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Economic growth in Viet Nam is not shared equally by all ethnic minorities
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008There are substantial differences in living standards among Viet Nam’s 54 officially recognised ethnic groups. Most lowland Vietnamese Kinh, who make up 84 percent of the population, have benefited greatly from economic reforms initiated since the late 1980s. However, most ethnic minority groups have gained less and are being left behind.DocumentHidden costs: the underside of economic transformation in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Oxfam Australia, 2007The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) framework, a programme for regional development by the Asian Development Bank, has brought about fast paced economic growth. However, poor people's livelihoods, culture and environment have been seriously compromised:DocumentFree market policies harm artisans in Ecuador
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Informal work is increasing as a proportion of the urban economy in Latin America and most poor urban residents depend on it for survival. In Ecuador, free market policies to boost the growth of small, informal artisanal firms are instead contributing to economic instability and insecurity.DocumentContested politics in Africa: the state, identity and resources
Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2008This brief examines the state, identity politics, and the struggle for resources in Africa. It contends that identity politics obscures the real reason behind exclusionary practices, namely the struggle for and access to resources.OrganisationCenter for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania
The Advanced Study of India is the only research institution in the United States dedicated to the study of contemporary India.DocumentSouth Africa and China: the agricultural and fisheries trading relationship
Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2008A feature of world trade over the last ten years has been the dramatic growth of China's trade with the world. This paper examines the agricultural component of Chinese trade with South Africa, which it aims to place in broader perspective of China's global trading relationships.DocumentFood sovereignty comes of age: Africa leads efforts to rethink our food system
UK Food Group, 2007The article focuses on the debates and discussions that took place at the Nyéléni 2007 Forum for Food Sovereignty, which was held in Mali, representing organisations across various sectors of food providers from across the globe.DocumentIndigenous and traditional peoples and climate change
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union), 2008Indigenous and traditional peoples are among those most at risk from climate change. This document looks in detail at the potential impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities and cultures and their associated ecosystems, and seeks to develop effective and culturally appropriate adaptation and mitigation measures.DocumentMigration from Zimbabwe: numbers, needs and policy options
Centre for Development and Enterprise, South Africa, 2008According to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), by July 2007 the number of Zimbabweans deported from South Africa to their home country had reached 17 000 each month. Cross-border movements on this scale inevitably feed into issues of public concern, whether well-informed or not, such as crime, corruption, and xenophobia.DocumentVery poor countries need strong government for development
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Some of the world’s least developed countries have achieved higher economic growth than more developed countries in recent years. But economic growth is not leading to sustained poverty reduction. Fundamental changes, led by governments, are needed for the benefits of economic growth to be shared by the poorer sections of society.Pages