TY - JOUR ID - 4526 T1 - 'No sex until marriage!' : moralism, politics and the realities of HIV prevention in Uganda, 19861996 A1 - Kuhanen,Jan Y1 - 2015/// KW - AIDS KW - health education KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 270 EP - 288 JA - Journal of Eastern African Studies: (2015), vol.9, no.2, p.270-288. VL - 9 IS - 2 U2 - w52 N2 - This article investigates the historical origins of Uganda's HIV and AIDS prevention and the challenges it faced. By utilising a variety of sources, the article draws a picture of the early prevention campaign that ended in crisis in 1990, the consequent refurbishment of anti-AIDS efforts in the early 1990s and the ideological and practical problems they faced. The article argues that before the mid-1990s the HIV prevention measures were reluctantly accepted by the majority of Ugandans and that not only the Ugandan public, but also the political leaders, donors and professionals involved in AIDS control in the early 1990s recognised this. The article puts the making of the Ugandan 'success story'. in its historical context, suggesting that it may have involved motives of great urgency and significance for the future of anti-AIDS work in sub-Saharan Africa. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M1 - Hf;I1 M3 - 394102088 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1036500 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4525 T1 - 'They are like crocodiles under water' : rumour in a slum upgrading project in Nairobi, Kenya A1 - De Feyter,Sophie Y1 - 2015/// KW - informal settlements KW - Kenya KW - land tenure KW - rumours KW - urban renewal RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 289 EP - 306 JA - Journal of Eastern African Studies: (2015), vol.9, no.2, p.289-306. VL - 9 IS - 2 U2 - w52 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article intends to build a bridge between the anthropological study of rumour and development studies. By analyzing the case study of an upgrading project in Mahali, an (anonymized) informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, the importance of rumour for development in practice is revealed. That importance is two-fold: first of all, it is a tool to fulfil personal interests in the interfactional negotiation over project resources, e.g. land, and the related power struggles. Second, it is a tool of sense-making and expression of agency in the uncertain context of a development project. Current literature notably describes development as a process of assemblage rife with gaps and with a tendency to exclude (local/supralocal) political/economic processes from its plans. In such a context, limited access to reliable information pushes people towards the alternative source of information that is rumour. The article looks into the factors contributing to rumour, specifically residents' experience of past events, interfactional conflicts over power and contextual uncertainty. It also discusses the combined effects of rumour on the slum upgrading intervention. Rumour has a definite effect on power struggles between factions as well as the livelihoods of other, less powerful, residents (for instance through displacement). It decreases the trust residents have in a development project as well as their willingness to invest time and effort in that project. Instead, it instigates conflict and occasionally even violence. However, rumour may also be considered a form of agency of weaker groups faced with a development intervention they do not agree with. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M1 - Hc;J1 M3 - 394102185 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1017334 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4519 T1 - 'Time for school'? : school fees, savings clubs and social reciprocity in Uganda A1 - Vokes,Richard A1 - Mills,David Y1 - 2015/// KW - compulsory education KW - education fees KW - informal savings and credit associations KW - private education KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 326 EP - 342 JA - Journal of Eastern African Studies: (2015), vol.9, no.2, p.326-342. VL - 9 IS - 2 U2 - w52 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The past 25 years have witnessed sweeping educational reforms in Uganda. The introduction of 'free' Universal Primary Education (UPE, in 1998) and Universal Secondary Education (USE, in 2007) has raised social expectations about access to quality education. Over the same period the population of young people in Uganda has also grown dramatically. As a result hundreds of new primary and secondary schools have been established across the country. This article examines the social and economic consequences for a rural part of Southwest Uganda. Bringing together secondary data from national household surveys with detailed ethnographic research, the article highlights families' material and social investments in schooling. It explores the costs faced by even the poorest households whose children attend 'free' government schools. Despite public investment, the poor quality of state provision has led to public frustration and demands for reforms. Survey data demonstrate that, as a result, wealthier households are investing in education, sending their children to private schools to benefit from smaller class sizes and better learning outcomes. The article describes how people use a range of social arrangements, including rotating savings and credit associations to manage school fees and access credit in this part of Uganda. Drawing on recent work by Graeber and others, the authors argue that people are creating new social relationships within these savings clubs. Whilst managing their financial commitments, people invoke and rework existing idioms of reciprocity, interdependence and patronage. The use of human capital theory to explain schooling choices in relation to individual economic or social 'returns' downplays the sociality of these arrangements. The authors argue that educational commitments are now an integral part of the Ugandan social landscape, generating aspiration, nurturing networks and creating new inequalities. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M1 - Hf;G1 M3 - 394102304 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1042627 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4506 T1 - Agricultural water institutions in East Africa A1 - Beyene,Atakilte Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Met bibliogr., noten KW - climate change KW - community participation KW - irrigation KW - Kenya KW - Tanzania KW - water management KW - water resources RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Uppsala PB - The Nordic Africa Institute U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - Current African issues, ISSN 0280-2171 ; 63 N2 - Climate change is causing growing variability and uncertainty in rainfall in Africa. Since the continent's food production systems are dominantly rain-fed, these changes are putting food security at even higher risk. In order to reduce this dependency, institutional reforms in the agricultural water sectors have become a priority in research and policy. In this report, Atakilte Beyene, senior researcher at the Nordic Africa Institute, together with twelve researchers based in Africa, studies current agricultural water reforms in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and other East African countries. The report consists of four case studies and an introductory section. The first case study evaluates the performance of community participation in water resources governance in the Mount Kenya Region. It uncovers the implication of a ban on traditional institutions on water security at a catchment level. The second case analyses the prospects of introducing pro-poor water schemes in conditions where climate change and water inequality are already challenges. It identifies incentive mechanisms that enhance more efficient distribution and utilization of water resources. The third case examines impacts of competitive and intensive farming strategies, especially irrigation schemes, on water demands. The final case study explores how advances in information and communication technologies improve water-use management systems across organizational and geographic scales SN - 978-91-7106-777-7 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 399544836 L3 - http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-1942 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4509 T1 - Books that matter : David Philip Publishers during the apartheid years : a memoir A1 - Philip,Marie Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Oorspr. uitg.: 2014 Met bijl KW - apartheid KW - book industry KW - personal narratives (form) KW - publishing KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE EP - X, 154 CY - Cape Town PB - David Philip Publishers U2 - w52 N2 - South Africa in the 1970s was a divided and increasingly traumatised country, seemingly permanently in the toils of apartheid, and with little space available for open discussion of apartheid policies or awareness of just what those policies were meaning in the lives of people. It was in this context that David Philip, a South African already involved for several years in publishing, became convinced there must be more opportunity for books with informed discussion and debate to be written and published within the country. He persuaded his wife Marie, also with publishing experience, that they could together set up their own independent publishing company, to publish 'Books that matter for Southern Africa' - in social history, politics, literature, or whatever - good of their kind and ready to challenge mainstream apartheid thinking. This is an anecdotal account - a memoir - of the lows and highs of a small, cheerful, underfunded but vibrant 'oppositional' publishing company, David Philip Publishers, from the year 1971 through to the birth of the new South Africa. Contents: Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- 1. When and why: the background -- 2. Holding open the doors -- 3. Confirming the presence, growing the list -- 4. 