of the SDGs for which the lowest amount of ODA has been allocated (see Cluster
1, Fig. 5.3b). Few studies have addressed those SDGs that have received the most
funding, such as SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions) (Fig. 5.1a), with
little academic research focusing on this target (Fig. 5.3).
In this sense, there is a clear mismatch between academic research priorities
(Fig. 5.3a
4 ) and actual FDI and ODA flows in Africa (Fig. 5.3b). This mismatch
represents a potential risk for the effective allocation of resources, as it can be argued
that there is a lack of robust academic research to support the development of proper
Fig. 5.3 Comparison of the focus of academic research and ODA funding by year; (a) academic
publication trends in the last 10 years and (b) ODA funding between 2000 and 2013
4 This is based on a systematic literature review of relevant publications over the past decade. This
review included more than 30,000 documents identified through Elsevier Scopus (see Boafo et al.
2018).
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