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What drives quality of schools in africa?: disentangling social capital and ethnic divisions
Afrobarometer, 2014Because of limited governmental resources in Africa, communities are often left in charge of managing their own schools. Therefore, to improve school quality, one must understand the ability of African communities to engage in collective action.DocumentUnemployment biggest problem for Basotho, who also endorse illegal migration to get jobs
Afrobarometer, 2013What do Basotho people and other neighbour nations see as the most important problems facing their countries that their governments should address? This bulletin relies on an Afrobarometer survey to find the answers for this question.DocumentReducing the vulnerability of urban slum dwellers in the Southern African region to the impact of climate change and disasters
Urban LandMark, 2011Current estimates of climate change state that the world’s average temperature is due to increase by at least 2oC to 2.4oC over the next 50‐100 years.DocumentFighting for land security in Southern Africa
Urban LandMark, 2010It has emerged quite clearly from Urban LandMark’s work in South Africa – and increasingly in the region – that the emergence of more sophisticated property markets has taken place locally and in most larger cities in the region.DocumentUrban land markets in Southern African cities
Urban LandMark, 2011The cities in southern Africa reflect the rapid urbanisation characteristic of sub-Saharan Africa in general. Angola, Botswana and South Africa have the highest levels of urbanisation with about 60% of their population living in cities in 2010 and this percentage is expected to rise to about 80% by 2050.DocumentAfrica’s urban land markets: piecing together an economic puzzle
Urban LandMark, 2010Understanding the urban land market is like putting together a puzzle. It requires searching for clues and piecing together bits that do not quite seem to fit; like putting together pieces from different jigsaw puzzles without always knowing whether each piece is exactly in its place or what the final puzzle will look like.DocumentGetting down to business: lessons from the African Peer Review Mechanism
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014The Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is an initiative aimed at fostering good governance and development in its participating states. As part of its multi-pronged inquiry, it devotes a great deal of attention to investigating corporate governance on the continent. However, thus far corporate governance has attracted less attention than any other area of the APRM.DocumentIncrementally securing tenure in slum upgrading: reflections on promising practices in southern Africa: introduction to the practice notes
Urban LandMark, 2013Urbanisation in African countries is increasing rapidly, driven primarily by massive rural-urban migration. The current brief indicates that efforts to secure tenure among the urban poor in Africa are dominated by the paradigm of individual title implemented through large-scale titling schemes.DocumentIncrementally securing tenure: promising practices in informal settlement upgrading in southern Africa
Urban LandMark, 2013Known as the “urbanisation of poverty”, about 62% of people today in towns and cities in sub-Saharan Africa live in informal settlements. The current paper reveals that land management in these conditions is under extreme pressure, and efforts to secure tenure among the urban poor are dominated by the paradigm of individual title implemented through large-scale titling schemes.DocumentThe state of African cities 2010: governance, inequality and urban land markets
Urban LandMark, 2010In the early 2040s, African cities will collectively be home to one billion, equivalent to the continent’s total population in 2009. This book argues that since cities are the future habitat for the majority of Africans, African governments should take early action to position themselves for predominantly urban populations.Pages