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Doing the right thing : relief agencies, moral dilemmas and moral responsibility in political emergencies and war
No full textThis booklet points out the difference between the moral dilemma and difficult choices, discusses the need to develop an ethos in the organisations, as well as the need of models. It contains a number of case studies which make the picture very clear and eminently suitable for use as a basis for further discussions
Foreign aid in Africa : learning from country experiences
No full textThis volume reports on the findings of an international research project on aid effectiveness in Africa. Research teams in eight African countries in collaboration with northern research institutes conducted field work to seek to understand why aid often failed to promote development and how it could be improved. The volume provides evidence that Africa's economic crisis has had a devastating effect on aid effectiveness and that too often, donors dominate aid decisions, leaving governments without any sense of ownership over their own development efforts. The volume concludes that to become more effective in the future, aid to Africa will have to find ways to develop more effective public institutions that are able to fully take charge of the development process.Contents: 1. Effective Aid Management The Case of Botswana -- 2. The Effectiveness of French Aid “Burkina Faso” -- 3. Aid Effectiveness in Ghana -- 4. The Effectiveness of Donor Aid in Kenya’s Health Sector -- 5. Managing European Aid Resources in Mali -- 6. Canadian Aid Effectiveness in Senegal -- A Case Study of an Aid Relationship -- 7. Aid Effectiveness in Tanzania -- With special reference to Danish aid -- 8. The Effectiveness of the Aid Relationship in Zambia -- 9. Conclusion </p
Malawi efter Banda : förändringar i landet där tystnad rådde
No full textMalawi är ett av de fattigaste länderna i världen, och styrdes med järnhand av Dr Hastings Banda i 30 år. Denna skrift ger en beskrivning av Malawi under Bandas styre och redovisar den ekonomiska och politiska utvecklingen sedan den nya regimen tillträdde efter flerpartivalet 1994
When African women take wives : A historiographical overview
No full textAbridged version of a lecture presented at the University of Bergen in January 1996.Research programme: Poverty and Prosperity in Africa: Local and Global Perspectives</p
The legal status of women and poverty in Tanzania
No full textThe study analyses and describes how the legal framework, social practices and attitudes in Tanzania differentiate between women and men, and what relation such differencies have on the poverty situation. The study also identifies expected legal changes as well as changes needed but not yet decided and the future impacts of these changes on poverty development
Burundi - landet med kuppen utan slut
No full textRwanda och Burundi märks i massmedia nästan uteslutande i samband med massvåld och ständiga strider mellan hutuer och tutsier. Denna skrift visar att våldet snarare är politiskt än etniskt till sin natur, även om etniciteten inte saknar betydelse, utan utgör en pådrivande kraft som används av eliterna i deras politiska strategier
The UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs in Angola : a model for the coordination of humanitarian assistance?
No full textThis report describes the activities of the United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs (DHA) in Angola from April 1993 to April 1995. It starts with the creation of DHA Angola in 1993 and continues to describe how relations were established with the Government and UNITA. It covers the different ways in which main concepts and roles and responsibilities could be discussed and agreed to. It presents the day-to-day activities including the crucial information exchange. It shows how DHA organised the preparation and launching of inter-agency appeals. It describes how DHA promoted and monitored the safety of humanitarian agency personnel and how capacity building was made one of the important strategies of DHA
The radical motherhood : Namibian women's independence struggle
No full textThe study analyses why and how the Ovambo women in northern Namibia participated in the struggle which led to the independent Namibia. The study also examines the changes in women's lives caused by the arrival of Christianity, colonialism, the cash economy and modern values.Contents: 1. Foreword -- 2. Introduction -- 3. How this study was done -- 4. Ovambo woman - the mother of the community -- 5. Resistance to colonial rule -- 6. Women's emancipation and the new dimension in the struggle -- 7. The independent Namibian women -- 8. Conclusion -- Appendix: List of interviews and discussions -- Literature</p
Being and becoming Oromo : historical and anthropological enquiries
No full textThe Oromo are one of the most numerous peoples of Africa but general recognition of their distinctive culture and identity is comparatively recent. These essays, through an examination of the Oromo experience, seek to explain why recognition took so long and to analyse some aspects of the Oromo culture.CONTENTS: Introduction / P.T.W. Baxter, Jan Hultin and Alessandro Triulzi -- Hawani´s story / Hawani Debella & Aneesa Kassam -- The Development of Oromo Political Consciousness from 1958 to 1994 / Herbert S. Lewis -- The Survival and Recontruction of Orommo National Identity / Mekuria Bulcha -- The Devolopment of Oromo Nationalism / Mohammed Hassen -- Perceiving Oromo,'Galla' in the Great Narrative of Ethiopia / Jan Hultin -- Oromumma: Tradition, Consciousness and Identity / Gemetchu Megerssa --Re-examining the Galla/oromo Relationship, The Stranger as a Structural Topic / Thomas Zitelmann -- Being Gabra Today / Paolo Tablino -- Shifting Identities along Resource Borders, Becoming ad Contrinuing to be Boorana Oromo / Gufu Oba -- The Political Viability of Boorana Pastorialism, A Dicussion of Some Feautyres of the Political Sytsem of the Borana Pastoralists of Southen Ethiopia / Johan Helland -- Power's Ambiguity or the Political Significance of Gada / Marco Bassi -- Sources of Life and Identity / Gudrun Dahl -- Towards a Comparative Ethnography of the Oromo, The Importance of Affines / P.T.W. Baxter -- Keeping the 'Peace of the Waso Boorana', Becoming Oromo through Religious Diversification / Mario I. Aguilar -- Traditional and modern Cooperatives among the Oromo / Tesema Ta'a -- The Becoming of Place, A Tulama-Oromo Region of Northern Shoa / Odd Eirik Arnesen -- Adopting An Ambiguous Position, Oromo Relationships with Strangers / Hector Blackhurst -- United and Divided, Boorana and Gabaro among the Macha Oromo in Western Ethiopia / Alessandro Triulzi -- The Poetics of Nationalism, A Poem by Jarso Waaqo Qoot'o / Abdullahi A. Shongolo -- About the Contributors -- Appendix: Regional Division before 1989 and after 1991.</p
Southern African futures : critical factors for regional development in Southern Africa
No full textThis study examines a number of decisive factors for the future southern African regionalisation. One of its conclusions is that the process will mainly be spontaneous, rather than politically guided. Investments rather than trade will be the driving force