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Peasant response to price incentives in Tanzania : a theoretical and empirical investigation

Upphovsperson: Eriksson, Gun
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1993
Ämnesord: Tanzania, East Africa, Agricultural prices, Agricultural production, Price policy, Supply management, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
The peasants in the third world was for a long time assumed to be the opposite to the "economic man". The peasants, so the argument went, were irrational and their behaviour was determined by traditions, not by economic incentives. Some important contributions to economic theory have questioned this assumption. Now the issue is not whether peasants respond to economic incentives, but how. This study is a survey of the theoretical and empirical examination of peasants response to price incentives in Tanzania.

Diversification and accumulation in rural Tanzania : anthropological perspectives on village economics

Upphovsperson: Seppälä, Pekka
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1998
Ämnesord: Tanzania, East Africa, Rural development, Informal sector, Agriculture, Labour, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This study extends the analysis of local complexity to the sphere of the division of labour. The main argument is that the rural producers tend to diversify into multiple sources of income, and generate innovative strategies of straddling between these incomes sources. The main part of this volume consists of the ethnographic analysis of a case study conducted in Lindi district. It is a thought-provoking and theoretically challenging work which reveals how cultural issues penetrate economic practices and modify the outcome of any economic interventions.

Towards a new partnership with Africa : challenges and opportunities

Medarbetare: Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Steve | Olukoshi, Adebayo O. | Wohlgemuth, Lennart
Utgivare: Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1998
Ämnesord: Africa, Sweden, Development aid, Democratization, Economic development, Aid policy, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This book is part of a study by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs on future relations between Sweden and Africa. The outcome of this study was a white paper, presented by the Swedish Government to the Swedish Parliament in March 1998 on its African policy, based on a report entitled 'Partnership with Africa'. Listening attentively to African voices was of particular importance in the course of the review process leading to the white paper. In this connection two conferences were organised in which African invitees were the main participants. The first conference was organised by the Nordic Africa Institute in cooperation with the African Development Bank and resulted in the anthology A New Partnership for African Development - Issues and Parameters, published by the Nordic Africa Institute in May 1997.The second conference was held in Saltsjöbaden in June 1997 and this volume brings together a number of the papers which were commissioned to serve as background material to the debate  that took place then. Examples of African reform work in four theme areas are dealt with: Africa's democratic culture, including gender equality; security and conflict management. Africa in the international economy. Africa's aid dependency and prospects for changed relations between Africa and other countries. Relations between Sweden and Africa - current situation and future potential, opened by two personal and engaged letters to 'My little brother Sweden from Your big sister Africa- written by Angela L. Ofori-Atta, lecturer at the University of Ghana Medical School.

African National Congress meets Eastern Europe : a dialogue on common experiences

Medarbetare: Červenka, Zdenek
Utgivare: Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1992
Ämnesord: South Africa, Southern Africa, Eastern Europe, International relations, Political development, Conference reports, ANC, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
A report from a conference where high level delegations of the African National Congress and the Czech, Slovak, Polish and Hungarian republics met, with the aim to share lessons of their experiences under crumbling dictatorships. The exchange was intense and frank, as the note in this report convey.

Structural adjustment and women informal sector traders in Harare, Zimbabwe

Upphovspersoner: Mupedziswa, Rodreck | Gumbo, Perpetua
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1998
Ämnesord: Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Structural adjustment, Informal sector, Trade, Women, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This report documents patterns of differentiation within the informal sector amidst the decline in working and living conditions associated with the structural adjustment programme, and shows that in the era of adjustment, the informal sector, far from being a site of accumulation, is a site of bare survival.

Mining and structural adjustment : studies on Zimbabwe and Tanzania

Upphovspersoner: Chachage, Chachage Seithy L. | Ericsson, Magnus | Gibbon, Peter
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1993
Ämnesord: Tanzania, East Africa, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Economic policy, Mining, Industrial investment, Gold mines, Legislation, Structural adjustment, Economic conditions, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
The mining sector has played an historically central role in the economy of Africa, but large-scale investment in it declined after 1970. Structural adjustment and the dismantling of apartheid opens up the possibility of a revival of such investment, but also raises questions about the terms on which it will take place and the fate of local small-scale mining industries. These two studies examine tensions between large- and small-scale mining in Tanzania, and the emergence of new forms of relation between international mining houses and the national state in Zimbabwe.

Private sector response to agricultural marketing liberalisation in Zambia : a case study of Eastern Province maize market

Upphovspersoner: Chiwele, Dennis K. | Muyatwa-Sipula, Pumulo | Kalinda, Henrietta
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1998
Ämnesord: Maize, Trade liberalization, Private sector, Agricultural product marketing, Zambia, Eastern Province, Zambia, Southern Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
This report examines the efficacy of the agricultural sector reforms that have been implemented in Zambia since 1991/92 when the MMD government of Fred Chiluba was elected to office. On the basis of empirical material gathered in the field, the report demonstrates the limitations of the reform and identifies a number of constraints that have hampered the private sector and made the agricultural marketing system remain relatively underdeveloped.

Kenya - från enpartistat till demokrati?

Upphovsperson: Dubell, Folke
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1994
Ämnesord: Kenya, East Africa, Democratization, Authoritarianism, Elections, Political development, History, Post war, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
En studie av Kenyas väg mot demokrati, med tyngdpunkt på det politiska året 1992 då Kenya, liksom så många andra afrikanska stater, mer eller mindre mot sin vilja, upphävde enpartistaten och införde flerpartisystem.

Malawi efter Banda : förändringar i landet där tystnad rådde

Upphovspersoner: Grauers, Anna | Fischer, Tobias | Odén, Bertil
Utgivare: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År: 1997
Ämnesord: Malawi, Southern Africa, Political development, Economic development, Human rights, Elections, Political opposition, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP
Malawi är ett av de fattigaste länderna i världen, och styrdes med järnhand av Dr Hastings Banda i 30 år. Denna skrift ger en beskrivning av Malawi under Bandas styre och redovisar den ekonomiska och politiska utvecklingen sedan den nya regimen tillträdde efter flerpartivalet 1994.

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