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Peasant response to price incentives in Tanzania : a theoretical and empirical investigation
No full textThe peasants in the third world was for a long time assumed to be the opposite to the "economic man". The peasants, so the argument went, were irrational and their behaviour was determined by traditions, not by economic incentives. Some important contributions to economic theory have questioned this assumption. Now the issue is not whether peasants respond to economic incentives, but how. This study is a survey of the theoretical and empirical examination of peasants response to price incentives in Tanzania
Authoritarianism, democracy and adjustment : the politics of economic reform in Africa
No full textAn invaluable introduction to the issues raised about the winners and losers of structural adjustment policies. The book raises new questions and serves as a research agenda for further exploration. It will be a standard work and is a stimulating introduction to political economy in Africa in the 1990s. Countries discussed include Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique
Fishing for development : small-scale fisheries in Africa
No full textSmall-scale or artisanal fishery is a neglected sector in research on African development, despite the fact that fishery is a vital source of protein and income for a large number of people and an important source of revenue for governments. In this volume research on artisanal fisheries has been pooled together in general themes and contributions based on research from Mozambique, Zambia, Angola, Tanzania and West Africa.Contents: Introduction / Inge Tvedten and Bjørn Hersoug -- PART 1. THE ARTISANAL FISHERY SECTOR -- Industrial vs. Artisanal Fisheries in West Africa: The Lesson to be Learnt / Jan M. Haakonsen -- Ethnogenesis, Mobility and Politics in the History of West African Canoe Fishermen / Mariteuw Chimére Diaw -- Attitudes towards Modernization in African Small-Scale Fisheries / Eyolf Jul-Larsen -- Small-Scale Fisheries and the Evolutionist Theory of Institutional Development / Jean-Philippe Platteau -- Artisanal Fishermen and Intermediaries in Mozambique / Vibe Johnsen -- PART 2. ARTISANAL FISHERY DEVELOPMENT -- Limits to Aid: Some Considerations on Fisheries Development Aid Projects / Bjørn Hersoug -- Men, Money and Fisheries Planning: The Case of the Northern Province of Zambia / Else Skjønsberg -- When is a Fishing Man a Fisherman? Artisanal Fishery Development in Guinea-Bissau / Mette Bækgaard and Henrik Overballe -- Management of Small-Scale Fisheries in Africa. Is it Possible? / Ossi Lindqvist and Hannu Mölsä -- Resource Management and Artisanal Fisheries: Relevance and Conditions / Poul Degnbol</p
The rural-urban interface in Africa : expansion and adaptation
No full textThis book explores how some of the specific sectors, organisations and actors influence and shape the functioning of small towns in Africa. A number of the contributors of the volume point to the resilience and ingenuity of Africa's rural and urban population and demonstrate how they adapt strategies which enables them to survive and, in some cases, even to thrive. Case studies are drawn from Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. The volume fills a gap for undergraduate and graduate courses in geography, sociology, anthropology, development studies, as well as urban and rural planning
Pastoralist perspectives in Nigeria : the Fulbe of Udubo Grazing Reserve
No full textThe food and hunger crisis ravaging in many countries in Africa has turned the attention to the production of indigenous livestock. A large part of the African livestock is produced by people who are pastoralists, and any attempt to increase livestock production must be based on an understanding of the pastoralist way of life, and the often unexpected reactions to uniformed government policies. This study covers the Fulbe pastoralists of the Udubo Grazing Reserve in Bauchi state in nothern Nigeria. The author focus is on the description of the livestock systems, and the relationship between the pastoral Fulbe and the government interventions
African National Congress meets Eastern Europe : a dialogue on common experiences
No full textA report from a conference where high level delegations of the African National Congress and the Czech, Slovak, Polish and Hungarian republics met, with the aim to share lessons of their experiences under crumbling dictatorships. The exchange was intense and frank, as the note in this report convey
Somalia : bakgrund och framtid
No full textSomalia är ett av de få afrikanska länder där alla talar samma språk. Över hälften av befolkningen är nomader och kulturen kretsar kring kamelen, det viktigaste tamdjuret. Trots den enhetliga befolkningen rasar ett blodigt inbördeskrig sedan president Barre störtades i början av 1991. Denna bok ger en levande skildring av landet, nomadernas liv och samspel med naturen. Slutkapitlet behandlar den komplicerade situationen i Somalia idag. Boken är rikt illustrerad med kartor och fotografier.Innehåll: 1. Oh kamel -- 2. Somalierna, deras klaner och stat -- 3. Nomadfamiljen -- 4. Nomadsamhället och naturen -- 5. Folkräkning och befolkningsutveckling -- 6. Nomadsamhället i omvandling -- 7. Breder öknen ut sig? -- 8. Hur blir framtiden för nomadsamhället? -- 9. Somalia, ett nittiotalsperspektiv -- Litteratur -- Viktiga årtal i Somalias historiaÖversättning från det danska originalet Oh kamel : nomader og ørkendannelse i Somalia (1989).</p
Politics on paper : Finland's South Africa policy 1945-1991
No full textFinland is one of the Nordic countries, whose support for the liberation of South Africa from apartheid has been acclaimed. But Finland has often dragged its feet on South African policies, partly because of a generally cautious foreign policy, partly because of the influence of the paper and the pulp industry. Only an active public opinion mobilisation and trade union actions have moved the Finnish foreign policy establishment into isolation of the apartheid regime. The author has made the first comprehensive study of Finnish policies on South Africa, covering the post-war period. It gives valuable insights not only into the policies on South Africa, but also is well-documented study of how foreign policy is formed in Finland
South Africa's bantustans : from dumping grounds to battlefronts
No full textWithin the South African State there are ten different bantustan "states", complete with administrations, military and police. Once the bantustans were described as "dumping grounds". In this paper the author shows that they are much more than that. They have turned into scenes of protest and resistance against apartheid. The bantustan leaders today are needed both by Pretoria and the ANC, and also try to defend their own interests. A post-apartheid government may need the bantustan state machinery as instruments of order and reform. This paper discusses the implications of this scenario