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This is a study of backward linkages in emerging mineral economies in Sub-Saharan Africa as a potential driver of industrial development in the region. The study covers two sub-sectors namely the exploration and production in a case study of Tanzania?s large-scale gold mining operations. For data collection, the study used open-ended interviews, semi-structured interviews, observations and reviewed relevant secondary documents. Based on the two case-studies, the study makes the following broad findings: (i) the Tanzanian large-scale gold mining sector is dominated by multinational companies (MNCs), (ii) the MNCs source high critical and high complex goods and services mostly through long established external supply channels. Local content is limited to low critical products, such as food and beverages, (iii) there is virtually no local value-added in imported high critical and high complex goods and services, and (iv) there is higher volume of local content in the exploration sub-sector than in the production sub-sector. The study concludes that linkages are determined by both public and private sector policies. The main public policy problem is government failure to translate and implement long-term macro policy vision (Vision 2025) to sectoral policies (the mining sector policy) with appropriate sanctions and incentives. And the main private policy problem is the external suppliers driven outsourcing strategy.

This is a study of backward linkages in emerging mineral economies in Sub-Saharan Africa as a potential driver of industrial development in the region. The study covers two sub-sectors namely the exploration and production in a case study of Tanzania?s large-scale gold mining operations. For data collection, the study used open-ended interviews, semi-structured interviews, observations and reviewed relevant secondary documents. Based on the two case-studies, the study makes the following broad findings: (i) the Tanzanian large-scale gold mining sector is dominated by multinational companies (MNCs), (ii) the MNCs source high critical and high complex goods and services mostly through long established external supply channels. Local content is limited to low critical products, such as food and beverages, (iii) there is virtually no local value-added in imported high critical and high complex goods and services, and (iv) there is higher volume of local content in the exploration sub-sector than in the production sub-sector. The study concludes that linkages are determined by both public and private sector policies. The main public policy problem is government failure to translate and implement long-term macro policy vision (Vision 2025) to sectoral policies (the mining sector policy) with appropriate sanctions and incentives. And the main private policy problem is the external suppliers driven outsourcing strategy.

Intro -- Peer Review Process -- Acknowledgements -- About the Book -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- 1: The Context: SDGs and Institutions of Higher Education -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 SDGs Localisation in the Teaching and Learning Space -- 1.3 SDGs Localisation in the Research and Development Space -- 1.4 SDGs Localisation in IHE: Focus on Governance and Management -- 1.5 Book Outline -- References -- 2: Towards Realising SDGs in the University of Helsinki -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Transition to Sustainability -- 2.3 Methods -- 2.4 Realising SDGs in the University of Helsinki -- 2.4.1 SDG Mapping -- 2.4.2 The Internal Push for Sustainability: Active Grassroots Actors and Networks -- 2.4.3 External Pushing for Sustainability: Policies and Funding -- 2.4.4 External Pushing for Sustainability: Timing -- 2.4.5 Hindering the Transition to Sustainability: Resistance from Current Disciplines and the Faculty Structure -- 2.5 Conclusions -- References -- 3: Higher Education and the Energy Sustainable Development Goal: Policies and Projects from University of South Africa -- 3.1 Introduction and Background -- 3.2 A Literature Survey and Conceptual Setting -- 3.3 Methodology -- 3.4 Presentation of Data and Discussion of Findings -- 3.4.1 Cycle 1: Green Economy and Sustainability Engagement Model -- 3.4.2 Cycle 2: Development of Energy Master Plan and Energy and Carbon Policy -- 3.4.3 Cycle 3: Implementation and Scaling up -- 3.5 Conclusion -- References -- 4: Build It and They Will Come: The Faculty Learning Community Approach to Infusing the Curriculum with Sustainability Content -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 A Brief History of the Sustainability-Focused Faculty Learning Community -- 4.3 The SUNY New Paltz SFLC: A Case Study -- 4.4 Assessment of the Program and Results.

This paper proposes a broad set of conditions for effective foreign aid that can promote sustained economic growth and development in Africa in line with the African Continental Free Area (AfCFTA) programme of "Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want". It argues that lenders should insist on guarantees that borrowing African countries will use loans, grants and technical assistance for projects and programmes that advance regional economic linkages – tacitly the AfCFTA programme. The assertion is that this 'good' aid conditionality ensures discernible economic diversification that creates sustainable and decent employment – the essence of economic development. The proposed form of aid conditionality carries broad theory, policy, and practice lessons to the development aid discourse.

