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A comparison of supply chains for school food: exploring operational trade-offs across implementation models
Home Grown School Feeding, 2012School feeding is a complex form of intervention that is delivered in various, context-specific models or configurations. This paper indicates that an increasing need for support and understanding of the different models and modalities has been expressed by governments to aid the design of school feeding programs.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 modelOrganisationWest Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI)
The West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) was established by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) in 2005 to reinforce the capacities of civil society in the sub-region.DocumentYoung people, agriculture, and employment in rural Africa
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2014WIDER Working Paper 2014/080 James Sumberg, Nana Akua Anyidoho, Michael Chasukwa, Blessings Chinsinga, Jennifer Leavy, Getnet Tadele, Stephen Whitfield, and Joseph Yaro April 2014DocumentSocial protection training day: overview
Evidence on Demand, 2013This document is a summary of key points made by each speaker in the “Social Protection Training Day” event that took place in the UK in 2013.DocumentEco-cop: environmental policing in Eastern Africa
Institute for Security Studies, 2010This paper looks at one dominant realm of governance that makes up modern policing, i.e. the environmental realm, and particularly the policing activity known as environmental crime management.DocumentThe chair of the African Union: what prospect for institutionalisation?
Institute for Security Studies, 2010The chair of the Pan-African organisation (PAO) is one position that can be scrutinised and defined with difficulty. Its real political and institutional significance can only be appraised through a historical analysis because it is an institution that has evolved through practical engagements.DocumentEconomic assessment of water storage for adaptation to climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa
2011The development of water storage schemes in Sub-Saharan Africa is considered a major aid for agricultural regions with scarce water and anticipated climate change impacts. The selection of storage options is often conducted through monetary assessment of direct costs and benefits.DocumentImplementation of the Maputo Plan of Action: opportunities and challenges for CSO action in promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010The Maputo Plan of Action (MPoA) for the operationalisation of the Continental Policy Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, which was endorsed by the summit of the African Union Heads of State and Government in January 2007 to serve as a short -term plan of action for the period 2007 to 2010.DocumentAgeing and adult health status in eight lower-income countries: the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010Globally, ageing impacts all countries, with a majority of older persons residing in lower- and middle-income countries now and into the future. An understanding of the health and well-being of these ageing populations is important for policy and planning; however, research on ageing and adult health that informs policy predominantly comes from higher-income countries.Pages