1985-89: The toughest years -- 5. 1990: The beginning of the end of apartheid -- Postscript: 1995-99 -- Abbreviations -- Appendix I: 'Let it be known: The heritage of David Philip and the needs of the nation' - English Academy commemorative lecture by Professor Stanley G.M Ridge -- Appendix II: Complete list by year of David Philip Publishers -- Publications 1971-99 -- Credits of past covers SN - 1-485-62287-5 pbk AV - AFRIKA 49456 Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 397762585 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4516 T1 - Chronique des Kwanawa : m‚moire des anciens A1 - Issa-Danni Soumana,Dangaladima Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 201-202. - Met bijl., gloss., noten KW - communities KW - Niger KW - oral traditions RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 202 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 SN - 2-343-05104-6 pbk AV - AFRIKA 49273 Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 396039693 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4515 T1 - tats, corruption et blanchiment : S‚n‚gal-Cameroun A1 - Engu‚l‚gu‚l‚,St‚phane Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 319-344. - Met noten KW - Cameroon KW - corruption KW - money laundering KW - Senegal RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 347 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 T3 - Collection tudes africaines SN - 2-343-04815-0 pbk AV - AFRIKA 49269 Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M3 - 396039847 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4507 T1 - From scarcity to security : water as a potential factor for conflict and cooperation in Southern Africa A1 - Kaniaru,Wanjiku Y1 - 2015/// KW - international law KW - international relations KW - Southern Africa KW - water KW - water resources RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 381 EP - 396 JA - South African Journal of International Affairs: (2015), vol.22, no.3, p.381-396. VL - 22 IS - 3 U2 - w52 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Water scarcity has emerged as a compelling non-military security issue that justifies an expanded human security agenda. This article argues that a buttressed notion of mutual interdependence is critical to the prospects of enhanced hydropolitical cooperation over shared water resources in Southern Africa. The link between water and politics is inextricable and the impending water scarcity in the region, which can easily engender a whole host of economic and environmental insecurities, has the potential to lead to escalating tensions; it can also be a catalyst for cooperation. It is therefore imperative that basin-wide regimes redressing imbalances in the institutional and legal framework governing water rights and allocation be established at the regional level in order to promote equity in the utilisation of shared water resources, as envisaged in the Revised Southern Africa Development Community Water Protocol. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M1 - Ka;D4 M3 - 399342907 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2015.1046477 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4527 T1 - Historicising agrarian transformation : agricultural commercialisation and social differentiation in Wolaita, southern Ethiopia A1 - Chinig•,Davide Y1 - 2015/// KW - agricultural development KW - biofuels KW - contract farming KW - Ethiopia KW - social stratification RP - NOT IN FILE JA - Journal of Eastern African Studies: (2015), vol.9, no.2, p.193-211 : krt. VL - 9 U2 - w52 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article discusses contemporary agrarian transformation in southern Ethiopia from the perspective of how policies of agricultural commercialisation engender new patterns of rural social differentiation and politicisation of the land issue in the rural setting. By presenting a case of biofuels production through contract farming in Wolaita, the paper sheds light on the historical trajectory of agrarian transformation to elucidate the tensions of the current project of commercialisation. The article concludes that commercialisation of smallholder agriculture is a crucial feature of the country's strategy for socio-economic and political transformation and constitutes one of the main defining aspects of the self-declared 'developmental state' in Ethiopia. The current trajectory in Wolaita sees tangible rural social differentiation for the first time since the 1975 land reform. Beyond the success or failure of individual cases, commercialisation reflects two main layers of tension, present also elsewhere in Ethiopia's rural areas. The first has to do with the relationship between bureaucratic centralism and economic liberalisation; the second emerges from the implications of rural social stratification to the redefinition of the ruling elite's political consensus. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M1 - Dd;E5 M3 - 39409946X L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1036499 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4524 T1 - Integration and identity of Swahili speakers in Britain : case studies of Zanzibari women A1 - Hadjivayanis,Ida Y1 - 2015/// KW - Great Britain KW - identity KW - immigrants KW - Islam KW - Swahili KW - women KW - Zanzibar RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 231 EP - 246 JA - Journal of Eastern African Studies: (2015), vol.9, no.2, p.231-246. VL - 9 IS - 2 U2 - w52 U3 - Abstract available N2 - An interesting feature of a growing number of the recently arrived Swahili-speaking communities in Britain is their parallel integration into the British society alongside their current integration into the newly emerging spread of 'correct Islamic rituals' as opposed to the old traditional 'African Islamic' ways from the Swahili coast. The new rituals with strong authorities offer social, emotional as well as economic support in relation to life-changing factors such as birth, death and marriage, and hence, in a way, adopt the role of the traditional Swahili extended family; although at the same time, they also act as alienating factors. This paper is an initial attempt at examining the extent to which the current integration has changed the cultural values and identities of the Swahili living in Britain. It aims at describing the socio-spatial dynamics and identity formation that has transcended the 'original' Swahili boundaries and how these are intricately linked to religion. To this end, three case studies of Zanzibari women in the recently arrived Swahili-speaking communities of London, Milton Keynes and Northampton will be presented. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M1 - He;C2 M3 - 394102193 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1021945 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4510 T1 - Le groupe d'Oujda revisit‚ par Ch‚rif Belkacem A1 - Rouzeik,Fawzi Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Met bijl., noten KW - Algeria KW - leadership KW - political history KW - politicians KW - power RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 259 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 T3 - Histoire et perspectives m‚diterran‚ennes SN - 2-343-03909-7 pbk AV - AFRIKA 49286 Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 396135439 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4508 T1 - Peacemaking from the inside out : how South Africa's negotiated transition influenced the Mandela Administration's regional conflict resolution strategies A1 - Williams,Christopher Y1 - 2015/// KW - foreign policy KW - peacebuilding KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 359 EP - 380 JA - South African Journal of International Affairs: (2015), vol.22, no.3, p.359-380. VL - 22 IS - 3 U2 - w52 U3 - Abstract available N2 - A common observation regarding the Mandela Administration's foreign policy is that South Africa adopted an approach to peacemaking that drew on its own recent and unique negotiated transition. While ubiquitous, this observation has rarely been seriously examined. This paper undertakes such an examination through the use of psychological theories of decision making, which explore the formative impact that a leader's domestic rise to power has on the foreign policy predilections of that leader. These theories provide a powerful link that supports the oft stated, but poorly articulated, connection between South Africa's transition and its regional peacemaking efforts. The paper then surveys the most salient lessons learned by President Mandela during South Africa's transitional negotiations and explores whether these lessons affected South Africa's regional peacemaking efforts. This analysis indicates that both Mandela's inclination to negotiate, and the style in which he did so, were directly informed by South Africa's own negotiated transition. Notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M1 - Kf;D3 M3 - 399342893 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2015.1090912 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4517 T1 - Pr‚voir avec l'Afrique, agir dans le monde qui vient A1 - Amselle,Jean Loup Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Met noten KW - Africa KW - African identity KW - decolonization KW - essays (form) KW - philosophy RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 96 CY - Saint-Julien-Molin-Molette PB - Huguet U2 - w52 T3 - De(s)g‚n‚rations ; 23 SN - 2-355-75256-7 AV - AFRIKA 49252 Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 395516676 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4522 