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The aim of the paper was to explore how civil society in South Africa organized to achieve an ‘impact’ on COP 17. There are two ways in which impact is defined, Firstly, what impact was achieved on the COP 17 negotiations? Secondly, how did the wor…
Samantha Hargreaves
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The objective of this report was to look at innovative approaches to the challenges pertaining to regional integration for poverty reduction. The discussion concentrated on the regional integration status in the SADC region. It came to the conclusio…
Southern Africa Trust
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An unprecedented number of refugees and migrants have been driven to Europe due to violent conflicts, terrorism, long-standing repressive regimes, chronic poverty and inequality. Those making the journey are assisted by an increasingly violent and o…
Tuesday Reitano
Peter Tinti
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Several policy recommendations were made in this document with a view to elevating the strategic posture of the Africa-Brazil relations in the context of changes in the balance of power internationally and Africa’s pursuit of strategic partnerships …
Samuel Oloruntoba
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"In the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, in particular, aid volume to civil society is increasing substantially but is difficult to quantify due to the limited classification of aid by donors as it relates to the definition of …
Southern Africa Trust
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Zimbabwe’s economic decline as well as the effect that it had on the residents world view and value system as a whole is profound. A highly unpredictable environment was created where most individuals and communities, being unaware of where their ne…
Stembile Mpofu
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The Africa Growth Initiative and its colleagues discuss six overarching themes in this year’s Foresight Africa, that place Africa at this tipping point and give their views on what they perceive to be key areas for intervention to keep Africa on its…
Amadou N R Sy
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The major aim of this research project was to access the incidence of climate change and indigenous innovative adaptive measures in northern Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to: examine the level of awareness of climate change i…
Blessing Kaletapwa Farauta
Chukwudemebi Leticia Egbule
Yusuf Lawan Idrisa
Victoria Chinwe Agu
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Despite international efforts, poverty has become more widespread in many countries in the last decade, making poverty reduction the core challenge for development in the 21st century.The incidences of food insecurity and poverty are particularly …
Ekwe Agwu Agwu
Festus Onesimus Amadu
Teddy Amara Morlai
Emmanuel Topor Wollor
Leroy W. Cegbe
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"This paper examines “the state of food security in southern Africa”, in terms of the availability of, access to and affordability of food, particularly among the most vulnerable in society. We examine regional food consumption and production in r…
Sam Moyo
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The main aim of this research is to improve the understanding of the evolution of access to land and land use by rural populations in Sub-Saharan Africa including Senegal. The results of the research will be used to feed the design and implementatio…
Aminata Niang
Ndèye Fatou Mbenda Sarr
Ibrahima Hathie
Ndèye Coumba Diouf
Cheikh Oumar Ba, Dr
Ibrahima Ka
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"Though Africa has recorded high levels of economic growth over the past decade, previous Afrobarometer surveys of citizens found little evidence that this growth had reduced levels of poverty in any consistent way. However, new data from Afrobarome…
Robert Mattes
Boniface Dulani
E. Gyimah-Boadi
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"Based on new data gathered in 2014 and 2015 from across 32 African countries, unemployment and health top the list of problems that Africans want their governments to address. For increased government investment in key policy sectors, citizens’ top…
Thomas Bentley
Markus Olapade
Pauline M. Wambua
Nora Charron
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The environmental problems confronting the Lagos Metropolis is examined in this paper. The problems are both natural and man-made and can be grouped into physical, sociological and management. After describing the phenomena of poverty and environmen…
Leke Oduwaye
Taibat Olaitan Lawanson
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"This study is a critical assessment of the aid architecture in Ghana against the principles of performance set forth in the Paris Declaration. The study explores the fundamental policies that guide the process of aid management and the evaluation o…
African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
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"The purpose of this study is to identify stumbling blocks to effective aid delivery, donor practices that create a burden on the Malawi Government in terms of ownership, transaction costs, institutional capacity, as well as identify possible benefi…
Chinyamata Chipeta
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"Given that Uganda has received massive donor aid and implemented donor-engineered policies, poverty remains a jigger to the flesh of Uganda's development. The study aims at examining donor-partner mechanisms and ascertaining the progress thus far a…
African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD)
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The rise of the middle class in emerging democracies is an important global issue. An expanding and large middle class is vital for inclusion and stability, especially in developing countries with many poor and excluded people. However, comparativ…
Ann Bernstein
Stefan Schirmer
Marius Roodt
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"India, Kenya and South Africa are all grappling with the challenge of generating inclusive growth and radically reducing poverty. India has, over the past decade, perhaps been the most successful, generating an average increase in Gross Domestic Pr…
Ann Bernstein
Sandy Johnston, Dr
Marius Roodt
Stefan Schirmer
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"This first report focuses on South Africa. It begins with a brief history of South African democracy, describing how the core features of South Africa’s democratic system were established following the transition from apartheid. The report then …
Ann Bernstein
Julia De Kadt
Marius Roodt
Stefan Schirmer
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