Narrow down by keywords: Labour and livelihoods, Sub-Saharan Africa
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- Skills development in South Africa: Group Five’s social investment project
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The boom in the construction industry in South Africa has drawn attention to the need for skills development. This article reports on an evaluation of the ‘People at the Gate’ training programme initiated by Group Five in Gauteng and Mpumalanga Provinces. ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:35
- Attitude counts: engaging with rice farmers in West Africa
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An international project called PADS promoted participatory learning and action research with inland valley rainfed rice farmers in West Africa. All countries received the same training, similar funding, and the same leadership. Although the staff in Gh ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-08-16 11:31
- Fostering rural sense of place: the missing piece in Uturu, Nigeria
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This article argues that the absence of a sense of place in rural Nigeria impedes development. It uses the case of Uturu to show that understanding the relationships people share with natural features and phenomena around them is important in their deve ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2013-04-30 12:10
- Evolving Land Rights, Policy and Tenure in Africa
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Author: Toulmin, Camilla and Julian Quan (eds.) Issue: ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-07 13:19
- Designing food security projects: Kapchorwa and Bukwo, Uganda
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Food security is a key aspect of human development. The present article explores the shortcomings of agricultural interventions in two districts in eastern Uganda. Our study shows that these interventions have achieved only minor successes in relieving ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-05-15 10:11
- A Claim to Land by the River: A Household in Senegal 1720-1994
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Author: Adams, Adrian and Jaabe Issue: Volume ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-07 09:07
- Protecting children from trafficking in Benin: in need of politics and participation
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This paper critically examines policy in Benin against child trafficking. Drawing on interviews and participant observation with adolescent labour migrants and their communities, it problematises both the assumptions underpinning anti-trafficking policy ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-06-13 15:57
- Impact assessment of farmer institutional development and agricultural change: Soroti district, Uganda
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This article is based on participatory development research conducted in Soroti district of Uganda with the aim of assessing the impact of agricultural development among poor farmers. The central argument is that a combination of farmer empowerment and in ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:35
- The Land Question in Zimbabwe
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Author: Moyo, Sam Issue: Volume 6, Number 4 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-17 13:15
- Rethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in Ethiopia
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‘Orphans’ became a category of vulnerable children deserving special protection in the context of the global AIDS epidemic, and currently the notion of ‘orphans and vulnerable children’ (OVC), dominates much of the policy for pro ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-06-13 16:03
