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The aid relationship in Zambia : a conflict scenario
No full textDoes aid work? This book examines this issue. But rather than trying to establish how effective aid has been, the focus is shifted towards to one of the key edterminants of effectiveness - the aid relationship. It looks at the relationship between Zambia and its donors and discusses the likely impact of aid in a country where poverty has become rampant and the international debt has reached unmanageable proportions.Contents: 1. An introduction to the Study -- 2. The Effectiveness of the Aid Relationship - A Theoretical departure -- 3. Macroeconomic Development in Zambia -- 4. Aid Flows to Zambia -- 5. Zambia Educational Materials Project -- 6. The Western Province Water Supply and Sanitation Programme -- 7. Drought Emergency in Southern Africa -- 8. Ground Water Development Project in Southern Province -- 9. Aid Administraion and Coordination -- 10. The Future of the Aid Relationship in Zambia - A Concluding Analysis </p
Structural adjustment and socio-economic change in Sub-Saharan Africa : some conceptual, methodological and research issues
No full textThe African-based authors of this volume provide a series of objective, detailed, factually up-to-date, and theoretically informed studies of reent developments in agriculture, the informal sector, the social sector and 'civil society' in Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. They analyse the main trends and forces operating in these fields and consider the economic reform programme's impact against this background.Contents: Structural Adjustment and Structural Change in Sub-Saharan Africa : Some Provisional Conclusion / Peter Gibbon -- Extending the Frontiers of Structural Adjustment Research in Africa : Some Notes on the Objectives of Phase 2 of the NAI Research Programme / Adebayo O. Olukoshi </p
Domination or dialogue? : experiences and prospects for African development cooperation
No full textBeskrivning In a bid to contribute to a deeper understanding in the Nordic countries of the dynamics of development cooperation in Africa, the Nordic Africa Institute convened a conference in Uppsala, Sweden, in October 1995. This publication presents the papers and the discussions of the seminar, discussing the origins, achievements and problems as well as the prospects for sustainable development cooperation in Africa
EU, Lomé och Afrika : en översikt
No full textEn kortfattad genomgång av EUs nord/sydpolitik med tonvikt på Loméavtalet och samarbetet med de s k ACP-staterna. Innehåller en översikt över de frågor som 1975–1995 har haft störst betydelse för förhållandet mellan EU och ACP-staterna, en genomgång av dagens handelsmönster och olika kanaler för bistånd, samt några tankar om Lomésamarbetets framtid.Innehåll: Förkortningar -- Inledning -- Vad är APC och Lomé? -- Karta över ACP-länderna -- Lomékonventionen -- Arvet från kolonialtiden -- Loméavtalet: en ny ekonomisk världsordning? -- APC-staterna i det ekonomiska världssystemet -- Från "euroskleros" till union? -- Handelspolitik och ACP-preferenser -- Liten - och sjunkande - handel -- EUs gemensamma bistånd -- Loméavtalet och Europeiska utvecklingsfonden -- Stabex och Sysmin -- Biståndet 1994 -- Utvecklingspolitik på den gemensamma dagordningen -- Hur mycket - och vilket slags - bistånd? -- Halvtidsförhandlingar i Lomé IV -- Marginalisering av Lomésamarbetet? -- Litteratur</p
Den europeiske unionen, Loméavtalen og Afrika : en oversikt og en kommentert bibliografi
No full textInnhold: 1. EU, Afrika og Loméavtalen: en oversikt -- 2. Noen hovedtemæøker og sentrale verker i faglitteraturen -- 3. Bøker, større rapporter og særnumre av tidsskrifter -- 4. Nyere tidsskriftartikler, kapitaler i bøker og mindre rapporter -- 5. Eldre tidsskriftartikler, kapitler i bøker og mindre rapporter -- 6. Den tredje verden utenfor ACP-området -- 7. Publikasjoner som ikke er annotert -- 8. Noen løpende publikasjoner og forskningsinstitusjoner</p
Villes secondaires et pouvoirs locaux en Afrique sub-saharienne : le Congo
No full textUne étude sur les villes secondaires qui pour les paysans sont une interface entre le village et la grande ville, et pour les décideurs sont une alternative au développement de l'économie locale
Health and structural adjustment in rural and urban Zimbabwe
