Opinion

Opinion

No condition is permanent: small-scale commercial farming in Zimbabwe

In this week's blog, I want to present two cross-generational case studies of Purchase Area (now small-scale farming area) farms, based on interviews carried out earlier this year in Mushagashe and Dewure SSCFAs in Masvingo Province.

Ian Scoones

13 February 2017

Opinion

Missing Frameworks in the Gender Equality Movement in Indonesia?

IDS alum Priliantina Bebasari shares her reflections on the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence event.

Priliantina Bebasari

6 February 2017

Opinion

Research and evidence in the ’post-truth’ era

Debates around ‘alternative facts’ and the ‘alternative facts’ themselves continue to be liked, shared and mentioned across social media and Trump adviser talks of US voters’ rejection of the ‘expertariat’, where does that leave research and evidence?

Melissa Leach

6 February 2017

Opinion

Medium-scale farming: The ‘Native Purchase Areas’ in Zimbabwe

The Native Purchase Areas were designed as compensation for the fact that Africans were not allowed to purchase land elsewhere. These were areas that had mostly been farmed by early settlers before the colony’s land was carved up into racial designations.

Ian Scoones

6 February 2017

Opinion

Engaged excellence in research…another buzz phrase or an opportunity

Over the last year, amidst the rising tide of populist politics around the world, we have increasingly seen research and evidence dismissed as irrelevant, disconnected, or an unnecessary luxury.

Katy Oswald

1 February 2017

Opinion

What is the future for medium-sized commercial farms in Zimbabwe?

A1 farms have done better than many have expected, as documented on this blog many times. Contrary to some commentaries, they have generated livelihoods, employment and production, in often very difficult circumstances.

Ian Scoones

30 January 2017

Opinion

Understanding politics & science helps create resilient cities

A new article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) explores how urban resilience can be strengthened by considering social and political norms, values and behaviours alongside engineering and environmental science approaches.

26 January 2017

Opinion

Zimbabwe’s diamond theft: power and patronage in Marange

In February last year President Mugabe announced that the eight mining companies operating in the Marange diamond fields in the east of the country would be nationalised, claiming that the companies had 'robbed' the country of its mineral wealth.

Ian Scoones

23 January 2017

Opinion

Mapping sex work law: tendencies and trends

Cheryl Overs discusses some of the patterns that emerge from the Sex Work Law Map.

18 January 2017

Opinion

Looking for leadership on inequality at Davos? Try looking elsewhere

John Gaventa and Melissa Leach on recognising the leadership and action on inequality that is being driven by citizens across the globe.

John Gaventa

Melissa Leach

18 January 2017

Opinion

What will the inauguration of President Trump bring to Africa?

Later this week Donald Trump will be inaugurated as president of the US. There has been much speculation about his foreign policy position, assuming oil industry boss, Rex Tillerson, is confirmed as Secretary of State.

Ian Scoones

16 January 2017

Opinion

Davos should look at why young people struggle to find work

As the global elite convenes in Davos next week, one topic high on the agenda will be the future of work. Youth unemployment is a key development challenge, but what young people lack is not the right skills or mindset, it's decent work.

Philip Mader

11 January 2017

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No condition is permanent: small-scale commercial farming in Zimbabwe

Missing Frameworks in the Gender Equality Movement in Indonesia?

Research and evidence in the ’post-truth’ era

Medium-scale farming: The ‘Native Purchase Areas’ in Zimbabwe

Engaged excellence in research…another buzz phrase or an opportunity

What is the future for medium-sized commercial farms in Zimbabwe?

Understanding politics & science helps create resilient cities

Zimbabwe’s diamond theft: power and patronage in Marange

Mapping sex work law: tendencies and trends

Looking for leadership on inequality at Davos? Try looking elsewhere

What will the inauguration of President Trump bring to Africa?

Davos should look at why young people struggle to find work

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