The World Sustainable Development Outlook series has been developed to provide an overview of sustainable development, to discuss why it is important and to provoke forward thinking on the development of a more coherent approach to solving global problems related to sustainability through science and technology. In doing so, a holistic approach is used to critically examine the interrelationship between the natural, governmental, economic and social dimensions of our world and how science and technology can contribute to solutions.

Preface Allam Ahmed, University of Sussex, UK Part I: Introduction Managing knowledge in the 21st century and the roadmap to sustainability Allam Ahmed, University of Sussex, UK Part II: Education Do education reforms result in quality education? Siham El-Kafafi, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand Educational outcomes and labour market based on supply and demand: A Qatari perspective Hend A. Jolo, Qatar University In search of African Tigers: Repositioning African universities for challenges of research and development, wealth creation and sustainable development Michael J. Emeji, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Nigeria Research supervision: Training, process and experience Ihab Tewfik, University of Westminster, UK, and Sundus Tewfik, London Metropolitan University, UK Part III: Knowledge Management Indigenous knowledge in agriculture with particular reference to medicinal crop production in Khorasan, Iran P. Rezvani Moghaddam, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, A.K.S. Huda and Q. Parvez, University of Western Sydney, and A. Koocheki, Ferdowsi University of Mashad, Iran. Strategic vision to knowledge management strategy: An evaluative paradigm T. Shareef Younis, Mosul University-Iraq Managing knowledge workers: The technologist in the IT industry S.C. Poornima, ICFAI-IBS, India Part IV: Information and Communications Technologies Cybernating academe: centralisation of science assessment as hegemony - an African alternative Williams E. Nwagwu, University of Ibadan, Nigeria Readiness for online learning in business schools in India Ramesh Behl, Deepak Chawla and Himanshu Joshi, International Management Institute, India Improving agricultural sustainability and profitability via the use of computerised decision-support systems is challenging and complex J.B. Robinson and D.M. Freebairn, Natural Resources and Water, Australia, and A.K.S. Huda, University of Western Sydney, Australia A longitudinal study of farmers and trainers capturing climate information for sustainable developmentD.A. George, University of Queensland, Australia, J.F. Clewett, Agroclim Australia, A.K.S. Huda, University of Western Sydney, Australia, C.J. Birch, A.H. Wright, University of Queensland, Australia, W.R. Allen, AgForce Queensland, and Q. Parvez, University of Western Sydney, Australia Exploring best practices in Public Private Partnership (PPP) in e-government through select case studies from India Soumitra Sharma, Banaras Hindu University, India Airline distribution systems: History, challenges and solutions Michael J. Williams and Dawna L. Rhoades, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA Management of stock exchanges: Automation and demutualisation Subba Reddy Yarram, University of New England, Australia XBRL benefits, challenges and adoption in the US and UK: Clarification of a future research agenda Aminah Abdullah, Belfast Metropolitan College, UK, Iqbal Khadaroo, Queen's University Belfast, UK, and Junaid Shaikh, Curtin University, Malaysia Assuring intermodal security using RFID tags on cargo containers Michael Williams and Cheryl Cunningham, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA Part V: Science Technology and Innovation Genetic engineering perception in New Zealand: Is it the way of the future? Siham El-Kafafi, Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand Effect of sheath rot (Sarocladium oryzae) on rice seed health S. Akter, M.A.T. Mia, M.S. Kabir and M.A. Latif, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute Technical efficiency in artisanal fisheries: Evidence from FijiMahendra Reddy, University of the South Pacific, Fiji Extension workers' attitudes towards usefulness of an integrated soil fertility and nutrient management approach for sustainable crop production: A study in Bangladesh M.G. Farouque and H. Takeya, Nagoya University, Japan Livelihoods of the people involved in pangasiid catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus) farming in Mymensingh, Bangladesh Shuraya Tasnoova, Khan M. Iqbal and Izumi Iwamoto, Kagoshima University, Japan, and Md. Mahfuzul Haque, Bangladesh Agricultural University Turkey's high-tech profile and sustainable development Feride Doganer Gonel, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey The contextual dimension of risk dialogues: The case of water recycling weblogs in South East Queensland, Australia Jennifer Summerville, Evonne Miller, Lorraine Bell and Laurie Buys, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Part VI: Climate Change and Energy Investment trends in alternate energy methods by large US corporations M. Anaam Hashmi, Minnesota State University, USA Aviation in a carbon constrained world Dawna L. Rhoades, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA Part VII: Macro-economic Analysis Neoliberal idealism, state building, and the Washington Consensus: A story (still) under development Michael Heazle, Griffith Asia Institute, Australia Post-crisis economic performance in East Asia: Recovery or sustained decline? Moazzem Hossain, Griffith University, Australia A structural approach to diversification of the nation's economy and economic development of Kazakhstan Yelena N. Zabortseva, Kazak-British Technical University, Kazakhstan The impact of industrial policy on capital structure with financial flexibility, macroeconomic conditions and economic growth and development taken into account: Evidence from Taiwan Hsien-Hung Yeh, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan/Griffith University, Australia, and Eduardo Roca, Griffith University, Australia The firm and industry structure in economically sustainable development: A case study of the telecommunication industry Frank M. Little, Griffith University, Australia Part VIII: Trade and Development Trade and economic growth in Asian-5 Tajul Ariffin Masron, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and Zulkornain Yusop, Ahmad Zubaidi Baharumshah and Muzafar Shah Habibullah, Universiti Putra Malaysia Towards an agri-food "culture": Managing the impact on agricultural supply chains of changes in consumer culture Tony Webb, University of Western Sydney, Australia International transmission of stock price movement: Evidence from ASEAN plus 3 and the world's most advanced markets Ruzita Abdul Rahim and Abu Hassan Shaari Mohd. Nor, National University of Malaysia Part IX: Gender and Development Women, sustainable community development and human resource development: The Sub-Saharan African context Peter Cunningham and Kristine Sydhagen, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa Role of women in farm decision-making using data from selected locations in Bangladesh S. Hassan, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Bangladesh, and Q. Parvez, A.K.S. Huda and G. Ramsa, University of Western Sydney, Australia The economics behind son preference in South India S. Mumtaj Begum and Christianna Singh, Lady Doak College, India