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Pengar i handen : sociala trygghetssystem som metod för att bekämpa fattigdom och hunger
No full textPengar i handen – barnbidrag, pensioner och andra kontanta stöd – minskar fattigdom och hunger effektivt. Det visar erfarenheter från en rad utvecklingsländer. Även små bidrag gör att människor kan äta mer och bättre, blir friskare och kan låta sina barn gå i skolan. Sveriges historia visar att sociala trygghetssystem krävs för att ge alla en dräglig levnadsnivå och en stabil samhällsutveckling. Ändå har det svenska biståndet inte stöttat utvecklingen av sådana system i fattiga länder. I denna antologi diskuterar 12 författare vilken roll sociala trygghetssystem kan spela i kampen mot hunger och fattigdom, och hur olika aktörer kan bidra.Innehåll: Sociala trygghetssystem och utveckling: behöver vi tänka nytt? / Gunnel Axelsson Nycander -- Sociala trygghetssystem på utvecklingsagendan / Göran Holmqvist -- Välfärdssamhället Sverige som förebild - möjligheter och lärdomar / Joseph Hanlon -- Namibia - ett pilotprojekt med inkomststöd för alla / Claudia & Dirk Haarman -- Afrikanska plattformen för social trygghet / Edmond Odaba -- Mexiko - ett av flera nationella program i Latinamerika / Miguel Niño-Zarazúa -- Sociala trygghetssystem stärker de mänskliga rättigheterna / Sofia Nordenmark -- Öka jämställdheten i sociala trygghetssystem / Rebecca Holmes and Nicola Jones -- Hur gjorde Sverige? Välfärdens framväxt / Sven E O Hort -- Kyrkan och välfärden / Elisabeth Gerle -- Efterord -- Bilaga 1: OECD:s policyutlåtande om sysselsättning och sociala trygghetssystem </p
Chinese medical cooperation in Africa : With special emphasis on the medical teams and anti-malaria campaign
No full textMedical cooperation between China and Africa started in 1963 when China sent its first medical team to Algeria. With the increase in China’s power and the implementation of the “going-out” strategy, China’s policy towards Africa has become a focus of the international community, while for China, South-South cooperation has become more significant. Cooperation in the medical field is a typical element in South-South cooperation and is an important part of China’s official development assistance (ODA). It includes Chinese medical teams, the anti-malaria campaign, training African medical personnel, China-supported medications, facilities and hospitals in Africa, and Chinese medical cooperation with WHO and other international institutions in Africa. The dispatch of Chinese medical teams by the government is one of the most enduring and effective forms of cooperation in Africa. This paper studies the medical cooperation between China and Africa, with special emphasis on Chinese medical teams and anti-malaria efforts, especially after the China-Africa Summit in 2006
Searching for facts
No full textContents: Part 1: Country specific information -- Basic facts -- Country descriptions -- News watch -- Part 2: Subject related information -- Reference works and yearbooks -- Document texts -- Regional and international organisations -- Biographical information -- Ethnic groups and language
Gender and Security in Africa : An Overview
No full textThis Discussion Paper explores the debates, theoretical perspectives and current trends in gender, conflict and post-conflict reconstruction, and security sector reform (SSR) in Africa. It provides a broad overview of and critical insights into the gender-conflict-security nexus, capturing the trends in the discourses, identifying the gaps in the literature and prioritising issues and areas for future research. This Discussion Paper is essential reading for all those with a deep interest in gender, peace, development and security in Africa, particularly gender scholars, students, activists and practitioners
The Nigerian state, oil and the Niger Delta crisis
No full textThe recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns. This book analyses the causes, dynamics and politics underpinning oil-related violence in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It focuses on the drivers of the conflict, as well as the ways the crises spawned by the political economy of oil and contradictions within Nigeria's ethnic politics have contributed to the morphing of initially poorly coordinated, largely non-violent protests into a pan-Delta insurgency. Approaching the issue from a number of perspectives, the book offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive analysis available of the varied dimensions of the conflict. Combining empirically-based and analytic chapters, it attempts to explain the causes of the escalation in violence, the various actors, levels and dynamics involved, and the policy challenges faced with regard to conflict management/resolution and the options for peace. It also examines the role of oil as a commodity of global strategic significance, addressing the relationship between oil, energy security and development in the Niger Delta
The rise of africa : Miracle or mirage?