T1 - Regional and ethnic identities : the Acholi of Northern Uganda, 19501968 A1 - Laruni,Elizabeth Y1 - 2015/// KW - 1950-1959 KW - 1960-1969 KW - Acholi KW - ethnic identity KW - ethnicity KW - nationalism KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 212 EP - 230 JA - Journal of Eastern African Studies: (2015), vol.9, no.2, p.212-230. VL - 9 IS - 2 U2 - w52 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Ethnic conflict in post-independence Uganda was a consequence of the confrontation between strong, ethnically divided local institutions and the post-colonial push for political centralisation, under the guise of nation building. To strengthen one, the other had to be weakened. Self-governance meant that the stakes for political power sharpened at national and local levels, ensuring that ethnic antipathies became more pronounced. Politicians who had succeeded within local politics were elevated to represent their various ethnic groups at the centre. However, these politicised ethnic demarcations were not, and should not, be considered a product of the Ugandan post-colonial state. Rather, they were a continuation of colonial political structures that had emphasised locality, ethnicities and the 'tribe'. These were the same power structures that were embedded within Ugandan politics at the eve of independence. Uganda remains regionally divided between the 'North' and the 'South'. Bantu-speaking ethnic groups in the southern, central, eastern and western areas of Uganda dominate the ?South?. These include the Baganda, Basoga, Banyoro, Bagisu, Batoro and the Banyankole. The 'North', which is home to the Nilotic and Central Sudanic-speaking groups, encompasses the Acholi, Lango, Madi, Alur, Iteso and the Karamojong peoples. Historically, the political and ethnic divisions between the peoples of Northern and Southern Uganda have contributed to the country's contentious post-colonial history. Economic underdevelopment played a large part in fostering political tensions between the two regions, and served as useful tool for Acholi power brokers to negotiate for political and economic capital with the state, by utilising the politics of regional differentiation through the 'Northern identity'. This article assesses how Acholi politicians utilised and then challenged the Northern identity from 1950 to 1968. It argues that in the face of political marginalisation from the late 1960s, Acholi ethnonationalism, rather than regional affiliations, became the most prominent identity used to challenge state authoritarianism. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M1 - Hf;C2 M3 - 394102215 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1031859 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4523 T1 - Restoring Leviathan? : the Kenyan Supreme Court, constitutional transformation, and the presidential election of 2013 A1 - Harrington,John A1 - Manji,Ambreena Y1 - 2015/// KW - 2013 KW - constitutional reform KW - Kenya KW - presidential elections KW - supreme courts KW - trials RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 175 EP - 192 JA - Journal of Eastern African Studies: (2015), vol.9,úno.2, p.175-192. VL - 9 IS - 2 U2 - w52 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This paper analyzes the Kenya Supreme Court's ruling in 'Odinga v IEBC', a petition challenging the declared outcome of the 2013 presidential election. The case was immediately significant given the hope that recourse to the courts would help to avoid widespread civil unrest which had followed the disputed presidential election of 2007. It was also a crucial test for the new dispensation established under the 2010 Constitution widely held to have broken with the authoritarian and unaccountable regimes which dominated Kenya both under colonialism and after independence. The paper critically reviews the reasoning of the Supreme Court on six key issues raised in the petition attending to the broader normative and political implications of the judgment. The authors argue that both in its substantive conclusions and in the style of reasoning adopted, 'Odinga v IEBC' is inconsistent with the transformative ambitions underpinning the new constitution. Through its emphasis on evidential and procedural rules, rather than principled analysis, the judgment tends to reinforce the powers of the executive and the model of a unitary state beyond the reach of the law. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journalúabstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M1 - Hc;D2 M3 - 394102207 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1029296 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4513 T1 - R‚publique CentrAfricaine : douanes et corruption, causes de la d‚liquescence du pays? A1 - Pascal,Lionel Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Texts in French, some in English Bibliogr.: p. 341-350. - Met bijl., noten KW - border control KW - Central African Republic KW - corruption KW - public revenue KW - tariffs KW - tax administration RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 484 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 T3 - tudes africaines. S‚rie Administration N2 - Les tats en d‚veloppement ont des recettes essentiellement bas‚es sur les taxes pr‚lev‚es en frontiŠre sur les marchandises. Afin de les am‚liorer, les Organisations Internationales recommandent une privatisation partielle des missions douaniŠres. La RCA a pouss‚ cette privatisation … l'ensemble des missions douaniŠres. Si sa situation actuelle d‚coule de l'absence d'une administration des douanes solide, l'auteur l'explique aussi par l'absence de r‚actions des Organisations Internationales SN - 2-343-05297-2 pbk AV - AFRIKA 49281 Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 396132847 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4512 T1 - Sald‚-T‚b‚goutt : m‚tropole du pays des Dialloub‚, entre mythe et r‚alit‚ A1 - Ly,Harouna Amadou Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 263-264. - Met bijl KW - biographies (form) KW - Fulani KW - genealogy KW - history KW - Senegal KW - villages RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 272 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 SN - 2-343-04495-3 AV - AFRIKA 49280 Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 396132979 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4518 T1 - Sending peacekeepers abroad, sharing power at home : Burundi in Somalia A1 - Wil‚n,Nina A1 - Ambrosetti,David A1 - Birantamije,G‚rard Y1 - 2015/// KW - African peacekeeping forces KW - armed forces KW - Burundi KW - peacekeeping operations RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 307 EP - 325 JA - Journal of Eastern African Studies: (2015), vol.9, no.2, p.307-325. VL - 9 IS - 2 U2 - w52 U3 - Abstract available N2 - This article attempts to answer how Burundi has become one of the main troop-contributing countries to international peacekeeping missions. To do this, it examines how the post-conflict political settlement between Burundian parties and external partners has impacted on the decision to deploy Burundian troops in multilateral peace operations in Africa. The authors claim that Burundi's decision to deploy troops, which took place in the midst of an overarching security sector reform, had a temporary stabilizing effect on the internal political balance due to several factors, including professionalization, prestige, and financial opportunities. From an international perspective, Burundi's role in peacekeeping has helped to reverse the image of Burundi as a post-conflict country in need of assistance to that of a peacebuilding state, offering assistance to others who are worse off. These factors taken together have also enhanced the possibilities for the Burundian Government to continue its trend of demanding independence from international oversight mechanisms and political missions, while maintaining good relations with donors, despite reports of increasing authoritarianism and limited political space. The article draws on significant fieldwork, including over 50 interviews with key actors in the field and complements the scarce literature on African troop-contributing states. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M1 - Hb;D1 M3 - 394102312 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1018498 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4521 T1 - Street trade, neoliberalisation and the control of space : Nairobi's Central Business District in the era of entrepreneurial urbanism A1 - Morange,Marianne Y1 - 2015/// KW - informal sector KW - Kenya KW - market vendors KW - urban planning RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 247 EP - 269 JA - Journal of Eastern African Studies: (2015), vol.9, no.2, p.247-269. VL - 9 IS - 2 U2 - w52 U3 - Abstract available N2 - Studies focusing on street trade in sub-Saharan Africa place great importance on the continuity with the colonial period and on the neocolonial characteristics of public action. This frame of reference, however pertinent it might be, does not account for all of the dynamics at work. The author argues that it can benefit from an additional reading of what she characterises as the neoliberal dynamics also at work in these processes, drawing from governmentality studies and from the theories of 'the urbanisation of neoliberalism'. The article discusses this hypothesis by examining the evolution of spatial politics on the streets of Nairobi's Central Business District (CBD) in the 2000s, focusing on a specific episode: the displacement of the street traders to an enclosed market located on the outskirts of the CBD. The first section considers the policies of street trade in Nairobi since the colonial period and the changes in their meaning under entrepreneurial rule, questioning the hypothesis of the colonial continuity.The author then turns to an analysis of the neoliberal features of current street trade policies. She details the emergence of the private sector as a major actor in the governance of street trade and its instrumental role in the crafting of a consultative procedure that has helped to reframe the traders' relationship to the state around the ideal of the responsible entrepreneurial citizen and contributed to enrolment as active participants in their own relocation. