library renovation, we develop, in close partnership with our colleagues, the Open Science culture in six fields:(1) The installation and support of open-source ILS (mainly KOHA and PMB), including the learning of IT teams(2) The harvesting and promotion of OA resources via our Web Portal, including subscription to official resources of international organization(3) The development of policies to develop local institutional repositories for new and archived (printed) publications and thesis (DSpace support, purchase of scanner, etc)(4) The support to the development of university presses to reduce/abolish the excessive cost of printed course materials for students(5) Training and awareness-raising of library trainers for academic social networks, data exchange platforms, community-based researchers' sites, OA use, etc.(6) Promote the obligation to deposit in our university repositories the scientific papers financed by the ARES-CCD cooperation and co-signed by Belgian researchers and partners of developing countries (academic and doctorate students).Concrete case studies of our 17 years of experience in the South from Haiti to Vietnam will illustrate these actions. Perspectives on future projects will also be discussed, such as a week, jointly with all our partners, of exchange and work in Belgium in 2018 (as already done in 2016) on the topic of the practical implementation of Open Access in their universities.

scholarly journals Inflation and Economic Growth: A Comparative Empirical Analysis Between Cameroon and the Ivory Coast

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Ngouhouo ◽  
Guivis Zeufack Nkemgha
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Autoregressive Model ◽  
Ivory Coast ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Vector Autoregressive Model ◽  
Vector Autoregressive ◽  
French Speaking

Inflation is the main concern of developing Countries and particularly in Ivory Coast, a leading West Africa French speaking Country. The objective of this study is to make a comparative analysis of the effect of inflation on growth between Cameroon, a French speaking Central Africa Country where inflation is not a big concern and Ivory Coast. Using the Least Squares methodology, we find that inflation has no effect on economic growth in Cameroon during the study period. However, it has a negative and significant effect on economic growth in Ivory Coast. Also, the analysis of the causal relationship between inflation and economic growth using the Toda -Yamamoto framework and the Vector Autoregressive model show that there is a unidirectional causality from inflation to economic growth in Ivory Coast, while there is no causality between these variables in Cameroon.

The Potential of Social Media in Emerging Supply Chain Management

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-58
Author(s):  
Nermine M. Khalifa ◽  
Mona M. Abd Elghany ◽  
Marwa M. Abd Elghany
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Supply Chain Risks

This paper discusses the potential role of social media in managing supply chain activities for business in the developing countries and how to face unexpected challenges in these countries. Since there a limited research in the field of use social media in the supply chain, proposing the use of such platforms for third-world business might enable these enterprises to survive globally. Exploratory case studies performed by authors to drill down and figure out the issues faced by their business and how these businesses are trying to survive. Case studies are used to learn more about studied issues and unfold the hidden one. The study proposes a model of how the socialized platforms could give more visibility and knowledge discovery tool along supply chain channel. The model is extended that incorporates supply chain challenges in developing countries and the significant role of social media in proposing solutions. The proposed model will merge to business operating in developing countries context. Since the adoption of ERP systems was not enough to optimize business performance there, the proposed value of using social media as the most affordable platform will enable transparent supply chain activities along the integrated pipeline. The study provides the interrelated perspective of supply chain challenges and proposed solutions to overcome such issues. Many perceived values had been acknowledged of business such as more transparency with customers, prompt shipment notification or inventory drop, minimize supply chain risks and manage unfrozen external factors, working closely with multi-tier partners, optimize data exchange on day-to-day transactions. Social media could alert supply chain partners with potential risks. Prediction markets are proposed to adapt for better management.

Massive Open Access Publications

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matheus Pereira Lobo
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Substantial Reduction ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Science Culture ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Article Processing Charges

A huge collaborative open science model is proposed. Many authors collaborating in a paper leads to a substantial reduction for the Article Processing Charges (APCs) in the Open Access Journals. This can significantly stimulate research within a healthier citizen and open science culture.

Crimea and the South China Sea

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthea Roberts
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Invisible College ◽  
The South ◽  
Overlapping Communities ◽  
China Sea ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Spheres Of Influence

Although we often hear reference to the “invisible college” of international lawyers, it may be better to understand international lawyers as constituting a “divisible college” whose members hail from different states and regions and often form distinct, though sometimes overlapping, communities with their own understandings and approaches, as well as their own influences and spheres of influence. This chapter draws on two recent high-profile controversies—Crimea’s annexation by, or reunification with, Russia in 2014, and the legality and legitimacy of the award in the South China Sea arbitration in 2016—to explore how the divisible college of international lawyers operates with respect to Chinese, Russian, and Western international lawyers. It looks at the extent to which international lawyers in these case studies operated in their own silos or made an effort to communicate across national and geopolitical divides.

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