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Survey on Women Livelihoods in the Niger-Delta: an overview of women's economic activities in oil producing communities in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Rivers states
2010The economic crisis in the Niger Delta has been exacerbated by increased exploitation of oil and gas resources. In addition to suffering the effects of the economic crisis, women in the Niger Delta are victims of gender-based discrimination. They are underrepresented in politics, education and economics, including employed labour in the oil industry.DocumentWomen's land rights handbook: Nigeria
Commonwealth Secretariat, 2013Across Africa, land is integral to identity and existence. Access to, and ownership of land for women is often problematic – particularly when laws and culture collide.DocumentGovernance: linchpin of dryland natural resource management
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014Drylands cover approximately 12.5 million km2 (61%) of the African continent and 60% of Africa’s people live in them. Forests and woodlands underpin sustainable land management and livelihoods in dryland regions. They are important for risk management and adaptation, and in emergency and contingency planning.DocumentFuture oil revenues and political dynamics in West and East Africa: a slippery slope?
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014Over the next decade, at least 12 African nations will become major oil exporters. This paper attempts to model the likely interaction between political dynamics and windfall oil rents in a number of soon-to-be oil-dependent economies in Africa. Using a theoretical framework designed by North, Wallis and Weingast, and a game theoretic modelDocumentEmerging insights into governance and sustainable management of Africa’s natural ecosystems
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014The rapid economic growth in African countries must be reconciled with the maintenance of ecological processes and biodiversity. The importance of maintaining healthy ecosystems to support development objectives is increasingly acknowledged, and governments are beginning to implement and strengthen management and planning tools to achieve this objective.DocumentNationalism with Chinese characteristics: how does it affect the competitiveness of South Africa’s mining industry?
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014South Africa possesses the most valuable in situ mineral reserves in the world (valued at $2.5 trillion). Any reasonable forecast would suggest that such wealth should drive rapid economic growth. Instead, the International Monetary Fund has lowered its South African growth forecast to 2.8% for 2014.DocumentAfrica’s extractive governance architecture: lessons to inform a shifting agenda
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014Careful reflection is needed in examining options for streamlining and capacitating the myriad Africa-led initiatives that have emerged recently in the area of resource governance.DocumentMinefields of marikana: prospects for forging a new social compact
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014The platinum belt is arguably a microcosm of the South African political economy, providing analysts with an opportunity to explore fault lines in the latter two decades after the end of apartheid. The tragic events at Marikana in August 2012 in which 44 people lost their lives – 34 of them in one day – illuminate these fault lines and paradoxes.Document‘Oil for Housing’: Chinesebuilt new towns in Angola
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014China has gained a foothold in the African construction sector through the provision of ‘resources for infrastructure’ loans. The dominance of Chinese companies is particularly evident in mega projects such as railways, major transportation arteries, public buildings, etc.DocumentRapid desk-based study: donor and partner programmes in sustainable forest management and fuelwood value chains in Eastern and Southern Africa
Evidence on Demand, 2014Forests and trees are the source of a myriad of products, services and functions (including income) for many people living in urban and peri-urban areas, as well as for rural communities, which earn their living by responding to urban demand.Pages