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M1 - Hc;E7 M3 - 394102282 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1018407 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4511 T1 - TIC, motivation et rendement acad‚mique : quels liens en contexte africain? A1 - Attenoukon,Serge Armel Y1 - 2015/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 305-339. - Met bijl., noten KW - academic achievement KW - Benin KW - higher education KW - information technology KW - motivation RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 374 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 T3 - Collection tudes africaines SN - 2-343-03251-3 pbk AV - AFRIKA 49278 Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 396133061 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4514 T1 - Un autre Houphouet : chroniques de son m‚decin A1 - Bertrand,Edmond Y1 - 2015/// KW - C“te d'Ivoire KW - doctors KW - heads of State KW - personal narratives (form) RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 121 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 SN - 2-343-05120-8 AV - AFRIKA 49294 Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 396127924 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4520 T1 - Viewpoint : Turkey as a 'political' actor in Africa : an assessment of Turkish involvement in Somalia A1 - Ozkan,Mehmet A1 - Orakci,Serhat Y1 - 2015/// KW - foreign policy KW - international relations KW - Somalia KW - Turkey RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 343 EP - 352 JA - Journal of Eastern African Studies: (2015), vol.9, no.2, p.343-352. VL - 9 IS - 2 U2 - w52 U3 - Abstract available N2 - The crisis of food security in Somalia in 2011 prompted an increase in Turkish involvement in Eastern African politics. Initially started as a humanitarian response, Ankara's policy has evolved into a fully fledged Somalia policy with political and social dimensions. This article discusses the role and influence of Turkey in efforts bringing stability to Somalia. It is argued that Turkey's Somalia policy, as far as it has succeeded in short term, has not only located Turkey as a 'political' actor in Africa but also expanded Turkey's Africa policy into a more complex and multifaceted one. As such, Turkey's experience in Somalia will have significant implications for its broader African agenda. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract] AV - Elektronisch artikel Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M1 - Df;D4 M3 - 394102290 L3 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2015.1042629 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4540 T1 - Attachement et d‚linquance des mineurs : d‚terminants psychosociaux au Burkina Faso A1 - Yougbar‚,S‚bastien Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 281-291. - Met bijl KW - Burkina Faso KW - juvenile delinquency KW - mental health KW - social conditions RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 298 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 T3 - tudes africaines. S‚rie Psychologie SN - 2-343-05197-6 pbk AV - AFRIKA 49277 Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M3 - 396037224 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4534 T1 - Blinded by hope : knowledge, attitudes and practices of Ethiopian migrants A1 - Frouws,Bram A1 - Munge,Noni Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Commissioned by the Danish Refugee Council in Yemen Bibliogr.: pages 57-58 KW - Ethiopia KW - migrants KW - Saudi Arabia KW - Yemen RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Westlands PB - Regional Mixed Migration Secretariat U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - Mixed migration research series, Explaining people on the move ; Study 6 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/23/ M3 - 399351566 L3 - http://www.regionalmms.org/fileadmin/content/rmms_publications/Blinded_ by_Hope.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4532 T1 - Capital flight from the franc zone: exploring the impact on economic growth A1 - Ndiaye,Ameth Saloum Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 28-31. - Met bijl., noten, samenvatting KW - capital movements KW - economic development KW - franc zone KW - West Africa RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi PB - African Economic Research Consortium U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - AERC research paper ; 269 N2 - This paper examines the effect of capital flight on economic growth in the Franc Zone (FZ). For the period 1970 to 2010, real capital flight from these countries is found to be positive and massive with a magnitude of roughly US$86.8 billion or US$80.1 billion, representing 122.1% or 112.6% of GDP, and 5.3 times or 4.9 times domestic investment. At the same time, the FZ countries experienced low and very volatile investment and growth rates. The econometric analysis shows that capital flight significantly reduces economic growth in the FZ. Capital flight thus poses a huge threat to high and sustainable economic growth in the FZ. The results also reveal that domestic investment, credit to the private sector, the quality of institutions, and domestic savings play an important role in explaining the influence of capital flight on economic growth in the FZ, and are therefore important channels that affect the growth effect of capital flight in this zone. The key implication of these results is that capital flight repatriation helps to raisesignificantly the volume of investment in the FZ, credit to the private sector, the quality of institutions, and domestic savings, implying that this can help FZ countries sustainably increase their economic growth SN - 978-9966-02351-3 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/23/ M3 - 399882340 L3 - http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/399882340.pdf http://aercafrica.org/index.php/publications/view_document/289-current- account-sustainability-in-the-west-african-economic-and-monetary-union- countries ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4531 T1 - Determinants of private investment behaviour in Ugandan manufacturing firms A1 - Aggrey,Niringiye Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 23-25. - Met bijl., noten, samenvatting KW - industry KW - investment policy KW - private sector KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi PB - African Economic Research Consortium U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - AERC research paper ; 271 N2 - This study investigated the determinants of private investment behaviour using panel data. Evidence shows a combination of relatively low investment rates, high profit rates, but small profit effects on investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. Little was previously known about the determinants of investment in Ugandan manufacturing firms. This study adopted the flexible accelerator model with some modifications. The probit and tobit regression models were used in the analysis. The tobit regression results showed that debt capital ratio, financing of new investments with credit, and access to credit problems were consistently associated with the propensity to invest. Other factors found to be associated with the propensity to invest include ethnicity, firm size, corruption, skill problems and competition from imports. Sector effects also influence the decision to invest or not. It is clear from the results that low access to credit and inadequate skills are hindrances to manufacturing firms' investments in Uganda. If the private sector is to be the engine of growth in the economy, then these constraints, among others, need to be given serious attention SN - 978-9966-02353-7 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/23/ M3 - 399883037 L3 - http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/399883037.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4533 T1 - East African Common Market scorecard 2014 : tracking EAC compliance in the movement of capital, services and goods Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 100-101 KW - East Africa KW - East African Community KW - economic integration KW - economic policy RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Washington, DC PB - The World Bank U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/23/ M3 - 399565485 L3 - https://www.wbginvestmentclimate.org/publications/upload/East-African- Common-Market-Scorecard-2014.pdf https://www.wbginvestmentclimate.org/publications/upload/Summary-East- African-Common-Market-Scorecard-2014.