Chapter 3: Outl00k
3.4.2
Across the scenarios: responding to challenges and leveraging opportunities
A number of common challenges emerge from the scenarios, although the degree to which they are relevant differs. They include:
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lack of control and information on economic development in all its manifestations, and its (potential) impacts on different resources;
lack of scalability of local initiatives – in some scenarios these exist but are not supported; in others, change is enforced in a more top-down fashion;
lack of capacity in governments and other societal actors to monitor and enforce natural resource management and sustainable development – even when political will exists, the capacity to enact that will, and the data needed to make informed decisions may be lacking;
• lack of transparency in government and other sectoral processes and the existence of debilitating corruption limits the effectiveness and willingness to implement effective natural resource management across all scenarios (albeit to different degrees); and
• an absence of links in terms of action and knowledge exchange between governance levels,
leading to
conflicts and limited effectiveness of higher-level strategies and policies and a limited voice of local communities.
A number of common responses to these challenges, and strategies for leveraging opportunities, also emerge:
• Rule of law; transparent, enforced polices; clear mandates
Effective governance will come from empowering institutions at local to regional scales, building government capacity to monitor, greater civil society participation, and strengthening political will and social responsibility. Strengthening the rule of law can curb potential conflict by improving both justice and social equity.
• Enhance capacities for informed governance A key capacity among governments and other organizations is access to data and information to help monitor and evaluate progress and to enforce legislation. Develop support tools for ecological assessment and data, management information and decision support frameworks (WWF/AfDB 2015).
• Collaboration between nations As in the Good Neighbours scenario, unhealthy competition between nations can severely hinder progress. Nations must therefore band together to mobilize domestic resources in order to fund Africa’s home-grown transformation, focusing on the importance of regional integration and pooled resources. Use regional economic integration to build resilience (WWF/AfDB 2015).
• Linking across levels Promoting systemic approaches to foster communication, planning and action across jurisdictional/geographical levels will enhance the effectiveness of plans and policies and allow better opportunities for communities to express their interests.
• Fostering local innovation and cross-sectoral partnerships
Governments and other actors operating at national, regional, continental and global levels can facilitate innovative, community-scale social and technological initiatives, as in the All In Together scenario, and help them overcome challenges of up-scaling and play a role in policy and strategy development.
• Enhancing financial and technical support Learning from the Going Global scenario, which is relevant for the other scenarios, it is important to enhance financial and technical support from international partners in order to ease the transition to inclusive, sustainable development. In addition, as in the All In Together scenario, resource mobilization from overseas partners and social entrepreneurs can support widespread community action
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