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Catching the virtual bus: ICT for augmenting rural livelihoods
Development Support Center, 2011Whereas plenty of literature is available on the technical aspects of watershed development and other livelihood strategies in India, not much has been written on the institutional aspects, entrepreneurial strategies or the role of ICT. ICTs offer tremendous potential for strengthening rural livelihoods and diversifying the rural economy.DocumentEmerging 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.DocumentWho benefits? Norwegian investments in the Zambian mining industry
2013Popularly known as the “Oil Fund”, the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global has investments spread all over the world, including in large multinational companies within the extractive industry. The industry has earned a bad reputation in developing countries for pollution, environmental damages, displacement of local populations, corruption and tax evasion.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.DocumentWater and poverty situation in Oyun local government area, north-central Nigeria
AFRREV STECH: An International Journal of Science and Technology, 2014This study looks at water and poverty in Oyun Local Government Area, North-central Nigeria. A questionnaire was used to collect data at household level. Thirty households were sampled at random in each of the 11 wards in the LGA, giving a total of 330 households.DocumentSeabed mining: lessons from the Namibian experience
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014While exploration for seabed minerals has focused predominantly on the Pacific region, the debates surrounding seabed mining are of increasing relevance to African states. Applications have been made to explore for seabed minerals in the waters off Madagascar and Mauritius, and exploration is underway along South Africa’s coast.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.DocumentStudy of fisheries and aquaculture value chains in Mozambique: how to reduce gender discrimination in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2014A fact-finding mission about the role women play in fisheries and aquaculture in Mozambique was conducted between January 28 and February 14, 2014. The mission’s objective was to document the participation of women in two value chains: The smallscale capture fisheries value chain and the aquaculture value chain.DocumentFlows and practices: integrated water resources management (IWRM) in African contexts
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014For the past two decades, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been considered the dominant paradigm in water resources.Pages