Benue State University, Makurdi

A Critical Analysis of the Impact of Globalisation on Sustainable Development in Africa

Moses Terwase Torhemen and Solomon Terungwa Gbagir

Abstract

This paper concerns itself with analysing the influence of globalisation on sustainable development in Africa. The paper highlights how globalisation negatively impacts on the economy, education, agriculture, politics, international relations between Africa and non-African countries. The unequal effect of globalisation has preponderantly distorted third world economic development. There is lack of infrastructure in almost every sector of the economy. Poverty, accompanied with its consummate terminal deceases has been rife. The agricultural sector is drastically affected. The education sector is poorly funded. Income per capital has been on the downward trend with no meaningful result from policy changes. The paper notes that sustainable development is the key to a robust foreign policy. Thus, it is imperative for African governments to look beyond narrow policy implementation processes and rather focus on implementing programs and projects that have strong linkages that will ensure the attainment of Sustainable Development in Africa. This must be backed by the needed political will, since too often; the problem is not the difficulty to design 'good' policies but the needed will to translate policy intentions into reality.

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