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Selected Themes in African Development Studies

Part of the Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development Book Series

Editors: Asuelime, Lucky; Yaro, Joseph; Francis, Suzanne

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-06022-4

ISBN: 978-3-319-06021-7

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

May 19, 2014

1 - 9 of 9 Chapters

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Chapter 1Expanding the Frontiers of African Development Studies

Asuelime, Lucky; Francis, Suzanne; Yaro, Joseph

Pages: 1 –4

[A growing number of scholars acknowledge the interconnectedness of the myriad of problems and prospects across Africa as a relevant part of global development discourse. Given the ever-increasing importance of knowledge for the scholarly agenda and practice of African Studies, we present a...
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Climate, Causation and Society: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Past to the Future

Hannaford, Matthew

Pages: 7 –25

[Over the last two decades, the causal role of climate in African history has been the subject of renewed debate. In many cases, however, the limitations of extant methodological approaches have contributed to a tendency to view climate as a monocausal factor in past human events, leading to...
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The Poor and Differential Access to Water in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Woldemariam, Berhanu; Narsiah, Sagie

Pages: 27 –38

[Large numbers of people, especially in the poor urban areas of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, have experienced problems of access to reliable and adequate potable water. This paper focuses on issues of equity, particularly access to safe and clean water in the poor areas of Addis Ababa. This paper is...
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Land and Identity in Africa: A Case Study of the Banyamulenge of the Eastern Drc

Saibel, Priya Ylona

Pages: 39 –58

[The ongoing crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is known as one of the worst since World War II because of the number of deaths that have occurred and are still occurring. Since 1998, an estimated 5.4 million people have died (International-Rescue-Committee. Mortality in the...
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The Dynamics of the Gendered Division of Labour in Agro Forestry: A Case Study of Njelele Ward III in Gokwe Zimbabwe

Gandari, Esther; Mutsau, Shepard

Pages: 59 –76

[Agriculture is the major livelihood in most developing countries. In Asia, 43 % of the workforce is engaged in agriculture, in Africa it is 60 %. It is also in the rural areas that poverty is most entrenched. 75 % of the poor live in rural areas and are directly or indirectly engaged in small...
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Beyond Panaceas in Land Tenure Systems in Ghana: Insights from Resilience and Adaptive Governance of Social-Ecological Systems

Akamani, Kofi

Pages: 79 –93

[Land tenure basically refers to the system of formal and informal institutions governing people’s relationship with one another and with the land and natural resources on which they depend. Historically, customary land tenure systems that rely on traditional institutions for managing access to...
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Neoliberalism and Housing Provision in Accra, Ghana: The Illogic of an Over-Liberalised Housing Market

Ofosu-Kusi, Yaw; Danso-Wiredu, Esther Yeboah

Pages: 95 –109

[The economic hardships experienced by African countries in the late 1970s forced many of them to fall on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank for financial relief. The two institutions’ reaction in almost all cases was to impose structural adjustment programmes (SAP) on those...
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Environmental Change, Livelihood Diversification and Local Knowledge in North-Eastern Ghana

Derbile, Emmanuel Kanchebe

Pages: 111 –132

[In Sub-Saharan Africa, one of the most daunting challenges of development is how to address the vulnerability of livelihoods to environmental change, including climate change and land degradation. Livelihood diversification is very often discussed as a strategy for reducing livelihood...
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Contextual Issues in Health Care Financing in Africa: Drawing on the Ghanaian Experience

Owusu-Sekyere, Ebenezer; Osumanu, Issaka Kanton

Pages: 133 –148

[The search for appropriate policy of financing healthcare in Africa in general is far from over. However, Ghana, unlike many of the emerging economies in sub-Sahara Africa, has made great strides in this area of policy formulation and development with the introduction of a National Health...

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