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    Another resource curse?: the impact of remittances on political participation

    Afrobarometer, 2014
    International remittances are quickly becoming an important source of income for millions of individuals around the world. This article focuses on the political impact of remittances, and in particular, its effect on political participation, using data collected from 20 sub-Saharan African countries.
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    What drives quality of schools in africa?: disentangling social capital and ethnic divisions

    Afrobarometer, 2014
    Because 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.
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    A vote of confidence: retrospective voting in Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2014
    The literature on African voting motivations has largely emphasised factors such as ethnic similarity, patron-client loyalty and urban dwellers’ affinity for change. However, the current paper claims that retrospective voting has been either overlooked or misunderstood, and argues that it is a powerful explanation for recurring incumbent support.  
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    Unemployment biggest problem for Basotho, who also endorse illegal migration to get jobs

    Afrobarometer, 2013
    What 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.
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    Reducing the vulnerability of urban slum dwellers in the Southern African region to the impact of climate change and disasters

    Urban LandMark, 2011
    Current 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.
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    Fighting for land security in Southern Africa

    Urban LandMark, 2010
    It 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.
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    Urban land markets in Southern African cities

    Urban LandMark, 2011
    The 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.
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    The financing of city services in Southern Africa

    Urban LandMark, 2013
    In 2010 the SACN, in conjunction with the WBI and the PPIAF, implemented a project to support the emergence of a sustainable municipal finance market in Southern Africa aimed at promoting more effective city financial planning and management, better credit ratings and improved access to capital markets for infrastructure investment purposes.
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    Maputo and informal land tenure arrangements

    Urban LandMark, 2013
    It is clear that despite the legislation that governs land, people have their own widely accepted and low conflict land management system in urban areas, which involves multiple role-players. This finding is backed up by the negligible occurrence of the DUAT in the two neighbourhoods surveyed.
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    Africa’s urban land markets: piecing together an economic puzzle

    Urban LandMark, 2010
    Understanding 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.

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