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1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
This report examines political contradictions in reform processes across regional, national and local levels, drawing on research in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mozambique.
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
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.
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
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 investment-led approach means in the Wild Coast.
1 January 2003
2 October 2002
Published by: IDS
The IDS Bulletin also speculates on the future nature of famines. Will they continue to reflect the complexity of the contemporary world; will they be different from those that have gone before? Or, most unlikely of all, will they be eradicated altogether?
5 June 2002
Published by: IDS
In established democracies, the extension of the franchise to all prompted significant reductions in inequality as working people and the poor used their ballot to elect coalitions which implemented programmes to reduce social inequality.
1 January 2002
25 February 2001
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper documents the history of the pension in both countries and presents evidence on its economic, demographic and social impacts in Namibia. Apart from providing non-covariate income against livelihood shocks such as drought, the social pension stimulates local trade, enhances the status of elderly family members, and contributes to the costs of primary and secondary education.
1 January 2001
Published by: Centre for Policy Studies
Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa was a three-year collaborative project carried out by research partners in Mozambique, South Africa, UK and Zimbabwe, funded by the UK Department for International Development.