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  1. Library Resource

    A Critical Review

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2012
    South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa

    This paper provides an overview of land reform in South Africa from 1994 to 2011, with the focus on the land redistribution. The government policies and associated implementation since 1994 have not generated expected social and economic results for a number of reasons. Even where land has been transferred, it appears to have had minimal impact on the livelihoods of beneficiaries, largely because of inappropriate project design, a lack of necessary support services and shortages of working capital, leading to widespread underutilization of land.

  2. Library Resource

    Removing Barriers to Regional Trade in Food Staples

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    October, 2012
    Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Niger, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa

    Africa's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising global food prices, brings ever-mounting food import bills. In addition, population growth and changing demand patterns will double demands over the next 10 years. Two key issues must be addressed: (a) establishing a consistent and stable policy environment for regional trade in fertilizers; and (b) investing in institutions that reduce the transaction costs of coordination failures.

  3. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Lesotho

    After more than 35 years, the elected
    local government system in Lesotho was reestablished in 2005
    through the election of the Local Authorities, i.e. the
    Community and District Councils (CCs and DCs). Across the
    political spectrum, the political will to move forward was
    at its peak. An exemplary campaign to educate the entire
    population as to the purposes and functioning of the new
    Local Authorities, and the electoral process preceded the

  4. Library Resource
    July, 2014
    Eswatini

    This history illustrates a number of
    themes encountered in Swaziland that faces developing
    countries and their external partners in Africa and beyond.
    Firstly, the history relates the experience of a small and
    comparatively insular country in addressing complex
    challenges deriving from rapid urbanization and, as a
    result, the growing need to adapt governance systems and
    structures. A second key issue is the challenge that small

  5. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Africa, Southern Africa

    Miombo woodlands stretch across Southern
    Africa in a belt from Angola and the Democratic Republic of
    Congo (DRC) in the west to Mozambique in the east. The
    miombo region covers an area of around 2.4 million km. In
    some areas, miombo has been highly degraded as a result of
    human use (southern Malawi and parts of Zimbabwe), while in
    others, it remains relatively intact (such as in parts of
    northern Mozambique, and in isolated areas of Angola and the

  6. Library Resource
    March, 2012
    Lesotho

    The past decade has witnessed major
    shift thinking about water, including how water
    infrastructure development strategies can help advance
    sustainable development and the global fight against
    poverty. This reflects, in part, greater attention now being
    paid to governance reforms promoting integrated water
    resource management (IWRM), the efficient and wise use of
    water, and expanding access to water and energy services. In

  7. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Africa, Southern Africa

    This report is based on seven background
    papers comprising household studies, national level
    analyses, and technical assessments. Household studies were
    undertaken in Mozambique and Zambia to develop a clearer
    picture of the role of Miombo woodlands in household
    consumption. These studies were an outcome of intensive,
    seasonal structured household surveys, which have formed the
    core of the original work supported by this project

  8. Library Resource
    March, 2016
    Africa, Southern Africa

    Once concentrated among a few large
    economies, global flows of goods, services, and capital now
    reach an ever-larger number of countries worldwide. Global
    trade in goods and in services both increased 10 times
    between 1980 and 2011, while foreign direct investment (FDI)
    flows increased almost 30-fold. A value chain is global when
    some of these stages are carried out in more than one
    country, most notably when discrete tasks within a

  9. Library Resource
    March, 2016
    Africa, Southern Africa

    The countries comprising the Southern
    African Customs Union (SACU) are currently not very
    integrated into global value chains (GVCs), potentially
    missing out on important development opportunities.
    Accordingly, we explore high level options for promoting
    their integration. Given East Asia’s spectacular success
    with integrating into GVCs, we first assess the probability
    that SACU can copy their flying geese pattern. That was

  10. Library Resource
    May, 2012
    Africa, South Africa

    This study analyzes the difficulties a
    poor community experienced in accessing peri-urban land in
    South Africa. This community, composed largely of laid-off
    farm workers, wanted to buy their own farm in a peri-urban
    area west of Johannesburg to establish a mixed-use
    settlement. The Ethembalethu 250 families started their own
    savings scheme to make their dream a reality. Millions of
    black South Africans live in the peri-urban areas. However,

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