Self Reliance in Kenya
Title | Self Reliance in Kenya PDF eBook |
Author | Philip M. Mbithi |
Publisher | Nordic Africa Institute |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9789171061218 |
Refugee Economies
Title | Refugee Economies PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Betts |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0198795688 |
This book explores the economic lives of refugees. It looks at what shapes the production, consumption, finance, and exchange activities of refugees, to explain variation in economic outcomes for refugees themselves.
The Wealth of Refugees
Title | The Wealth of Refugees PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Betts |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 449 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 019887068X |
Displacement is one of the most pressing issues facing humanity, and it will become more so in the coming years as climate change and the impact of the coronavirus increase the extent of forced migration. The author confronts this head on with a set of realistic policy recommendations.
Regenerating Agriculture
Title | Regenerating Agriculture PDF eBook |
Author | Jules N. Pretty |
Publisher | Earthscan |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Developing countries |
ISBN | 9781853832277 |
The author looks at the challenge facing agriculture today and details the concepts and characteristics of alternative, sustainable agricultural practices. Empirical evidence from a diverse range of agro-ecological and community setting show the impact of more sustainable practices. In addition existing policy frameworks and institutional processes are considered and alternatives, which are known to work, are presented
Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics
Title | Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics PDF eBook |
Author | Nanjala Nyabola |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 291 |
Release | 2018-11-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 178699433X |
From the upheavals of recent national elections to the success of the #MyDressMyChoice feminist movement, digital platforms have already had a dramatic impact on political life in Kenya – one of the most electronically advanced countries in Africa. While the impact of the Digital Age on Western politics has been extensively debated, there is still little appreciation of how it has been felt in developing countries such as Kenya, where Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and other online platforms are increasingly a part of everyday life. Written by a respected Kenyan activist and researcher at the forefront of political online struggles, this book presents a unique contribution to the debate on digital democracy. For traditionally marginalised groups, particularly women and people with disabilities, digital spaces have allowed Kenyans to build new communities which transcend old ethnic and gender divisions. But the picture is far from wholly positive. Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics explores the drastic efforts being made by elites to contain online activism, as well as how 'fake news', a failed digital vote-counting system and the incumbent president's recruitment of Cambridge Analytica contributed to tensions around the 2017 elections. Reframing digital democracy from the African perspective, Nyabola's ground-breaking work opens up new ways of understanding our current global online era.
Challenging Inclusive Education Policy and Practice in Africa
Title | Challenging Inclusive Education Policy and Practice in Africa PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 167 |
Release | 2018-11-26 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9004391509 |
It is a fundamental right for all children to be given access to quality education to ensure they reach their full potential as individuals; a right which is reflected in international law in Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and supported by the Education for All Agenda (1990) and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (2006). Nation states across Africa have signed up to these protocols and remain committed to ensuring education for all children. The progress globally however in the past 25 years, including in Africa, has been slow (UNESCO, 2015). Questions remain on why this is so and what can be done about it. This book brings together researchers, education policy makers and academics from the African community. What is unique about this text is that it includes local insights narrated and critiqued by local professionals. This book presents a wide range of African countries across the continent, to provide a critical overview of the key issues affecting developments. It questions the origins of ideas and definitions around inclusive education and the impact it has made on policy and ultimately practice, within local socio-cultural and economic communities, both urban and rural. It highlights positive developments as well as challenges and provides a deep understanding of why the process of implementing inclusive education is so complex in the African continent. It provides an understanding of what is needed to develop a more sustainable model of inclusive education across the continent and within specific countries.
Risks and Reconstruction
Title | Risks and Reconstruction PDF eBook |
Author | Michael M. Cernea |
Publisher | World Bank Publications |
Pages | 508 |
Release | 2000-01-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780821344446 |
This book offers a multidimensional comparative analysis of two large groups of the world's displaced populations : resettlers uprooted by development and refugees fleeing military conflicts or natural calamities. The authors explore common central issues: the condition of being "displaced," the risks of impoverishment and destitu-tion, the rights and entitlements of those uprooted, and, most important, the means of reconstruction of their livelihoods. (Adapté de l'Introduction).