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4537 T1 - L'essentiel de droit public : le cas de la R‚publique d‚mocratique du Congo A1 - Makengo Nkutu,Alphonse Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Bibliogr. p. 167-171. - Met noten KW - constitutional law KW - decentralization KW - Democratic Republic of Congo KW - public administration KW - public finance KW - public law RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 178 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 T3 - tudes africaines : S‚rie droit SN - 2-343-05224-7 AV - AFRIKA 49268 Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M3 - 39603778X ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4538 T1 - L'Šre de l'‚conomie des plantations en C“te d'Ivoire : 1900-1983 A1 - Setti‚,Louis Edouard Y1 - 2014/// N1 - L'Harmattan-C“te d'Ivoire"--Cover Bibliogr.: p. 113-120. - Met noten KW - agricultural economy KW - agricultural history KW - cocoa KW - coffee KW - C“te d'Ivoire KW - plantations RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 120 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 N2 - L'‚conomie pr‚existante 1900-1908 -- De la mise en place de l'‚conomie de plantations : 1908-1923 -- La pr‚dominance du caf‚ et du cacao 1923-1960 -- Les repercussions -- L'accroissement des types de plantations 1960-1983 -- La diversification et le binome caf‚-cacao : 1960-1983 SN - 2-343-04072-9 AV - AFRIKA 49270 Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M3 - 396037674 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4536 T1 - L'ind‚pendance de la Guin‚e en 1958 : chronologie et commentaires A1 - Keita,Sidiki Kob‚l‚ Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Met bijl., noten KW - 1958 KW - chronology KW - Guinea KW - independence KW - political history RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 246 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 SN - 2-343-04646-8 AV - AFRIKA 49263 Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M3 - 396037909 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4535 T1 - La bataille de N'Djamena : 2 f‚vrier 2008 : r‚cit A1 - Koulamallah,Abderaman Y1 - 2014/// KW - 2008 KW - Chad KW - personal narratives (form) KW - rebellions RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 168 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 N2 - The author served as rebel spokesperson during this event SN - 2-343-05077-5 pbk AV - AFRIKA 49276 Y2 - 2015/12/21/ M3 - 396039642 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4539 T1 - Le budget de l'tat ivoirien : financer le d‚veloppement A1 - Kouyat‚,Mohamed D. Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Bibliogr. p. 305-306 KW - C“te d'Ivoire KW - economic development KW - financial policy KW - national budget RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 306 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 SN - 2-343-03852-X pbk AV - AFRIKA 49271 Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 396037321 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4541 T1 - Profession, marabout en milieu rural et urbain : l'exemple du Niger A1 - Diarra,Mohamed Abdoulay Y1 - 2014/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 227-239. - Met bijl., gloss., noten KW - Islam KW - marabouts KW - Niger RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 248 CY - Paris PB - L'Harmattan U2 - w52 T3 - tudes africaines SN - 2-336-30132-6 AV - AFRIKA 49333 Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 393458822 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4544 T1 - Africa's rising exposure to China : how large are spillovers through trade? A1 - Drummond,Paulo A1 - Liu,Estelle Xue Y1 - 2013/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 22. - Met bijl., samenvatting KW - China KW - exports KW - international economic relations KW - international trade KW - Subsaharan Africa RP - NOT IN FILE CY - [Washington, DC] PB - International Monetary Fund (IMF) U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - IMF working paper ; 13/250 N2 - The rapid growth in China's domestic investment in recent decades has generated a large appetite for global goods, including from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This paper estimates the impact of changes in China's investment growth on SSA's exports. Although rising trading links with China have allowed African countries to diversify their export base across countries, away from advanced economies, they have also led SSA countries to become more susceptible to spillovers from China. Based on panel data analysis, a 1 percentage point increase (decline) in China's domestic investment growth is associated with an average 0.6 percentage point increase (decline) in SSA countries' export growth. This impact is larger for resource-rich countries, especially oil exporters. These effects could be mitigated, however, to the extent that countries can reorient their exports AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 399365001 L3 - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2013/wp13250.pdf ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4528 T1 - G‚opolitique et francophonie dans le sud-ouest de l'oc‚an Indien A1 - Rabetafika Ranjeva,Yvette A1 - Ranjeva,Raymond Y1 - 2013/// N1 - Notes, r‚f KW - francophonie KW - geopolitics KW - Indian Ocean islands RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 466 EP - 473 JA - Mondes et cultures: (2013), t.73, vol.1, p.466-473. VL - 1 U2 - w52 AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 392676745 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4542 T1 - Interest rate pass-through and monetary policy regimes in South Africa A1 - Aziakpono,Meshach Jesse A1 - Wilson,Magdalene Kasyoka Y1 - 2013/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 45-48. - Met bijl, noten, samenvatting KW - inflation KW - interest rates KW - monetary policy KW - South Africa RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi PB - African Economic Research Consortium U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - AERC research paper ; 259 N2 - The goal of monetary policy in South Africa is to keep the rate of inflation within the target band of 3% to 6%. It is generally recognized that the success of monetary policy in achieving this will, to a large extent, depend on the stickiness of market interest rates (commercial bank lending and deposit rates, other money market rates and capital market rates). The stickiness of market rates is often regarded as an obstacle to the smooth transmission of monetary policy impulses. Yet, a systematic measure of the degree of response of market interest rates to changes in monetary policy stance has not received adequate attention in South Africa. Against this backdrop, this paper uses symmetric and asymmetric error correction modelling techniques and monthly interest rate data for the period 1980 to 2007 to explore the stickiness of interest rates in South Africa. The study finds that the speed of adjustment of market interest rates varies across the rates. The highest speed is in the lending rate, followed by the Treasury bill rate and money market rate, closely followed by the commercial bank deposit rate, while the government bond yield has the lowest adjustment speed. Evidence shows that the commercial banks are becoming increasingly more competitive in the credit market, while the opposite is true for the deposit market, where the evidence seems to support banks collusive behaviour. To minimize this, regulations may target more transparent banking operations to ensure that banks do not exploit depositors. Lastly, there are some indications that the formal accountability and transparency measures entrenched in the inflation targeting regime from 2000 have helped improve the speed of monetary transmission SN - 978-9966-02337-7 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/23/ M3 - 399881441 L3 - http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/399881441.pdf ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4529 T1 - L'Afrique dans le monde de demain : atouts et d‚fis A1 - Ouattara,Alassane Dramane Y1 - 2013/// KW - Africa KW - C“te d'Ivoire KW - heads of State KW - speeches (form) RP - NOT IN FILE SP - 393 EP - 397 JA - Mondes et cultures: (2013), t.73, vol.1, p.393-397. VL - 1 U2 - w52 AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 392676613 ER - TY - JOUR ID - 4530 T1 - Le retour de la planification au Niger et l'importance accord‚e … la dimension ‚valuation : comment rattraper le temps perdu et asseoir un d‚veloppement humain durable? A1 - Gado,Boureima Y1 - 2013/// N1 - Notes, r‚f KW - development planning KW - evaluation KW - Niger RP - NOT IN FILE JA - Mondes et cultures: (2013), t.73, vol.1, p.95-108 : krt. VL - 1 U2 - w52 AV - AFRIKA article Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 392676443 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4545 T1 - Republic of Equatorial Guinea : statistical appendix A1 - Oshima,Atsushi Y1 - 2013/// KW - economic conditions KW - Equatorial Guinea KW - statistics RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Washington, DC PB - International Monetary Fund U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - IMF country report ; 13/84 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 357294564 L3 - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2013/cr1384.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4543 T1 - The rule of law in Kenya : opportunities and challenges for advancing the rule of law through legal sector reforms Y1 - 2013/// N1 - Omslagtitel Bibliogr.: pages 65-69. - Met samenvatting KW - administration of justice KW - Kenya KW - legal reform KW - rule of law RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi PB - International Center for Policy and Conflict U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - ICPC report AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/23/ M3 - 399556605 L3 - http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/399556605.