Pathways Of Change In Africa
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Pathways Of Change In Africa
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Author : Ian Scoones
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 2002
Pathways Of Change In Africa written by Ian Scoones and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Business & Economics categories.
In the literature of sustainable development, many have argued for the encouragement of mixed farming (involving the integration of livestock and crops on one farm) to meet the needs of small-scale African farming systems. Scoones and Wolmer (both with the Environment Group at the Institute of Development Studies, U. of Sussex) argue that behind this argument is the implicit or explicit assumption that mixed farming represents a stage in a normative evolutionary process towards an ideal. They suggest that this view is mistaken and that mixed farming is only one of a range of possible pathways of change in agricultural systems. They present case studies from Ethiopia, Mali, and Zimbabwe and analyze how social actors have varying access to resources. This variance is often due to institutional arrangements that are too often ignored in discussions of mixed farming and therefore fail to take into account situations that could help development efforts to be more effectively targeted. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Pastoralism And Development In Africa
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Author : Andy Catley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013
Pastoralism And Development In Africa written by Andy Catley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Business & Economics categories.
A view of 'development at the margins' in the pastoral areas of the Horn of Africa highlights innovation and entrepreneurialism, cooperation and networking and diverse approaches rarely in line with standard development prescriptions. Through twenty detailed empirical chapters, the book highlights diverse pathways of development, going beyond the standard 'aid' and 'disaster' narratives.
Structural Change In Africa
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Author : Carlos Lopes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-06-25
Structural Change In Africa written by Carlos Lopes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-25 with Political Science categories.
Debates on African development continue to downplay the achievement of the continent: economic achievements are diminished and the perception of a conflict prone continent continues. Many of the policy prescriptions externally imposed on African countries have done little to transform the continent largely because they have been conceived and applied without context. Using literature from diverse origins, this book expands our knowledge about Africa and makes practical suggestions as to how successful development in a complex, yet dynamic continent can be achieved. Widening the policy dialogue and providing alternative thinking on the key elements and full extent of opportunities and challenges towards achieving the socio-economic transformation of Africa, the book moves the debate from the rhetoric to reality. As a considered reflection on the ‘Africa’s transformation’ narrative, it outlines the practical pathways necessary for Africa’s sustainable development, providing policy makers and researchers with tested solutions. It will be of interest to all scholars, students and policy professionals working in African development, public policy, international political economy, economic policy and politics.
Agriculture And Ecosystem Resilience In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Yazidhi Bamutaze
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-05-22
Agriculture And Ecosystem Resilience In Sub Saharan Africa written by Yazidhi Bamutaze and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-22 with Science categories.
This volume discusses emerging contexts of agricultural and ecosystem resilience in Sub Saharan Africa, as well as contemporary technological advances that have influenced African livelihoods. In six sections, the book addresses the sustainable development goals to mitigate the negative impacts on agricultural productivity brought about by climate change in Africa. Some of the challenges assessed include soil degradation, land use changes, natural resource mismanagement, declining crop productivity, and economic stagnation. This book will be of interest to researchers, NGOs, and development organizations. Section 1 focuses on climate risk management in tropical Africa. Section 2 addresses the water-ecosystem-agriculture nexus, and identifies the best strategies for sustainable water use. Section 3 introduces Information Communication Technology (ICT), and how it can be used for ecosystem and human resilience to improve quality of life in communities. Section 4 discusses the science and policies of transformative agriculture, including challenges facing crop production and management. Section 5 addresses landscape processes, human security, and governance of agro-ecosystems. Section 6 concludes the book with chapters uniquely covering the gender dynamics of agricultural, ecosystem, and livelihood resilience.
Pastoralism And Development In Africa
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Author : Andy Catley
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-05-07
Pastoralism And Development In Africa written by Andy Catley and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-07 with Business & Economics categories.
Once again, the Horn of Africa has been in the headlines. And once again the news has been bad: drought, famine, conflict, hunger, suffering and death. The finger of blame has been pointed in numerous directions: to the changing climate, to environmental degradation, to overpopulation, to geopolitics and conflict, to aid agency failures, and more. But it is not all disaster and catastrophe. Many successful development efforts at ‘the margins’ often remain hidden, informal, sometimes illegal; and rarely in line with standard development prescriptions. If we shift our gaze from the capital cities to the regional centres and their hinterlands, then a very different perspective emerges. These are the places where pastoralists live. They have for centuries struggled with drought, conflict and famine. They are resourceful, entrepreneurial and innovative peoples. Yet they have been ignored and marginalised by the states that control their territory and the development agencies who are supposed to help them. This book argues that, while we should not ignore the profound difficulties of creating secure livelihoods in the Greater Horn of Africa, there is much to be learned from development successes, large and small. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars with an interest in development studies and human geography, with a particular emphasis on Africa. It will also appeal to development policy-makers and practitioners.
