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- Changes in the relationships between Europe and Africa
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In Europe, the financial crisis raises uncertainty about the strength of the European Union’s foundations. Parts of Africa, meanwhile, are witnessing vigorous growth and increasing moves towards democracy. The contrast between the two images is increasingly marked. This paper highlights key issues and fora to watch in 2012, when many of these issues will play out. After a brief description of the context, it sketches the scene through three lenses in turn.
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- Mines, migration and HIV/AIDS in southern Africa
- L. Corno / World Bank, 2012
- Swaziland and Lesotho have the highest HIV prevalence in the world. They also, during the last century, sent large numbers of migrant workers to South African mines. This paper examines whether partic...
- NACS Meeting Report 2011
- 2011
- Ninety-eight participants from 18 countries met to share tools and experiences and to disseminate promising approaches in nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) programming. NACS is the ...
- Burkina Faso: Organic cotton under threat from GM cotton
- I. Maiga / 2011
- The number of farmers growing genetically modified cotton in Burkina Faso has risen sharply in recent years. Organic cotton production had been increasing, but the spread of GM cotton is now threateni...
- African Agricultural R&D in the New Millennium: Progress for Some, Challenges for Many
- N. Beintema / 2011
- Investment in agricultural research and development (R&D) in Sub-Saharan Africa increased by more than 20 percent from 2001-08 but most of this growth occurred in only a few countries, principally Nig...
- Cambridge and international development: the ideas, the people, the impact
- I. Steed / 2010
- This report is the first in a series of annual publications by the Humanitarian Centre examining the ways in which Cambridge has a real impact on the lives of people living in developing countries. It...
- Living Off Uncertainty: The Intelligent Animal Production of Dryland Pastoralists
- S. Kraetli / 2010
- This article argues that despite important advances following the challenge to equilibrium-based models in range ecology, pastoralism is still largely seen as a coping strategy that allows herders to ...
- Getting to the Hardest to Reach: A strategy to provide education to nomadic communities in Kenya through distance learning
- J. Swift / 2010
- Kenya has committed itself to the Millennium Development Goals, Education for All, and other education targets, but despite its achievement, Kenya is unlikely to achieve these goals on present perform...
- Mobile Pastoralists and Education: Strategic Options
- S. Kraetli / 2009
- Educating nomadic peoples in the context of rapid global socio-economic change is a challenge of massive proportions. This paper sets out to address this challenge in two ways: firstly by mapping the ...
- Africa human development report 2012: towards a food secure future
- 2012
- This report by the United Nations Development Programme explores why hunger remains pervasive in Africa, despite abundant agricultural resources, a favourable growing climate and rapid economic growth...
- Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils
- World Bank, 2012
- This report by the World Bank presents state of the art knowledge on the impact of different land management practices on soil carbon sequestration rates across the world. The technical study undertak...
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