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Structural adjustment, agrarian change and rural ethnicity in Nigeria

Upphovsperson: Egwu, Samuel G.
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1998
Ämnesord: Nigeria, West Africa, Structural adjustment, Agriculture, Ethnicity, Rural areas, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
The period since the early 1980s when the Nigerian economic crisis began in earnest has coincided with an increase in the incidence of ethnic conflicts in the country. Even the rural areas, previously regarded as spheres of ethnic harmony have not been able to escape the spread of violent inter-communal and inter-ethnic clashes.This report represent an attempt to understand the sources of ethnic tension in contemporary Nigeria. In doing so, the relationship between economic decline, structural adjustment and ethnic clashes is explored. The focus is on the problem of rural ethnicity, a much neglected dimension of ethnicity in Nigeria.

Industry in Ghana : production form and spatial structure

Upphovsperson: Andræ, Gunilla
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; Dep. of human geography, Stockholm univ.
År: 1981
Ämnesord: Ghana, West Africa, Industry, Anthropology, Working life, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
In the West African economies the incorporation into the world market has resulted in a variety of social production forms. Apart from the marginally remaining pre-capitalist forms, formal production on the pattern of the advanced industrialised economies is found side-by-side with a substantial of informally organised activities. The latter are specialised activities which retain pre-capitalist forms of social organisation and modes of interaction while they are in various ways integrated in the market for rawmaterials, output, labour and skills. This study of the structure of production forms found in the manufacturing industry in Ghana in the 1960's and of the resulting implications for the structure of the Ghanaian national economy as a whole. Focus is on 'development' implications connected with the spatial organisation of the sector and the spatial element that is found in the division of labour between formal and informal industry. It is thus a contribution to the probe into the forms for 'articulation of modes of production' connected with capitalist penetration in Africa after Independence. It adds to the understanding of the conditions for counteracting structural imbalance and inequality particularly.

Refugees in Somalia

Upphovsperson: Melander, Göran
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1980
Ämnesord: Somalia, East Africa, Refugees, International law, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
Ever since the end of the 1950's the African continent has been faced with refugee problems of enormous magnitude. At the beginning of the 1980's this continent had the largest number of refugees and African countries have been most generous in trying, within their limited resources, to provide hospitality for African refugees. The main purpose of this survey iss to analyse the refugee situation in the country from the legal point of view, i.e., problems which probably are of a more lasting nature.

Inducing food insecurity : perspectives on food policies in Eastern and Southern Africa

Medarbetare: Salih, M. A. Mohamed
Utgivare: Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1994
Ämnesord: Botswana, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Tanzania, Sudan, Uganda, East Africa, Food policy, Food security, Food resources, Food supply, Agricultural development, Environment, Sustainable development, Population dynamics, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
The scope and context of food security is complex, and it involves macro- and micro-policy perspectives ranging from pricing, distribution, and technology to consumption patterns and food habits. This borevisits the factors which contributed to the decline in food production in eastern and southern Africa and traces them to the food policies of a given country or countries. It also includes chapters dealing with the dynamics of rural or urban food systems, pastoral production, indigenous knowledge and the consequences of technological intervention.

Building the African Union : An assessment of past progress and future prospects for the African Union’s institutional architecture

Medarbetare: Laporte, Geert | Mackie, James
Utgivare: Maastricht, The Netherlands : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; European Centre for Development Policy Management
År: 2010
Ämnesord: African Union, African organizations, Institutional framework, Institution building, Capacity building, regional integration, Partnership, European Union, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

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