Human Capacity Building in the Third World Nations of Africa: Retours Aux Sources
(A Keynote Paper Presented at The 3rd Interdisciplinary International Conference 2014, at the University of Ibadan by Dr. Richard Ajah, University of Uyo, Nigeria)
Human society experienced myriads of changes as a result of man’s “probe into the secrets of nature” symbolized in the search for and the growth of knowledge in the universe. The birth, rise and fall of empires show the tyranny and dynamics of human desire; however it is ironically the vision for the transformation of humanity that propels the uneven societal developments in agriculture, humanities, science and technology and their subdisciplines in the world. The dissymmetry of developments in Asia, Africa and Europe can be explained through the thesis of uneven investment in human and institutional capacity building of nations of all continents, despite the vital roles played by international and regional organizations such as United Nations and its organs towards the delivery of Millennium Development Goals.