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In search of South Africa’s second economy: Chronic poverty, vulnerability and adverse incorporation in Mt. Frere and Khayelitsha
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2007)
Since 2003, South African policy discourse about persistent poverty has been dominated by the notion that poor people stay poor because they are trapped in a ‘second economy’, disconnected from the mainstream ‘first world ...
Devolution and democratisation of natural resource management in southern Africa: A comparative analysis of CBNRM policy processes in Botswana and Zimbabwe
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2007)
This paper examines the policy processes of devolution and democratisation of natural resource management as they relate to community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) outcomes in Botswana and Zimbabwe. Devolution ...
State, market or the worst of both? Experimenting with market-based land reform In South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2007)
The concept of ‘market-based land reform’ (MBLR, also market-assisted land reform, or market-led agrarian reform) has been central to the ‘new wave’ of land reform that has been in evidence internationally since the early ...
‘People are not happy’ – Speaking up for adaptive natural resource governance in Mahenye
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2007)
This paper explores the ongoing events surrounding the CAMPFIRE project of Mahenye in Zimbabwe within the context of the recent discourse of crisis within community based natural resource management (CBNRM) and crisis ...
Interrelations among stock prices of South Africa and the United States and the rand/dollar exchange rate
(Stellenbosch University, 2007)
This paper seeks to examine the dynamic short-term causal relations and the long-term
equilibrium relations between the two major financial assets, stock prices of the US and South
Africa and the rand/US$ exchange rate. ...
Schmidtsdrift community land claim
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The historic land of the Schmidtsdrift community lies along
the banks of the Vaal River in the Northern Cape province,
along the R300 road to Griquastad, approximately 71 km
west from Kimberley and 53 km north-east from ...
Trans-boundary natural resources management in southern Africa: Local historical and livelihood realities within the Great Limpopo Trans-frontier Conservation Area
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The end of apartheid rule in South Africa, together with the termination of the civil war in Mozambique and the occupation of Namibia by South Africa in the early 1990s, seemed to herald profound changes in international ...
In search of South Africa’s ‘second economy’: Chronic poverty, economic marginalisation and adverse incorporation in Mt Frere and Khayelitsha
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007-11)
Since 2003, South African policy discourse about persistent poverty has been
dominated by the notion that poor people stay poor because they are
trapped in a ‘second economy’, disconnected from the mainstream ‘First-
World ...
Covie community land claim
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The Covie community restitution claim refers to a claim by
past and present residents of Covie village, situated within
the Tsitsikamma National Park, between Plettenberg Bay
and Port Elizabeth in the Western Cape ...
International comparative study of strategies for settlement support provision to land reform beneficiaries
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The provision of sound planning and adequate settlement
support within land reform has the potential to make
a profound impact on the livelihoods of many South
Africans. However, the process of providing settlement
support ...