Foreword -- Preface -- part I. Introduction and context -- 1. Sustainability, climate change and green economy transition : contextual settings / Godwell Nhamo -- part II. Green economy and green jobs -- 2. The green economy : the challenge of government coordination in South Africa / Ivor Sarakinsky -- 3. A psycho-social economic analysis of green jobs in South Africa : addressing recent socio-economic developments / Claudia Gossow, Adriaan Buys and Kevin Mearns -- 4. Green economy readiness in South Africa : a review of skills and the immigration regime / Nedson Pophiwa and Nompe Ntombela -- part III. Reflections on sustainable development -- 5. Relearning our wants and needs for sustainable development / Vuyo Mjimba -- 6. 'We think we're helping, but are we really?' : critical reflections on engineering for sustainable development / Mikateko H{uml}oppener -- part IV. Natural resources and wetlands management -- 7. Timber as a source of sustainable development : a case study of timber harvesting in Lupane, Zimbabwe / Buhle Francis, Lerato Nare, Masimba Nyamanhindi and Mkhokheli Sithole -- 8. Institutional dynamics of Mopane Woodland : management in Bulilima District in Zimbabwe / Mkhokheli Sithole and Buhle Francis -- 9. Challenges and opportunities in addressing the environment-economic growth conflict in urban development : a focus on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia / Ishmael Sango -- 10. An analysis of water quality in Belvedere North and the Epworth Wetlands of Harare, Zimbabwe / Luke Mutisi and Godwell Nhamo -- part V. Climate change, tourism and wildlife matters -- 11. News media coverage of climate change : perspectives from South Africa and Zimbabwe / Henri-Count Evans and Rosemary Kudzayi Musvipwa -- 12. Mainstreaming climate change into wildlife policy : a review of legal and policy frameworks in East and Southern Africa / Olga Laiza Kupiwa and Godwell Nhamo -- 13. Tourism and climate change : challenges and critical success factors for Sub-Saharan Africa / Sarudzai Mutana -- part VI. Emerging issues -- 14. Concluding remarks : the status quo, policy lessons and the way forward / Vuyo Mjimba.

PartI: Introduction and Background -- Chapter1: Scaling up SDGs implementation: Down the road to fast approaching 2030 -- PartII: Drawing up national SDGs Baselines and Cases involving State Actors -- Chapter2: Emerging African picture of Official Development Assistance and education-related SDGs indicators -- Chapter3: Africa and the 2030 sustainable energy goal: A focus on access to renewables and clean fuels for cooking -- Chapter4: SDG 15 and socio-ecological sustainability: Spring waterscapes and rural livelihoods in the Save Catchment of Zimbabwe -- Chapter5: Auditing the adequacy of NDCs in addressing the climate action sustainable development goal -- PartIII: The Business Sector and the SDGs -- Chapter6: Beyond's response to the twin challenges of pollution and climate change in the context of SDGs -- Chapter7: Major global aircraft manufacturers and emerging responses to the SDGs agenda -- Chapter8: Ending poverty through affordable credit to small scale cotton farmers: The Case of the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe -- Chapter9: Insurance, increasing natural disaster risks and the SDGs: A focus on Southern Africa -- PartIV: Civil Society and the SDGs -- Chapter10: The contribution of community-based recycling cooperatives to a cluster of SDGs in semi-arid Brazilian peri-urban settlements -- Chapter11: Critical Analysis of the Contribution of Women's University in Africa towards the Attainment of SDG 5 -- Chapter12: Role of SDGs in Reconceptualizing the Education for Sustainable Development curriculum in Higher Education in South Africa -- PartV: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations -- Chapter13: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations.

SDG7 aims to 'ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.' Meeting the demands of the 2030 agenda will be a unique challenge. National priorities and policy action need to be strengthened in order to fulfil the ambitious energy targets which SDG7 envisions. This book examines SDG7 and its implications for how energy operates as a driver of change for jobs, security, climate change, food production and increasing incomes. It provides a succinct overview of how SDG7 visualizes a world in which energy is universally accessible, increasingly efficient and renewable in order to create sustainable, inclusive and resilient communities. The key challenges such as public and private investment, regulatory frameworks and evolving business models are also considered so that a path forward towards the achievement of the goal and the transformation of global energy systems might become clear. Concise Guides to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals comprises 17 short books, each examining one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The series provides an integrated assessment of the SDGs from economic, legal, social, environmental and cultural perspectives.