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Reports & Research
March, 2015
Lesotho
The formal private sector in Lesotho concentrates on housing at the very top of the market leaving the majority unserved by formal housing supply.
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Urban Food Security Series Number 21
Reports & ResearchJanuary, 2015LesothoLesotho regularly features in the African and international media as a country blighted by drought, hunger and food insecurity. Much of the discussion about the causes and remedies for food insecurity, including within Lesotho itself, focuses on the rural population and the precipitous decline in domestic food production in recent decades. This report argues that the rural bias of both donors and government ignores the fact that poverty and food insecurity are increasingly important urban issues as well.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJanuary, 2016Lesotho
Maps are instrumental in the commodification of land and its exchange in markets. The critical cartog- raphy literature emphasizes the ‘‘power of maps” to (re)define property relations through their descrip- tive and prescriptive attributes. But how do maps work to achieve these outcomes? This paper examines the notion of maps as ‘‘inscription devices” that turn land into a commodity that can be bought and sold by investors. It is based on the analysis of a land reform project in the Southern African country of Lesotho.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksMarch, 2015Lesotho
The paper discusses chieftaincy and colonialism in Lesotho, institutional roles of chieftaincy, the role of chieftaincy in the era of modern democracy/DGD, the relations between the democratic local authorities and chieftaincy in Lesotho and the role of chieftaincy and its constraints in the decentralized system of Lesotho. The paper directly contributes knowledge in public management sciences and administrative policy systems.
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Journal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Africa -
Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Southern Africa
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksAugust, 2015Southern Africa
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchSeptember, 2015Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Sudan, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa
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Journal Articles & BooksDecember, 2015Germany, France, Switzerland, United States of America, Japan, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Tanzania, Syrian Arab Republic, Congo, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Italy, MexicoThis manual presents a methodology for assessing woodfuel supply and demand at the level of the displacement camp through the collection of primary data in the field and remote sensing analysis. The methodology uses a multi-sectoral approach to assess the energy-related needs and challenges of people in both displaced and host communities. The first part of the manual presents the methodology for assessing demand for woodfuel, which is structured around four sequential steps.
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National PoliciesJanuary, 2015South AfricaThe Department of Rural Development and Land Reform Strategic Plan 2015 – 2020 is a national sectoral policy whose mission is to create and maintain an equitable and sustainable land dispensation, and act as a coordinator and catalyst in rural development to ensure sustainable rural livelihoods, decent work and continued social and economic advancement of all South Africans.Improved food security is amongst the policy goals.
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