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Agricultural Trade Policy in Developing Countries During Take-Off

01/06/2007

3 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Agricultural trade has always been one of the most sensitive international trade issues. Governments around the world have long been reluctant to abandon policy instruments that give them influence over domestic prices and allow them to raise revenues. The most commonly cited justification for government intervention in agricultural trade is food security, since if domestic […]

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Journal article

Gender and HIV/AIDS in Botswana: a focus on inequalities and discrimination

01/03/2006

13 pages long

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Gender and HIV/AIDS in Botswana: a focus on inequalities and discrimination

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This article discusses the response of Botswana to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In recognition of the fact that HIV/AIDS is more than just a health issue, Botswana has instigated a multi-sectoral response to the epidemic, which sets Botswana apart as an example of a country following ‘best practice’ in HIV/AIDS prevention and control. Yet the battle […]

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Journal article

Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

01/02/2006

11 pages long

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Urban agriculture: addressing practical and strategic gender needs

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This paper considers the role of urban agriculture in addressing the practical and strategic needs of African women, and assesses the gender implications of embracing urban agriculture as a development intervention strategy. Empirical evidence from Botswana and Zimbabwe points to the multi-faceted role of urban agriculture whereby some women use this activity to support their […]

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Journal article

Being a female entrepreneur in Botswana: cultures, values, strategies for success

01/07/2004

7 pages long

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Being a female entrepreneur in Botswana: cultures, values, strategies for success

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This article elucidates a study of businesswomen as they move from owning and managing informal businesses into the formal economy. The study indicates that business success for rural women in Botswana is specific to the socio-cultural context. By examining prevalent concepts of patriarchy and community in our study, we start to see that cultural values […]

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Book

Gender, Development, and Trade

01/01/2004

1 documents

99 pages long

Languages: English

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Women all over the world are increasingly employed – and exploited – at the far end of the global supply chain. Whether by picking fruit in Chile, processing cashews in Mozambique, sewing in China’s Export Processing Zones, or providing biotech companies with indigenous knowledge in India, women’s labour and skill are crucial elements in the […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Learning About Livelihoods: Insights from Southern Africa

01/08/2002

1 documents

389 pages long

Languages: English

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The Disaster Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods project (DiMP) was developed by the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town, along with partner organisations in southern Africa. This comprehensive guide to applying the livelihoods approach to the practice of disaster risk reduction – a direct outcome of the project – comprises […]

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Book

Development and Culture

01/01/2002

1 documents

220 pages long

Languages: English

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Development methods

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Development in Practice Readers draw on the contents of the acclaimed international journal Development in Practice. They offer thematic collections of papers by practitioners, policy makers, scholars, and activists. Each book includes an original introductory essay and an annotated resource list of recent publications, as well as relevant journals, organisations, and websites, constituting an essential […]

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Journal article

Ethnicity and participatory development methods in Botswana: some participants are to be seen and not heard

01/11/2000

13 pages long

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Participatory methods are increasingly being used in development work at grassroots level in Africa. Western liberal concepts like ‘one person one vote’ underlie these methods. However, such concepts may not be easily compatible with a grassroots reality in which ethnicity (i.e. superior and subordinate ethnic identities) is an important factor shaping the social order. This […]

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Journal article

Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

01/11/2000

10 pages long

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Empowered Leaders’? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa

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Although development research, policy, and practice have focused extensively on women-headed households, the subject is rarely couched in terms of leadership. Drawing on case studies from Guatemala and Botswana, this paper focuses on perceptions of women heads of households in wider society; the extent to which positive images of female leadership have filtered to the […]

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Journal article

Changing aid patterns in Southern Africa

01/05/1999

14 pages long

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The paper argues that the increase in official development assistance to South Africa following its transition to majority rule was largely at the expense of other countries in the region. While this refocusing of aid has been aimed at disadvantaged black groups, it will also reinforce the regional dominance of the South African economy. Aid […]

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