The Development Of Africa
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Author : Olayinka Akanle
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-10-25
The Development Of Africa written by Olayinka Akanle and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-25 with Social Science categories.
This volume analyses many of the real development challenges confronting the African continent, presenting fresh and current objective examinations, narratives, interpretations and pathways to the continent’s development. It interrogates and answers established, critical, current and pragmatic problems confronting Africa today, and provides workable pathways out of the development problems, so that scholarship, policy and practice will be positively impacted. This volume adds great depth and extended breadth to the knowledge base on development of Africa. It provides excellent resources for academics, scholars, student, policy makers and all those interested in issues affecting Africa’s development.
Psychosocial Pathways Towards Reinventing The South African University
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Author : Sabrina Liccardo
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-11-02
Psychosocial Pathways Towards Reinventing The South African University written by Sabrina Liccardo and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-02 with Psychology categories.
This book proposes a conceptual-empirical framework for exploring forms of continuity and change along psychosocial pathways in South African universities. It illustrates how the psychosocial pathways are grounded in the symbolic narratives and knowledges of young scientists, engineers and architects - all interlocutors in the research from which this book is based. Alala, Mamoratwa, Welile, Odirile, Kaiya, Amirah, Takalani, Nosakhele, Naila, Ambani, Khanyisile, Itumeleng, Ethwasa and Kgnaya provide collective standpoints in the multiplicities within and between the lived lives and told stories of young Black South African women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields. In doing so, this compelling work advances possibilities for demythologising scientific endeavour as a white male achievement and shifting knowledge communities across gendered, racialised, class and national divides. This book presents an innovative narrative methodology, utilising the myth of the Minotaur to examine the state of the university at the heart of the hierarchical labyrinth in “post”-apartheid South Africa. Throughout the work the author wrestles with and self-reflexively highlights her own positionality as a white, middle-class South African woman to examine how this affects the production of this research in ways which serve to preserve the colonial knowledge system. With the rise of the Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall student movement in South Africa, demanding for the fall of institutionalised racial hierarchies, the author uses the cover image of narrative formations in the spirit of exploration to think with and through undulating networked forms that could possibly forge new psychosocial pathways towards decolonising and reinventing South African universities. This work offers a unique conceptual and methodological resource for students and scholars of psychosocial and narrative theory, as well as those who are concerned about the politics of higher education, both in South Africa and in other contexts around the world.
Ict Pathways To Poverty Reduction
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Author : Edith Ofwona Adera
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Ict Pathways To Poverty Reduction written by Edith Ofwona Adera and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Communication and technology categories.
Ict Pathways To Poverty Reduction
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Author : Edith Ofwona Adera
language : en
Publisher: IDRC
Release Date : 2014
Ict Pathways To Poverty Reduction written by Edith Ofwona Adera and has been published by IDRC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Computers categories.
'ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction' presents a conceptual framework to analyse how poverty dynamics change over time and to shed light on whether ICT access benefits the poor as well as the not-so-poor. Essential reading for policymakers, researchers, and academics in international development or ICT for development.
Resurgent Africa
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Author : Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka
language : en
Publisher: Anthem Press
Release Date : 2020-03-31
Resurgent Africa written by Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka and has been published by Anthem Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-31 with Political Science categories.
‘Resurgent Africa: Structural Transformation in Sustainable Development’ is a study of structural change dynamics in Africa and its effect on job creation, living standards and the efficiency of productive cities through manufacturing productivity growth that benefit the majority. Empirical data from selected African countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda and Ethiopia, provides in-depth analysis and knowledge of the continent’s diversified economies by establishing relationships between industrialization trends; rates of urbanization; and urban living standards, income growth and employment in Africa. The findings reveal unconventional pathways of structural change, patterns of jobless growth suggesting economic growth that does not necessarily lead to employment, dominance of services at the expense of manufacturing industry explaining the regress in Africa’s industrial sector and occurrence of structural transformation without improvement in labour productivity. These are important concerns for Africa’s long-term development leading to the conclusion that sustainable urbanization and industrialization are not only closely connected but also key drivers of economic change. The book includes recommendations for policymakers to adopt a new approach to development for a resurgent Africa.