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4546 T1 - Analysing multidimensional poverty in Guinea : a fuzzy set approach A1 - Diallo,Fatoumata Lamarana Y1 - 2012/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 29-30. - Met bijl., noten, samenvatting KW - Guinea KW - poverty RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi PB - African Economic Research Consortium U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - AERC research paper ; 251 N2 - This study examines the multidimensional aspect of poverty in Guinea, taking into account both the monetary and non-monetary dimensions of poverty. We use data from the Full Base Survey on Poverty Assessment (FBSPA, 2002-2003). The methodology relies on the fuzzy set approach of Dagum and Costa (2004), which is supplemented by the decomposition methods of Mussard and Pi Alperin (2005). The main results that emerge are: i) the identification of the key variables associated with poverty; and ii) the identification of deprivation state according to selected attributes for different groups such as natural regions, administrative regions, area of residence, gender, religion and household size. The effect of attributes on the deprivation of each group and the global poverty index has also been tested SN - 978-9966-02328-5 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/23/ M3 - 399878483 L3 - http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/399878483.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4550 T1 - Effects of deforestation on household time allocation among rural agricultural activities : evidence from Western Uganda Paul Okiira Okwi and Tony Muhumuza A1 - Okwi,Paul Okiira A1 - Muhumuza,Tony Y1 - 2012/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 31-32. - Met noten, samenvatting KW - deforestation KW - fuelwood KW - households KW - time management KW - Uganda RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi PB - African Economic Research Consortium U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - AERC research paper ; 242 N2 - Trees, in forested and agricultural landscapes, are particularly important because they disproportionately provide high values of environmental services and biodiversity. In this study, the link between deforestation, time allocation to fuel-wood collection and agriculture is analysed. A non-separable (non-recursive) model was developed to test the participation of households in fuel-wood collection and farming activities using data from rural areas of Western Uganda. Results of the quantitative analysis show that, the more traditional measures of economic conditions shadow wages and prices, labour time, gender composition of the household, seasonality and agroecological differences are important variables that affect household labour allocation decisions. The results provide no support to some of the previous studies which show that, as deforestation increases and fuel-wood gets scarce, household members will divert time away from farming. The fact that there is no evidence of labour relocation away from agriculture to fuel-wood collection implies that agriculture is such an extremely important activity and fuel-wood products have not become costly enough to signifi cantly tighten household labour constraints. Efforts are needed to alleviate the labour bottlenecks of subsistence farmers through agroforestry programmes, efficient use of fuel-wood as well as the adoption of efficient cooking equipment, and fuel-wood substitutes which will relieve labour burdens in the collection of environmental goods or reduce collection time forfuel-wood SN - 978-9966-02314-8 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/23/ M3 - 399662766 L3 - http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/399662766.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4559 T1 - Evaluation of the Horizon 2020 National Development Plan Y1 - 2012/// KW - development plans KW - economic policy KW - Equatorial Guinea KW - evaluation KW - national plans RP - NOT IN FILE CY - [London PB - Embassy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea] U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 39935302X L3 - http://www.embassyofequatorialguinea.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ Evaluation-of-the-Horizon-2020-National-Development-Plan.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4551 T1 - ICPC 2009 annual report Y1 - 2012/// N1 - Omslagtitel KW - annual reports (form) KW - conflict prevention KW - Kenya KW - transitional justice RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/23/ M3 - 399554742 L3 - http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/399554742-2009.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4548 T1 - Sub-Saharan Africa : maintaining growth in an uncertain world Y1 - 2012/// KW - economic conditions KW - economic development KW - fiscal policy KW - monetary policy KW - Subsaharan Africa RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Washington, DC PB - International Monetary Fund U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - World economic and financial surveys, ISSN 0258-7440 SN - 978-1-475-51079-9 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 399705082 L3 - https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2012/afr/eng/sreo1012.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4549 T1 - Sub-Saharan Africa : sustaining growth amid global uncertainty Y1 - 2012/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 115-117 KW - economic conditions KW - economic development KW - fiscal policy KW - monetary policy KW - Subsaharan Africa RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Washington, DC PB - International Monetary Fund U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - World economic and financial surveys, ISSN 0258-7440 SN - 978-1-616-35249-3 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 399670688 L3 - https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/reo/2012/afr/eng/sreo0412.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4547 T1 - The determinants of inflation in Sudan A1 - Suliman,Kabbashi M. Y1 - 2012/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 35-37. - Met bijl., noten, samenvatting KW - inflation KW - money demand KW - Sudan RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi PB - African Economic Research Consortium U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - AERC research paper ; 243 N2 - This paper examines the main determinants of inflation in Sudan, using quarterly data during 19702002, by applying cointegration and error correction modelling. The analytical framework views inflation as responding to disequilibria in the internal and external sectors of the economy augmented by the dynamics of the variables determining the equilibrium relationships in these sectors. The results reveal that the external sectors disequilibrium matters for price growth. This signifies a strong long-run impact of foreign price and exchange rate on inflation, with slow adjustment to equilibrium. Inflation is also found to be perpetuated by feedback from the short-run nominal exchange rate, foreign price, drought shocks and deterioration in expectations. Money growth does not appear to affect inflation in the long run, but the elasticity of inflation to the short-run money supply is significant and relatively high. The findings suggest that a monetary-cum-exchange rule is more suitable for inflation control while maintaining external competitiveness. Fighting inflation also depends on the ability of policy to reduce the effects of supply shocks emanating from droughts and foreign price movements SN - 978-9966-02315-5 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/23/ M3 - 399877576 L3 - http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/399877576.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4553 T1 - The informal sector in francophone Africa : firm size, productivity, and institutions A1 - Benjamin,Nancy C. A1 - Mbaye,Ahmadou Aly A1 - Diop,Ibrahima Thione Y1 - 2012/// N1 - Met bibliogr., index KW - French-speaking Africa KW - informal sector KW - West Africa RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Washington, DC PB - World Bank Publications U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - Africa development forum N2 - Outline: Characteristics of informal businesses in West Africa -- Institutional, regulatory and socio-culturalenvironment -- Costs and benefits of informality: productivity, living standards, and tax revenue -- Main conclusions and recommendations -- Chapter 1. The informal sector in West Africa: definition -- Chapter 2. Data sources and methods -- Chapter 3. The informal sector in west Africa: overview of economic significance and welfare effects -- Chapter 4. Large informal firms in West Africa -- Chapter 5. Characteristics of the informal sector: findings from our surveys -- Chapter 6. The institutional environment of the informal sector in West Africa -- Chapter 7. Informality and productivity -- Chapter 8. Informal trading networks in West Africa: the Mourides of Senegal/Gambia and the Yoruba of Benin/Nigeria -- Chapter 9. Government policies, smuggling and the informal sector. This publication is a major step towards improving the understanding of the complex reality of informal sector firms in francophone West Africa. It innovates by concentrating on informal firms rather than informal employment (as other studies do), and identifying 'large informal' sector firms whose sales rival those of large formal-sector firms but operate in ways that are similar to small informal operators. Not only is the regulatory environment facing these two types of informal firms distinct, but policies aimed at improving their productivity need to be differentiated. This study focuses on the urban informal sector in three capital cities: Dakar (Senegal), Cotonou (Benin), and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso). The study also breaks new ground with an eclectic methodology and primary data collection. Quantitative and qualitative firm-level data were collected involving a unique and fruitful collaboration among academic researchers, government officials, the West African economic and monetary union commission, informal and formal sector business associations, and labor unions SN - 0-8213-9542-4 ebook AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 382379861 L3 - http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9364 