The Language Factor in Development Goals

Autor/in	Bamgbose, Ayo
Titel	The Language Factor in Development Goals
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 35 (2014) 7, S.646-657 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2014.908888
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Socioeconomic Influences; Objectives; Multilingualism; African Languages; Second Languages; Language Planning; Poverty; Hunger; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Infant Mortality; Sustainability; Access to Education; Mothers; Health; Sex Fairness; Females; Empowerment; International Cooperation; Language Role; Information Dissemination; Technology Transfer; Educational Attainment; Governance; Cultural Influences; Disease Control + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Goal definition; Zielsetzung; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Second language; Zweitsprache; Sprachwechsel; Armut; Kindersterblichkeit; Nachhaltigkeit; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Mother; Mutter; Gesundheit; Sexualaufklärung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Informationsverbreitung; Technologietransfer; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	Although development goals are usually set as targets that must be achieved in a development process, experience with development goals in Africa has tended to underscore underperformance either in terms of a shortfall in the targets attained or in terms of inadequate pursuit of specific goals. To illustrate this syndrome, the African Union's New Partnership for African Development and the Millennium Development Goals will be used as a case study. Neither of them includes language as a significant factor in the realization of the expected goals. In fact, most of the inadequacies observed are often attributed to socioeconomic causes. In this paper, I argue that these inadequacies cannot be fully accounted for without reference to the role of language coupled with attendant sociocultural constraints. By their very nature, virtually all the goals require participation by the populace, and the most effective means of ensuring their inclusion is the use of a language or languages which will facilitate and maximise such participation. (As Provided).
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