New publications
New publications by ASCL staff and affiliates, and new books in our series, are frequently highlighted on this website. You may also use this RSS feed to keep informed. All recently added publications can be found in our database.
Post date: 21 January 2014
The fourth and latest report in the series Agricultural Dynamics and Food Security Trends has just been published: the one about Kenya. As part of the Developmental Regimes in Africa (DRA) project, four case studies were done about the most promising agricultural sectors in Nigeria, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya. The DRA project is a collaborative venture between the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) in the UK and the ASC in Leiden, and is funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Post date: 13 January 2014
The ASC has published three new thematic maps: Africa’s economic growth from a labour perspective; Sanitation in Africa; and Drinking water in Africa. The three maps visualize themes that are high on the development agenda. They can be viewed in Open Access on our website.
Post date: 19 December 2013
Just published: Farmers on the move. Mobility, Access to Land and Conflict in Central and South Mali
Post date: 03 December 2013
Post date: 12 November 2013
Asian Tigers, African Lions is an anthology of contributions by scholars and diplomats about the ‘Tracking Development’ research project. This project, coordinated by the African Studies Centre and KITLV in Leiden, compared the performance of growth and development of countries in Southeast Asia and Sub-Sahara Africa during the last sixty years. How could two regions with comparable levels of income per capita in the 1950s diverge so rapidly? Why are there so many Asian tigers and not yet so many African lions?
Post date: 05 November 2013
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