No full textThis report attempts to intervene in the discussion on the social effects of structural adjustment through an empirically-based assessment of the impact of the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme (ESAP) of the Zimbabwean state on the country's health sector. The author's conclude that ESAP has resulted in a serious degradation of the poor in Zimbabwe, and an overall decline in the health status of the working poor, which the Social Dimensions Fund has failed to mitigate
A place to live : gender research on housing in Africa
No full textBe it a house or a makeshift, a shared or rented room, or a home of one's own, a place to live is central in surviving strategies of all urban households. In this volume the authors explore the gendered experiences of housing and housing rights in African countries. There are many differences but also many similarities in the pattern of women not having the same access and control over housing as men have. While women often are the bread-winners, they are also the home-makers, in the sense that it is women who put intense efforts in making a place home.CONTENTS: 1. Introduction / Ann Schlyter -- 2. Conducting Gender Research in Zambia / Mulela Margaret Munalula -- 3. Rethinking Law in a Gender Perspective / Signe Arnfred -- 4. Women's and Men's Right to Land in Eastern Africa / Diana Lee-Smith -- 5. Housing Conflicts and Women's Strategies in Lesotho / Anita Larsson -- 6. Gendered Housing Responsibilities in an Unauthorised “Settlement in Mali” / Mariken Vaa -- 7. Housing for Domestic Workers in Swaziland / Miranda Miles -- 8. Women Owners, Tenants and Sharers in Botswana / Kavita Datta -- 9. Gender, Generation, and Access to Housing in Zambia / Karen Tranberg Hansen -- 10. Beer Brewing and Housing Strategies in Lesotho / Matseliso Mapetla -- 11. Women's Groups and Shelter Improvement in Kenya / Joyce Malombe</p
Handbook of regional organizations in Africa
No full textModern Africa has experienced the creation of more than 500 intergovernmental organizations. Today, well over 200 of these still exist, and new ones are continually emerging. The aim of this book is to provide an up-to-date, user-friendly, annotated reference guide on as many African regional organizations as possible. It is of use to students, researchers, journalists, national and international civil servants and others who need basic information on regional organizations in Africa.Contents: Part I: Main Regional Organizations in Africa -- Continental Organizations -- African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, ACP -- African development Bank, ADB -- Organization of Africa Unity, ECA -- Organizations in Northern Africa -- Arab Maghreb Union, AMU -- Organizations in West and Central Africa -- CFA Franc Zone, CFA -- Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS -- West African Economic and Monetary Union, UEMOA -- Central African Customs and Economic Union, UDEAC -- Organizations in Eastern and Southern Africa -- Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States, PTA -- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, COMESA -- Southern African Coordination Conference, SADCC -- Southern African Development Community, SADC -- Southern African Customs Union, SACU -- Common Monetary Area, CMA – Part II: Other Regional Organizations in Africa </p
Survival on meagre resources : Hadendowa pastoralism in the Red Sea Hills
No full textThis is the first comprehensive study of Hadendowa Beja pastoralism in Eastern Sudan. The various chapters deal with the effects of drought and of human activities on the natural environment; the effect on pastoral migration patterns, and socio-cultural changes. The authors argue that the recurrent pastoral disasters cannot be blamed only on the pastoralists, but must be related to wider economic and political contexts, in which the pastoralists are becoming increasingly marginalised.Contents: 1. The natural environment of the Red Sea Hills – Lessons in variability / Hassan Abd el Ati, Ole Reidar Vetaas, Leif Manger -- 2. Vegetation dynamics in the Red Sea Hills – Continuities and changes / Knut Krzywinski, Ole Reidar Vetaas, Leif Manger -- 3. Adaptive forms and processes among the Hadendowa – Coping with unpredictability / Sharif Harir -- 4. Beynd the locality – Urban centres, agricultural schemes, the states and NGOs/ Hassan Abd el Ati -- 5. Making ends meet – Some problems of viability in Hadedowa households / Leif Manger -- 6. The Hadendowa way of life – Survival of a cultural tradition / Leif Manger -- 7. The future of Red Sea Hills pastoralism – links and implications for planning / Leif Manger </p