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Efficiency, food security and differentiation in small-scale irrigation agriculture: Evidence from North West Nigeria
(Cogent OA, 2020)
Ambiguity over the effectiveness of agricultural intervention is more
pronounced in rural areas where the majority of North West Nigeria’s poor population, and those involved in agriculture, reside. Further characterising ...
Future-making and scalar politics in a resource frontier: Energy projects in northern Kenya
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2022-01-28)
This contribution explores conflicts in the context of energy-related investments and infrastructure projects in Kenya’s arid and semiarid north. Over the past decade or so this historically marginalised region has turned ...
Investing in Information: The Information Management Body of Knowledge
(Springer, 2015-01-11)
Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
Most African countries implemented measures to contain the spread of COVID-19
during 2020, such as restrictions on business activity and travel, school closures and
stay-at-home lockdowns for several months. These ...
A Foucauldian analysis of the ca profession in South Africa: Implications for society
(Stellenbosch University, 2020)
Chartered accountants are often business leaders who frequently need to make decisions.
Consequently, it is of importance for the fractured democratic South Africa that citizens (especially
business leaders, such as ...
Evaluating the community land record system in Monwabisi park informal settlement in the context of hybrid governance and organisational culture
(MPDI, 2020)
The study examined the effectiveness of a community-operated land record system (CRS),
a product of an evolutionary information system planning approach under hybrid governance
arrangements in Monwabisi Park informal ...
An evaluation of job crafting as an intervention aimed at improving work engagement
(AOSIS, 2020)
In the construction industry, a lack of engagement by employees can have serious and costly health and safety consequences. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a job-crafting intervention could improve the work ...
Determinants of ICT adoption and uptake at a rural public-access ICT centre: A South African case study
(Routledge, 2021)
The global Covid-19 pandemic has created a heightened sense of awareness of the inequalities that prevail in society.
Access to real-time information delivered via broadband internet has become critical for survival. ...
Chartered accountancy and resistance in South Africa
(Stellenbosch University, 2021)
In recent times, the chartered accountant profession was regularly in the news for reasons
pertaining to the unethical and unprofessional behaviour of members. The profession has an
important role to play in the South ...
Young people’s experiences with an empowerment-based behavior change intervention to prevent sexual violence in Nairobi informal settlements: A qualitative study
(Johns Hopkins University, 2021)
Young people in sub-Saharan Africa face one of the
world’s highest burdens of sexual violence. Previous impact evaluations indicated that a 6-week empowerment-based behavioral
intervention in Nairobi informal (slum) ...