In early June, I was invited by the Africa Research Institute in London to a panel discussion held to launch a new ARI Counterpoints piece by Beacon Mbiba on 'missing urbanisation' in Zimbabwe.
24 July 2017
The Zimbabwe Land Commission, established as a result of the new national Constitution, has a major task ahead of it. It is vital that an independent Commission looks at the range of land issues argues Ian Scoones in his latest blog post.
17 July 2017
IDS student Sam Sharp summarises lecture by Professor Jayati Ghosh on the complexities of the success of China and India.
12 July 2017
Greater agricultural commercialisation, through engagement with value chains, is seen by many as the only viable way forward for small-scale farmers in Africa. But how is commercialisation supposed to change rural young people’s opportunities?
12 July 2017
Luiz Eduardo Fonseca reflects on the role of language in shaping the politics of health in Brazil.
11 July 2017
Is it time to send the concept of “political settlements” to the dustbin of passé development fashion fads and jargons? A new volume of Conflict, Security and Development journal argues it's time to re-appropriate the concept.
10 July 2017
Getting the agricultural sector financed is a key challenge in Zimbabwe, and links to land administration challenges as discussed in other blogs in this Zimbabweland blog series. Ian Scoones explores some of these challenges in this blog post.
10 July 2017
Findings from the Transitions to Agroecological Food Systems project, which is investigating potential pathways to more sustainable food systems through agroecology.
7 July 2017
Discussion on the potential opportunities, and practical limitations, of using digital technology to promote peace, monitor violence, and support early warning and crisis response in the run-up to Kenya’s August 2017 elections.
7 July 2017
Space exploration and rocket engineering: what could they possibly have in common with the traditional topics and problems of development studies here on Earth?
6 July 2017
Research from India and Thailand shows that different groups often have very different ideas on what energy and transport options are most 'sustainable', as outlined in a new paper co-authored by members of the ESRC STEPS Centre.
3 July 2017
Zimbabwe has a regime of multi-form tenure, with multiple tenure types associated with different areas of land (freehold, lease, permit, communal and state land).
3 July 2017
