1 January 2007
The Political Economy of Livestock Policy: The Case of Djibouti
Published by: IGAD Livestock Policy Initiative
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1 January 2007
Published by: IGAD Livestock Policy Initiative
1 January 2007
Published by: IGAD Livestock Policy Initiative
1 January 2007
Published by: IGAD Livestock Policy Initiative
1 January 2007
Published by: IGAD Livestock Policy Initiative
This study forms part of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development Livestock Policy Initiative (IGAD LPI) series of working...
1 January 2007
Published by: IDS
This paper focuses on the rapidly-growing links between China and SSA. The spotlight is placed on three vectors of interaction - trade, foreign investment and aid. Chinese involvement in Africa is driven predominantly by the quest for material inputs (oil and other primary commodities) required for its infrastructural investments and booming manufacturing sector.
This collaborative project, which involves IDS and is led by the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) in South Africa, asks: to what extent is land redistribution in southern Africa achieving poverty reduction and livelihood improvement objectives?
10 August 2006
Published by: IDS
Food insecurity in Ethiopia is normally understood in terms of recurrent food crises and famines, and responses to food insecurity have conventionally been dominated by emergency food-based interventions.
1 June 2006
The project investigated the ways in which local political organisation, interest group power, and institutional proclivities and capacities shape the reform initiatives that are most likely to be successful.
Focusing on the case of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in southern Africa – and specifically Botswana, Nambia, South Africa and Zimbabwe – this research is exploring the economic, social and political trade-offs arising from disease control strategies geared towards promoting commercial beef exports and achieving a ‘livestock revolution’.