JOURNAL INFORMATION
Seychelles Research Journal is published twice a year, in February and August. The aim of this online, open access journal is to demonstrate the vibrancy of research in and about Seychelles. Boundaries are drawn loosely to include comparable issues elsewhere in the western Indian Ocean and in small island states further afield.
Information on how to submit proposed articles and on the refereeing process is explained elsewhere in the website. New proposals are always encouraged.
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Editor: Dennis Hardy
Deputy Editor/Web Design: Jane Woolfenden
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Marketing Consultant:
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International Advisers:
- Ashton Berry, Consultant, Australia
- David Brewster, National Security College, Australia
- Christian Bueger, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- Jean-Pierre Cabestan, Hong Kong Baptist University
- Geoffrey Harris, Durban University of Technology, South Africa
- Kelly Hoareau, University of Tasmania, Australia
- Pascal Nadal, Diocesan Service of Catholic Education, Mauritius
- Peter Rudge, University of Staffordshire, UK
- Nilanthi Samaranayake, CNA, USA
- Jivanta Schottli, Dublin City University, Ireland
- Erika Techera, University of Western Australia
- Kris Valaydon, Founding Editor, Island Studies, Mauritius
Internal Advisers:
- Sylvanna Antat, James Michel Blue Economy Research Institute
- Diana Benoit, Sir James Mancham Peace and Diplomacy Research Institute
- Penda Choppy, Creole Language and Culture Research Institute
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Christine Pejakovic, Education and Socio-Economic Research Institute
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Sponsors:
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This is a publication of the University of Seychelles http://www.unisey.ac.sc
The views and opinions represented in this publication are not necessarily those of the institutions to which the authors and/or advisers are affiliated and, additionally, should not be attributed to the publisher.
©2024 – Seychelles Research Journal, The University of Seychelles
Cover photograph © Jane Woolfenden
ISSN 1659-7435
CONTENTS
♦ EDITORIAL
Read the editorial here: Editorial-Seychelles_Research_Journal-6-(1)
♦ ARTICLES
Missing Too Many Goals: Is the UN any longer fit for purpose? ♦ Page 3 ♦
Dennis Hardy
In 2015 the UN launched its high-profile Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Progress to date has been poor and none are likely to be achieved. Is that because the goals themselves are unrealistic? Or is it because the UN has outgrown its ability to deliver anything that will benefit the planet as a whole? It is buffeted by the divergent wishes of its own member states, the Security Council fails to reflect modern geopolitics, and its own Byzantine structure is ill-suited to the delivery of concentrated policies. Since its rightly-heralded formation at the end of the Second World War, it has done little to justify continuance in its present form. The question asked in this paper is whether the UN is any longer fit for purpose. It is surely time, at the very least, for a radical overhaul.
In the spirit of academic debate, the critical stance in this paper is tempered with a rejoinder by Honorary Professor Kris Valaydon, who is not only a renowned writer on geopolitics in the region but who also worked for the UN for many years.
Read the full article here: Missing_Too_Many_Goals-Is_the_UN_any_longer_fit_for_purpose-Dennis_Hardy-Seychelles_Research_Journal-6-(1)
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A Rejoinder ♦ Page 19 ♦
Kris Valaydon
Read the full article here: A_Rejoinder-Kris_Valaydon-Seychelles_Research_Journal-6-(1)
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Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Investment in Selected Small States ♦ Page 25 ♦
Sampson B. Narteh-Yoe, Paragon Pomeyie, and Justice G. Djokoto
Many studies have assessed the crowding effect of inward foreign direct investment on large states. The authors of this paper depart from existing studies by examining the crowding effect of inward foreign direct investment on domestic investment in small states. They employed data from 1990 to 2021 for 28 small states estimated by the general method of moments. They found that foreign direct investment crowds out domestic investment in the short and long runs. The crowding-out effect of foreign direct investment on domestic investment requires that governments of small states facilitate technology and technology transfer through technology education and training, establishing investment agreements, and reviewing existing agreements to emphasize technology transfer. Aside from increasing training and expenditure targeted at technology enhancement, local firms can employ expatriates or enter franchise agreements that involve technology transfer.
Read the full article here: Foreign_Direct_Investment_and_Domestic_Investment_in_Selected_Small_States-S_B_Narteh_Yoe-P_Pomeyie-J_G_Djokoto-SRJ-6-(1)
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Sustainable Tourism in Selected High-End Resorts in Seychelles ♦ Page 39 ♦
Michael Kemp and Anna Dłużewska
The growth of a global middle-class has boosted consumption, luxury purchases and travel. Seychelles, together with other Small Island Developing States (SIDS), are among the top destination for tourists each year. There is a growing awareness that while tourism is a key economic opportunity and driver of development, it puts severe pressure on resources, culture and society. This has led to some luxury brands and businesses adopting sustainability strategies. This study is built on a literature review of concepts of luxury and sustainability and the key drivers behind the evolving notion of sustainable luxury tourism. It then adopted a set of recognized attributes of luxury, its motivations and drivers as a framework to analyse whether and to what extent luxury tourism – in a case study of seven, high-end resorts in Seychelles – is compatible with sustainability encapsulated in the nine Sustainability Development Goals selected by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) specifically for SIDS. While the case study analysis suggests that high-end tourism can at most make only a limited contribution to sustainability, the study suggests ways in which policy makers and resort managers can still take steps to optimize opportunities offered in its implementation.
Read the full article here: Sustainable_Tourism_in Selected_High-End_Resorts_in_Seychelles-Michael_Kemp-and-Anna_Dłużewska-Seychelles_Research_Journal-6-(1)
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Gender Asymmetries in Seychelles Creole Human Nouns ♦ Page 57 ♦
Olga Klymenko
Lexical representation of women and men constitutes one of the important areas of multidimensional linguistic research of gender and is explored cross-linguistically. Grammatical descriptions of Seychelles Creole (SC) acknowledge the availability of gender specific human nouns; however, there is no evidence of how sizable the group of such nouns is and what their semantic specifics are. This paper addresses the above empirical gap and sets out to investigate SC human nouns which refer to either women or men. The study presents semantic groupings of 372 nominations of men and women available in the current dictionaries of SC; identifies asymmetries in representation of women and men by SC gender nouns, including gaps, quantitative and qualitative imbalances; and outlines socio-cultural implications of the observed status quo in lexical representation of women and men in SC. Analysis of gender-specific human nouns in SC provides material for further cross-linguistic explorations of gender-related issues in language.
Read the full article here: Gender_Asymmetries_in_Seychelles_Creole_Human_Nouns-Olga_Klymenko-Seychelles_Research_Journal-6-(1)
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Speech given by Diana Benoit, at the 2023 Gandhi Jayanti Ceremony: ‘Non-Violence and Mahatma Gandhi’ ♦ Page 77 ♦
♦ RESEARCH NOTES
The Island Biodiversity and Conservation Centre: Connecting research and policymaking, education and implementation ♦ Page 82 ♦
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Researching ‘the Blue’, Researching ‘the Economy’: Reflecting on a year in Seychelles ♦ Page 85 ♦
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Seychelles and the Indo-Pacific ♦ Page 93 ♦
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