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The rise of BRICS: implications for global agrarian transformation
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
This article introduces this collection, which focuses on the economic and political rise of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and its implications for global agrarian transformation. ...
A Toolkit for Participatory Action Research
(International Development Research Centre (IDRC)-Canada, 2017)
This Guide is drawn from experience in the action research project “Bottom-up accountability initiatives and largescale
land acquisitions in Africa”. The project aimed to bring the international soft law instrument, the ...
Class dynamics in contract farming: the case of tobacco production in Mozambique
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
This paper examines the class relations emerging in a contract farming scheme in Mozambique. Debates in the literature about contract farming characterise this market arrangement as leading to farmers losing control over ...
Perceptions about data-informed decisions: an assessment of information-use in high HIV-prevalence settings in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Information-use is an integral component of a routine health information system and essential to
influence policy-making, program actions and research. Despite an increased amount of routine data collected,
planning ...
Analyzing implementation dynamics using theory-driven evaluation principles: lessons learnt from a South African centralized chronic dispensing model
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Centralized dispensing of essential medicines is one of South Africa’s strategies to address the shortage of
pharmacists, reduce patients’ waiting times and reduce over-crowding at public sector healthcare ...
Herschel PEP/HerMES: the redshift evolution of dust attenuation and of the total (UV+IR) star formation rate density
(EDP Sciences, 2013)
Using new homogeneous luminosity functions (LFs) in the far-ultraviolet (FUV) from VVDS and in the far-infrared (FIR) from Herschel/PEP and Herschel/HerMES, we studied the evolution of the dust attenuation with redshift. ...
Mental health in South African adolescents living with HIV: correlates of internalising and externalising symptoms
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Although declining in all other age groups, AIDS-related deaths among adolescents are increasing. In the context of HIV, mental health problems are associated with negative health outcomes, including non-adherence to ...
Towards a new classification system for legumes: Progress report from the 6th International Legume Conference
(Elsevier, 2013)
Legume systematists have been making great progress in understanding evolutionary relationships within the Leguminosae (Fabaceae), the third largest family of flowering plants. As the phylogenetic picture has become clearer, ...
Authentic professional development: Key to quality sevice delivery
(Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA), 2014)
The Actuarial Society of South Africa ('Actuarial Society') requires its members to honour their
professional promise to deliver specialist and up-to-date actuarial expertise that is ethical and
subject to professional ...
What makes international global health university partnerships higher-value? An examination of partnership types and activities favoured at four East African universities
(Levy Library Press, 2018)
BACKGROUND: There are many interuniversity global health partnerships with African universities. Representatives of these partnerships often claim partnership success in published works, yet critical, contextualized, and ...