No full textThe theme of NAI’s Annual Report 2010 reflects the impressive economic growth and encouraging political developments in many parts of the continent. However, in terms of democracy and human rights there are also worrying signs in several countries. The Annual Report offers a window on to NAI’s work. Drawing on their research, NAI scholars provide readers with engaging stories about the rapidly changing political, economic and social character of African societies.CONTENTS: RESEARCH AT THE NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR CLUSTERS: GLOBALIZATION, CONFLICT, RURAL AND URBAN -- Continent of Complexity / Carin Norberg -- Globalization -- The dawn of an African Century “or another mirage?” / Fantu Cheru -- 5 Questions for Francis Matambalya -- Returning migrants and development: Contrasting policy and reality / Lisa Åkesson -- Conflict -- Are elections really enough? “The transition to democratic peace in west Africa” / CyrIl Obi -- 5 Questions for Tor Sellström -- Constitutional reform in Kenya: towards a new order? / Anders Sjögren -- Not enough to add women and stir / MarIa Eriksson Baaz -- Rural -- The one who has not eaten cannot pray “Tightroping between wordly and spiritual well-being in rural Cameroon” / Tea Virtanen -- Richness and poverty through rituals / Terje Oestigaard -- A delicate balance: Short-term gains or long-term food seCurity? / Eva Tobisson -- Hoes, tractors and information technologies / Caroline Wamala -- Urban -- Making Jew-man business “Filming post-war youth in Sierra Leone” / Mats Utas -- Monumental politics in Namibia / Andrew Byerley -- Beyond dysfunctionality: Recycling in Kaduna / Onyanta Adama-Ajonye -- 3 Questions for Jenny Cadstedt -- World Cup losers: The urban poor -- Africa has the floor -- Into my mind / Brian James -- Balancing the flow of information / Åsa Lund Moberg -- Open access is here to stay / Birgitta Hellmark Lindgren -- Beyond drops of water -- Reconnecting the Continent / Simone Noemdoe – NAI-FOI Lectures 2010 / Gunnar Sörbö -- Published by the institute in 2010 -- Externally published by staff -- The institute in the media -- Conferences and workshops -- Lectures and seminars -- Book launches -- 3 Questions for Mai Palmberg -- Programme and research council, staff and guests -- Scholarships -- Financial statement 2010</p
Transnational Activism Networks and Gendered Gatekeeping : Negotiating Gender in an African Association of Informal Workers
No full textThe last decade has witnessed the rise of a great number of transnational social movements and activist networks. While many of these movements have been initiated in the North, some are driven by people from the Global South with the aim of addressing various forms of destitution and asserting a variety of basic economic and cultural rights. Such transnational organizing is increasingly evident in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some of these initiatives relate particularly to the growing numbers ofpeople depending on forms of informal work for survival. This edition of Current African Issues looks into the transnationalization of a local association of informal workers as it becomes involved in an international network of grassroots organizations. While this transnational engagement opens up new political possibilities, it also poses new challenges. Participation in international activities is highly unequal and mediated rather than direct, as influential actors engage in practices of gate-keeping that tend to work to the disadvantage of women. Tensions also emerged as a result of the divergent gender ideologies espoused by different participants. The paper draws on various theoretical perspectives on spatial politics in the global age to interrogate the unequal and contested spatialities of this transnational activism. Feminist scholarship sheds further light on the gendering processes at work in the transnationalization of a grassroots association
Periodicals
No full textContents: News services -- Development and aid issues -- Political and economic development -- Human rights -- Academic journals -- Older newspapers and periodicals on microfilm, in digital or printed form</p