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Making asylum seekers more vulnerable in South Africa: The negative effects of hostile asylum policies on livelihoods
(Wiley, 2020)
In post-apartheid South Africa, migration policies and legislation have left critical issues such
as social cohesion and integration unsolved. Furthermore, the inability to reconcile the national
interest of maintaining ...
The voices of women and smallholder farmers in Mozambique’s Beira and Nacala corridors
(UWC PLAAS, 2023)
Over the past two decades, the Beira
and Nacala agricultural corridors have attracted capital investment and technology transfer. However, the flow of both has been unpredictable as they depend on the intervention of ...
The voices of women and smallholder farmers in Kenya’s Lamu Corridor
(UWC PLAAS, 2023)
The Lamu Corridor Project in Kenya promises to develop infrastructure to connect a vast area covering Northern Kenya, South Sudan, and Southern Ethiopia with global markets. Driven mainly by oil and mineral transport ...
The voices of women and smallholder farmers in Angola’s Lobito Corridor
(UWC PLAAS, 2023)
The development of the Benguela railway in the Lobito Development Corridor links Angola’s
interior with its coastal port of Luanda.
This corridor has boosted the mobility of the poor, as well as professionals –teachers, ...
Agricultural investment corridors in Africa: Making the voices of women and smallholder farmers count
(UWC PLAAS, 2023)
Development corridors can improve livelihood opportunities for people living in far-flung areas – but only if they focus on smallholder farming, pastoralism, fishing, and infrastructure for small-scale trade. Land rights ...
The voices of smallholders and women in Tanzania’s agricultural corridor
(UWC PLAAS, 2023)
The Tanzanian government created the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) with the vision of modernising and commercialising agriculture in Tanzania and thereby bringing about a ‘green revolution’.
However, ...
International migration and social protection in South Africa
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2022)
For a developing country, South Africa has the most comprehensive social
protection system in terms of social grant coverage. Moreover, the country is also
often hailed for its transformative constitution which enshrines ...
Status of living standards in Nigeria between 2010 and 2013
(Taylor and Francis Group, 2020)
Nigeria experienced a drop in the poverty rate to an average of56.1% between 1999 and 2007. This could be attributed to themeasures taken by the civilian government against adminis-trative corruption, increased domestic ...
A review of the impact of the national micro small and medium enterprise policy on youth employment and enterprise development: a case of the small medium enterprises development agency of Nigeria
(Lifescience Global, 2018)
This research-based paper examines the impact that the national small enterprise development agency, established in line with policy, has had on employment creation and on the uptake of entrepreneurial pursuits amongst the ...
Social Policy in South Africa: The challenges of poverty, inequality and exclusion
(2018)
South Africa is currently emerging from a political and socio-economic crisis. A political faction largely based on patrimonialism threatened to destroy the economy and thus social service delivery. With the recent election ...