In South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique there are a plethora of policy statements, approaches and initiatives that are seeking to commercialise tourism and forestry assets, while simultaneously incorporating some element of community involvement.
This paper reviews the changing roles of private sector and local residents in tourism and forestry development, looking both at what is envisaged in policies and plans, and what is emerging. It seeks to unpack the driving forces behind both policies and practice, and to outline what the...
Background Paper, Biotechnology and the Policy Process in Developing Countries project
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In 1996, the parastatal authority ARDA handed over the Tsovani irrigation scheme to ‘community’ management. This paper examines how this has worked and for whom. Following an overview of irrigation management policy shifts over time in Zimbabwe, the paper turns to an examination of the scheme.
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Study paper
Constitution-making for democracy has always been a highly political and contested process. It has never been more ambitious, or more difficult, than today as politicians and experts attempt to build democratic institutions that will foster peace and stability in countries torn by violent...