Publications

Fair Trade and Ethical Trade: are there Moves Towards Convergence?

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A ‘Blue Revolution’ for African Agriculture?

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This article focuses on the water aspects of African agriculture, noting the Commission for Africa's emphasis on investments for irrigation infrastructure. A brief overview of the current situation in agriculture and the linkages with food security sets the scene for the exploration of solutions...

A Strategic Approach to Rights: Lessons from Clientelism in Rural Peru

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Access to Justice and Land Disputes in Ghana’s State Courts: the Litigants’ Perspective

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Agricultural Development in Zambia’s Northern Province: Perspectives from the Field Level

IDS Bulletin Vol. 36 Nos. 2

Along with the rest of the economy, per capita output in Zambia’s agricultural sector has been in long-run decline. On a crop-by-crop basis the picture is more nuanced. The decline in maize production since maize market liberalisation in the early 1990s has been partly offset by increased...

Aid and Governance: Doing Good and Doing Better

IDS Bulletin Vol. 36 Nos. 3

Will more aid help developing countries? The answer to this question depends on our view of states in developing countries. Two views prevail. One view sees aid undermining government accountability to citizens, propping up autocratic regimes and disappearing into the pockets of corrupt...

Aid Ineffectiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Problem of Donor Capacity

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The reports of the United Nations’ Millennium Project recognise that proposals to increase aid could be hampered by lack of capacity in recipient countries, but say very little about the capacity of donors.

Diana Conyers

Ampliação da Representação Política e Sociedade Civil’, Lua Nova – Revista de Cultura e Política, special edition on Political Representation.

Peter P. Houtzager

An Actor-oriented Approach to Rights in Development

IDS Bulletin Vol. 36 Nos. 1

Rights are shaped through actual struggles informed by people’s own understandings of to what they are justly entitled. Looking for the meaning of rights from the perspective of those claiming them transforms defined normative parameters of human rights debates, questions established...

An Appropriate Level of Risk: Balancing the Need for Safe Livestock Products with Fair Market Access for the Poor

Asian Drivers of Change in the Real Economy

Paper prepared for Asian Driver Workshop, IDS, 9-10 May

Hubert Schmitz

Beautiful but Costly: Business Costs in Small Remote Economies