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4552 T1 - When voicelessness meets speechlessness : struggling for equity in Chinese-Ghanaian employment relations A1 - Giese,Karsten A1 - Thiel,Alena Y1 - 2012/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 28-33. - Met samenvatting KW - China KW - Chinese KW - employment KW - Ghana KW - labour relations KW - retail trade RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Hamburg PB - GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - GIGA working papers ; 194/2012 N2 - In this article Chinese-Ghanaian employment relations are analyzed using the concepts of foreignness, the psychological contract, equity, and cross-cultural communication. Based on a qualitative study conducted in Accra, Ghana, we discuss the labor market in general and introduce the conditions under which Chinese sojourners operate their family trade businesses in the city. After discussing the phenomenon of Ghanaian employment within Chinese trade companies from a theoretical perspective, we explain how Chinese employers' and Ghanaian employees' culturally based perceptions of employment relations are contradictory and prone to conflict. We then show how, under the condition of the employers' foreignness, Ghanaian employees perceive their psychological contracts as being violated and Chinese employers regard the equity of exchange relations as distorted. We discuss how Ghanaian employees cope with this situation by means of voice, silence, retreat or destruction, while Chinese employers, who lack both sufficient language skills and effective sanctions, choose to endure perceived distortions of equity and in some cases ultimately terminate employment relations when inadequate cross-cultural communication results in a failure to mediate conflicts AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 399366539 L3 - https://giga.hamburg/de/system/files/publications/wp194_giese-thiel.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4555 T1 - Analysis of technical efficiency differentials among maize farmers in Nigeria A1 - Olarinde,Luke Oyesola Y1 - 2011/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 25-27. - Met bijl., noten, samenvatting KW - agricultural technology KW - efficiency KW - farmers KW - maize KW - Nigeria RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi PB - African Economic Research Consortium U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - AERC research paper ; 232 N2 - This study analyses technical efficiency differentials and their determinants among maize farmers in Nigeria. A total sample of 300 maize farmers from Oyo and Kebbi States (150 from each) was selected, and data on input-output and socioeconomic variables were collected and analysed using descriptive statistical methods and by applying a translog frontier production function to the data. Results show that in the two states surveyed, the sizes of farms were small, and theywere mostly managed by hired labour in Oyo State, and by family labour in Kebbi State. The results also indicate that the sampled farmers are not technically efficient, with mean technical efficiencies of only 0.5588 and 0.5758 in Oyo and Kebbi states, respectively. However, there are increasing returns to scale in both states. The main determinants of technical efficiency were found to include extension services and farm distance in the two states, farming experience in Oyo State, and credit accessibility, number of other crops grown and rainfall (precipitation) in Kebbi State. Furthermore, the study found that the differences in the mean technical efficiency levels of the farmers did not emanate from the absolute differences in the individual efficiencies among the farmers in the various farming communities. Nonetheless, there were significant absolute differences in the mean efficiencies among farmers in the zones of each of the two states, and the difference in the mean technical efficiencies of the two states was found to be highly significant. The study concludes that there is considerable room for improving the technical efficiencies in the two states. This, however, calls for the motivation of the farmers by making available more production inputs. It is suggested that these farmers are empowered with appropriate financial means to acquire these inputs and to hire more labour. In this way, farmers will be able to allocate more land to maize cultivation. Whenthis is done, farmers productivity will improve, resulting in maximum return of farmers output (in quantity and value terms) per input use and, consequently, increasing their income. This will ultimately reduce hunger and alleviate poverty SN - 978-9966-02304-9 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/23/ M3 - 399661832 L3 - http://aercafrica.org/index.php/publications/view_document/229-analysis- of-technical-efficiency-differentials-among-maize-farmers-in-nigeria ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4556 T1 - Chinese commodity imports in Ghana and Senegal : demystifying Chinese business strength in urban West Africa A1 - Marfaing,Laurence A1 - Thiel,Alena Y1 - 2011/// KW - China KW - Chinese KW - Ghana KW - imports KW - international trade KW - Senegal KW - traders RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Hamburg PB - GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - GIGA working papers ; 180/2011 N2 - Since the beginning of the twentyfirst century, independent entrepreneurial migrants from China have been increasingly flocking to Africa in search of "greener pastures." This paper scrutinizes the empirical foundations of the increasingly hostile discourses of African traders regarding the alleged encroachment of the West African urban market space by Chinese petty entrepreneurs. Based on indepth ethnographic fieldwork and interviews, we aim to demystify this common allegation by exploring the diversity of influx channels through which Chinese commodities, said to create unfair and existential competition, come to the African continent. Our analysis of trade trajectories shows that Chinese products were coming to Africa long before the arrival of independent Chinese migrants at the beginning of the twentyfirst century. Statistical evidence further supports our stance that Chinese entrepreneurs still represent a minority group in the import of "cheap China goods" into Ghana and Senegal AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 399366725 L3 - https://giga.hamburg/de/system/files/publications/wp180_marfaing-thiel. pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4554 T1 - Determinants of venture capital in Africa : cross section evidence A1 - Adongo,Jonathan Y1 - 2011/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 16-18. - Met noten, samenvatting KW - Africa KW - investment policy RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi PB - African Economic Research Consortium U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - AERC research paper ; 237 N2 - This paper identifies the determinants of venture capital activity using a cross-sectional data set covering 36 African countries in a semi-logarithmic model. It finds that rule of law, R&D expenditure as a percentage of GDP and better information between investors and potential investees are positively and significantly related to venture capital activity in Africa. It also finds that capital gains tax rates are negatively and significantly related to venture capital activity on the continent SN - 978-9966-02309-4 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/23/ M3 - 399662375 L3 - http://aercafrica.org/index.php/publications/view_document/234- determinants-of-venture-capital-in-africa-cross-section-evidence ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4557 T1 - Factors influencing technical efficiencies among selected wheat farmers in Uasin Gishu District, Kenya A1 - Njeru,James Y1 - 2010/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 21-23. - Met noten, samenvatting KW - agricultural productivity KW - crop yields KW - farm management KW - Kenya KW - wheat RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi PB - African Economic Research Consortium U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - AERC research paper ; 206 N2 - This study examined the factors influencing technical efficiency in wheat farming in Kenya using a stochastic frontier production function in which technical inefficiency effects were assumed to be functions of both socioeconomic characteristics of the farmer and farm-specific characteristics. The paper used random sampling to interview 160 farmers comprising 97 large-scale farmers and 63 small-scale farmers. The results revealed existence of significant levels of technical inefficiencies in wheat production, especially among the large-scale farmers. The study found that the magnitude of technical efficiency varied from one farmer to another and ranged from 48.9% to 95.1%, with a mean of 87.2%. This implied that farmers lost close to 13% of the potential output to technical inefficiencies. There was variation depending on the size of farm with small-scale farmers attaining higher technical efficiency than the large-scale farmers. The main factors that influenced the degree of inefficiency were education levels, access to credit, and ownership of the capital equipment. Higher levels of education (12 years and above or secondary and above) significantly reduced inefficiency as did access to credit facilities and owning the farm equipment. The study recommended that farmers be educated on the use of better techniques such as use of certified seeds and application of recommended levels of fertilizer SN - 9966-77876-4 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 399583424 L3 - http://aercafrica.org/index.php/publications/view_document/1-factors- influencing-technical-efficiencies-among-selected-wheat-farmers-in-uasin- gishu-district-kenya ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4558 T1 - Foreign aid in Equatorial Guinea : macroeconomic features and future challenges A1 - Larr£,Jos‚ Mar¡a Y1 - 2010/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 34-37. - Met noten, samenvatting KW - development cooperation KW - education KW - Equatorial Guinea KW - foreign investments KW - health care RP - NOT IN FILE CY - [Mnchen] PB - [University Library of Munich] U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - MPRA Paper ; 25001 N2 - The paper carries out a deep case study of the international aid that Equatorial Guinea receives. This is an extremely interesting country because, not being a failed state, it presents very low indexes in institutional quality. Its oil richness, which began to be exploited by foreign investors in 1996, has meant a structural change of extraordinary interest without the traditional effects of Dutch disease. While in 1989 the country financed 54% of its GDP with ODA, in 1996 this ratio represented only 22% and nowadays barely reaches 0.5% thanks to the enormous growth of foreign investment. The article analyses empirically the predictability of the ODA flows -mainly composed of Spanish funds-, their stability, cyclical behaviour and stabilizing effect on the GDP. The main findings of the study are that the ODA has been a hardly predictable, relatively stable, counter-cyclical flow and that it does have a stabilizing effect on its product. The FDI (Direct Foreign Investment), on the other hand is much more volatile and pro-cyclical, although it shares the stabilizing effect of the ODA. For every million dollars of the FDI, GDP grew 0.1%. Development aid, on the contrary, doesnt have a statistically significant impact if we consider the time period 1985-2006. But it does in 1985-1995. Every additional million dollars of ODA made the GDP grow 1.3%. The sectoral analysis of ODA revealed that more than 80% of Spanish aid has been invested in social services, especially education (46%) and healthcare (26%), carried out by two NGOs that somehow became accomplices of the social underdevelopment that the Guinean government maintains since its independence. The article concludes with some ideas on how to improve the quality of Spanish ODA, especially proposing a deadline for the aid and a result-based conditionality, like the Aid Efficiency Agenda of Accra suggests AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 399377255 L3 - https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/25001/1/MPRA_paper_25001.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4561 T1 - Republic of Equatorial Guinea : statistical appendix A1 - Baker,Carol A1 - Milkov,Dimitre A1 - Poplawski Ribeiro,Marcos Y1 - 2010/// KW - economic conditions KW - Equatorial Guinea KW - statistics RP - NOT IN FILE CY - [Washington, DC] PB - International Monetary Fund U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - IMF country report ; 10/102 AV - Elektronisch document @ Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 326884920 L3 - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2010/cr10102.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4562 T1 - Good governance and foreign direct investment : a legal contribution to a balanced economic development in the East African Community (EAC) = Goed bestuur en directe buitenlandse investeringen : een juridische bijdrage aan een evenwichtige economische ontwikkeling in de Oost-Afrikaanse Gemeenschap (EAC) A1 - Binda,Mbembe Y1 - 2009/// N1 - Proefschrift Utrecht Bibliogr.: p. 363-380. - Met noten, samenvatting in het Nederlands KW - dissertations (form) KW - East Africa KW - East African Community KW - economic development KW - foreign investments KW - governance RP - NOT IN FILE EP - XVII, 381 CY - [S.l. PB - s.n.] U2 - w52 SN - 978-94-6295326-0 AV - AFRIKA 49285 Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 397095198 ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4563 T1 - Republic of Equatorial Guinea : statistical appendix A1 - Stotsky,Janet Y1 - 2009/// KW - economic conditions KW - Equatorial Guinea KW - statistics RP - NOT IN FILE CY - [Washington, DC] PB - International Monetary Fund U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - IMF country report ; 09/98 AV - Elektronisch document @ Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 322907063 L3 - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2009/cr0998.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4564 T1 - Kenya national survey for persons with disabilities : main report Y1 - 2008/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 78. - Met bijl., gloss KW - disabled KW - Kenya KW - statistics KW - surveys RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi PB - National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 399557482 L3 - http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/399557482.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4565 T1 - Republic of Equatorial Guinea : statistical appendix A1 - Stotsky,Janet Y1 - 2008/// KW - economic conditions KW - Equatorial Guinea KW - statistics RP - NOT IN FILE CY - [Washington, DC] PB - International Monetary Fund U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - IMF country report ; 08/157 AV - Elektronisch document @ Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 322976022 L3 - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2008/cr08157.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4567 T1 - Bilateral trade talk between Nigeria and India : a recipe A1 - Aliyu,Shehu Usman Rano Y1 - 2007/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 12-15. - Met noten, samenvatting KW - exports KW - imports KW - India KW - international economic relations KW - international trade KW - Nigeria RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Mnchen PB - University Library of Munich U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - MPRA Paper ; 46682 N2 - This paper on bilateral trade talk between Nigeria and India: a recipe seeks to assess the impact of exogenous factors on bilateral trade flows between the two countries. Gravity model of bilateral trade flow with import and export as regressands were estimated with income, exchange rate and index of openness as regressors in the import demand and export supply models. Results show that all the three variables were strong drivers of bilateral trade flows for India, to the exclusion of Nigeria in both models. This unveils the need for Nigeria reassesses its position in the bilateral relationship AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 39937356X L3 - https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/46682/1/MPRA_paper_46682.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4566 T1 - Critical review of the African peer review mechanism process in Rwanda Y1 - 2007/// N1 - Produced with the support of AfriMap Bibliogr.: p. 21 KW - African Peer Review Mechanism KW - Rwanda RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Kigali PB - Ligue des droits de la personne dans la r‚gion des grands lacs U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 SN - 1-920051-48-1 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 399376747 L3 - http://www.asclibrary.nl/docs/399376747.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4568 T1 - Improving livestock marketing and intra-regional trade in West Africa : determing appropriate economic incentives and policy framework A1 - Williams,T.O. A1 - Spycher,Boris A1 - Okike,I. Y1 - 2006/// N1 - Bibliogr.: p. 107-112. - Met bijl KW - international trade KW - livestock KW - marketing KW - West Africa RP - NOT IN FILE CY - Nairobi PB - International Livestock Research Institute U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 N2 - This document analyses the economic, institutional and policy constraints to livestock marketing and trade to provide a basis for new policy interventions to improve market efficiency and intra-regional livestock trade SN - 92-9146-187-3 AV - Elektronisch document Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 399566465 L3 - http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/agphome/images/iclsd/documents/ wk2_c7_gerard.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4569 T1 - Republic of Equatorial Guinea : selected issues and statistical appendix A1 - Itam,Samuel Y1 - 2006/// KW - economic conditions KW - Equatorial Guinea KW - statistics RP - NOT IN FILE CY - [Washington, DC] PB - International Monetary Fund U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - IMF country report ; 06/237 AV - Elektronisch document @ Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 322989078 L3 - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2006/cr06237.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4570 T1 - Equatorial Guinea : selected issues and statistical appendix A1 - Schwidrowski,Armin Y1 - 2003/// N1 - Met bibliogr., bijl., noten KW - economic conditions KW - Equatorial Guinea KW - statistics RP - NOT IN FILE CY - [Washington, DC] PB - International Monetary Fund U1 - Free access. U2 - w52 T3 - IMF country report ; 03/386 AV - Elektronisch document @ Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 323360440 L3 - http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2003/cr03386.pdf ER - TY - BOOK ID - 4560 T1 - Les aventures du vieux petit defender militaire mauritanien : r‚flexions de l'auteur sur le destin douloureux de Feu Ahmed ould Bouceif et ses compagnons : r‚cit de voyage A1 - Eljenah,Abou Y1 - 201/// N1 - Met noten KW - Mauritania KW - political conditions KW - travel RP - NOT IN FILE EP - 110 CY - Nouakchott PB - ditions de la Librairie 15/21 U2 - w52 SN - 978-2-366-81069-1 AV - AFRIKA 49055 Y2 - 2015/12/22/ M3 - 39506998X ER -