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Informational Development and Human Development: South Africa in a Global Perspective
In a current comparative research project the interaction between informational development and human development has been examined in various contexts, including Finland, Silicon Valley, Chile and Taiwan.
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Complexities and Challenges Affecting the Progress of Community Development in South Africa’s Changing Sociopolitical Landscape
Gray, Mel and Antoinette Lombard. 2024. Complexities and Challenges Affecting the Progress of Community Development in South Africa’s Changi...
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Aid flows to Africa in the context of continued global destabilising shocks, uncertainty, renewed challenges and aid dependence
Africa has been dependent on official development assistance or aid for decades.
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Girls’ schooling is important but insufficient to promote equality for boys and girls in childhood and across the life course
Desmond, Chris, Kathryn Watt, Sara Naicker, Jere Behrman and Linda Richter. 2023. Girls’ schooling is important but insufficient to promote ...
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The Rise and Fall of the Aid Effectiveness Norm
Brown, Stephen. 2020. The Rise and Fall of the Aid Effectiveness Norm. The European Journal of Development Research, 32(4), 1230–1248. https...
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A Samaritan State?, Canadian Foreign Aid, and the Challenges of Policy Coherence for Development
Brown, Stephen. 2019. “A Samaritan State?, Canadian Foreign Aid, and the Challenges of Policy Coherence for Development”. In Greg Donaghy &a...
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Wachsende Migrationsströme: Wie können die europäischen Länder die Fluchtursachen erfolgreich bekämpfen?
Klingholz, Reiner. 2019. Wachsende Migrationsströme: Wie können die europäischen Länder die Fluchtursachen erfolgreich bekämpfen? Ifo Schnel...
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Analysing Land Law Reform
Peters, Pauline E. 2015. Analysing Land Law Reform. Development and Change 46 (1): 167–93. doi:10.1111/dech.12137.
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The Politics of Education Reform in Middle-Income Countries
A growing scholarly consensus views high quality education as essential for sustained and equitable development.
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The transition to Green Economy: Africa’s leapfrogging opportunity
Africa is currently recognized as the fastest growing region in the world while a number of African countries are listed amongst the fastest growing economies in the region over the last decade.
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A comparative study of donor and state policies and operational approaches to addressing forced displacement due to armed conflict in the Horn of Africa
The global population of forcibly displaced persons due to armed conflict is about 44 million, comprising about 15.
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Rethinking Development in the Global Information Age: Implications for Africa
This seminar conducted by Manuel Castells is a follow-up to his previous STIAS seminar Informational Development and Human Development: South Africa in a Global Perspective (24–26 August 2011).