The Nordic Africa Institute
Not a member yet
1081 research outputs found
Sort by
Balancing rocks : environment and development in Zimbabwe
No full textEnvironment has become a major factor in development, as part of a global awareness on the need to either change or sustain current trends. Balancing Rocks tackles the environment issues affecting Zimbabwe, their consequences and solutions. The book is the first empirical attempt to assess Zimbabwe's environmental linkages to development on a sectoral basis and with the intention of reviewing policy for the future. It is a useful tool for all those interested in a discussion that goes beyond narrow academic or political agendas, and understand that environment and development are fragile "balancing rocks".CONTENTS: 1. Choosing Sustainable Human Development for Zimbabwe´s Future -- 2. Population Growth Impact in a Sparse Resources Environment -- 3. Tackling Agricultural Development with Land Dearth -- 4. Challenges for a Finer Conventional and Alternative Energy Use -- 5. Industry and the Environment in a Reformed Marketplace -- 6. The Role of Grassrots Movements in Conservation and Sustainable Development -- 7. Zimbabwe´s Response to Agenda 21 -- 8. Conclusion: Balancing The Rocks -- Zimbabwe Human Development Profile</p
Rethinking education in Ethiopia
No full textOnly 20 percent of the school-age population in Ethiopia have access to primary education. This study attempts to explore an alternative strategy as regards expansion of literacy and the fulfilment of educational and developmental needs. It argues that the strategy of non-formal education is in both cases a far better alternative.Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Non-Formal Education: What It is and What It is Not -- 3. Bilateral Donors and the Ethiopian Education System -- 4. The Profile of the Education Sector as seen by USAID and ANDP – 5. The New Ethiopian Education and Training Policy -- 6. Conclusion: Let the Formal Education Sector Defend Itself. Invest in the Non-Formal Education </p
Human rights and homosexuality in Southern Africa
No full textAt the 1995 Zimbabwe International Bookfair the organisation of Gays and Lesbians in Zimbabwe was prevented from taking part. This opened up an unprecedented debate in southern Africa, which is conveyed in this report, together with a survey of African views on homosexuality, a global overview on homosexuality and the law, and an address list of human rights organisations and organisations working for gay and lesbian rights. A first-hand report and analysis of the new book fair drama in Harare 1996 is included in the new expanded edition.2., expanded ed.</p
Challenges to the nation-state in Africa
No full textThe challenges facing the nation-state in contemporary Africa are increasingly attracting the attention of scholars interested to understand how the decomposition and recomposition of popular political identities on the continent are affecting the post-colonial unitary project. The studies presented in this volume show that the challenges to the post-colonial nation-state project in Africa have mainly taken ethno-regionalist, religious and separatist forms. These challenges have been shaped by the long drawn-out economic crisis, zero-sum, market-led structural adjustment, and the legacy of decades of political authoritarianism and exclusion that dates from the colonial period. The contributors to this book present different suggestions to promote national unity and a supporting civic identity in Africa.CONTENTS: 1. The Crisis of the Post-Colonial Nation-State Project in Africa / Liisa Laakso and Adebayo O. Olukoshi -- 2. Changing Notions of the Nation-State and the African Experience: Montesquieu Revisited / Liisa Laakso -- 3. The Weakness of “Strong States”. The Case of Niger Republic / Jibrin Ibrahim -- 4. The Deepening Crisis of Nigerian Federalism and the Future of the Nation-State / Adebayo O. Olukoshi and Osita Agbu -- 5. Ghana: Violent Ethno-Political Conflicts and the Democratic Challenge / E.O. Akwetey -- 6. The Nation-State Project and Conflict in Zimbabwe / Lloyd M. Sachikonye -- 7. The National Question in Zaire: Challenges to the Nation-State Project / Ernest Wamb-dia-Wamba -- 8. Christianity and Islam Contending for the Throne on the Tanzanian Mainland / Nestor N. Luanda -- 9. Resuscitating the Majimbo Project: The Politics of Deconstructing the Unitary State in Kenya / Mutahi Ngunyi</p
Förvaltning, ledarskap och institutionsutveckling - på Afrikas villkor : en antologi
No full textHär diskuteras afrikanska organisationer och institutioner och den betydelse dessa har för den ekonomiska utvecklingen. De olika bidragen i boken förenas kring två teman: den afrikanska organisationens styrka och särprägel är det ena, medan det andra behandlar erfarenheter av arbete med afrikanska organisationer i förändring. Författarna beskriver det komplicerade och tålamodskrävande arbetet som krävs för att utveckla institutioner, men understryker också de stora möjligheter som öppnar sig om det sker på mottagarens villkor.Innehåll: Inledning / Lennart Wohlgemuth och Jerker Carlsson -- Organisation och ledarskap i Afrika / Jerker Carlsson -- Att utveckla en institution / Anton Johnston -- Att mäta och diagnostisera institutionsutveckling / Göran Andersson och Peter Winai -- Institutioner av inhemskt och utländskt ursprung / Mamadou Dia -- Bärkraften i kompetenshöjande projekt / Dunstan Wai -- Ekonomistyrningens möjligheter / Åke Sahlin och Peter Murphy -- Personaladministration och personalutveckling / Christer Wallroth -- Att förvalta och leda universitet / Lennart Wohlgemuth -- Management och privat företagsamhet / Björn Mothander -- Entreprenörskap och afrikanska företag / Anders Grettve -- Att hushålla med biståndsmedel / Jan Valdelin -- Att hushålla med naturresurser - management och lantbrukssektorn / Nils-Ivar Isaksson -- Lokalgrupper och förebyggande hälsovård (HIV/AIDS) / Gunilla Krantz och Frants Staugård -- Stadsdelsförvaltning och demokrati / Ann Schlyter -- Förvaltningssektorn i Namibia / Tor Sellström -- Att utveckla personaladministrationen i Mocambique / Lais Macedo de Oliveira och Maximino Loschiavo de Barros -- Tele i Mocambique - mer än bara telefoner / Dag Sundelin -- Stöd till institutionsuppbyggnad och förvaltning i Zimbabwe / Andreas Bengtsson.</p
Refugee and labour movements in Sub-Saharan Africa. A review/ Shelter Provision and Settlement Policies for Refugees. A state of the art review
No full text
A road to development : Africa in the 21st century
No full textThis publication presents a synopsis of the papers presented at a conference arranged in October 1994, discussing the origins, achievements and problems as well as the prospects for sustainable political and economic change in Africa. Although there is a clear recognition of the problems facing Africa, overall the assessments point in a more positive direction than is usually found in current reporting on Africa
