Natural Resources and Local Livelihoods in the Great Lakes Region of Africa
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-33143-7 (ISBN)
AN ANSOMS Lecturer in development studies at the Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium). She holds a PhD in economics and is involved in research on poverty and inequality in the Great Lakes Region. She pays particular attention to the challenges of rural development and pro-poor growth in land-scarce (post-)conflict environments. STEFAAN MARYSSE Professor emeritus at the Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp (Belgium), and director of ECA (Expertise in Central Africa, Brussels). He holds a phd of the Sorbonne /Paris and is involved in research on political economy and development. He co-edited 'The Political Economy of the Great Lakes Region in Africa: The Pitfalls of Enforced Democracy and Globalization', Palgrave, 2005.
INTRODUCTION : SETTING THE STAGE : THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION; S. Marysse & A.Ansoms PART I: MINERAL RESOURCES AND LIVELIHOODS OF SMALL-SCALE ACTORS Local actors versus global interests? Dynamics, trends and scales in the Congolese mining sector; S.Geenen 'If you control the railway , you command the wealth of a country': Chinese involvement in DRCongo; S.Marysse & S.Geenen Constraints, opportunities and hope: which future for gold miners and traders in Kamituga, South-Kivu?; S.Geenen Money and masculinity among artisanal miners in Katanga; J.Cuvelier The river of gold: The production and trade of gold from Mongbwalu, DRC; D.Fahey PART II: LAND (SCARCITY) AND LIVELIHOODS OF SMALL-SCALE PEASANTS A 'Green Revolution' for rural Rwanda: Is there a future for small-scale farming and pro-poor rural growth?; A.Ansoms Restricted access to land and its socio-economic consequences in rural southeastern Rwanda; M.Leegwater A land reform in Burundi Discussions in the capital, resignation in the countryside: Burundi's long-lasting debate for a land code reform; D.Kohlhagen Decentralised land management in South-Kivu, DRCongo: Reconciling custom, state and local livelihoods; I.Utshudi & A.Ansoms Land conflicts in ituri: a mortgage from the past hindering the future; J.Van Puijenbroek Struggle for land in Kinshasa (DRC): Governance of urban agricultural space; I.Wagemakers & O.M.Diki CONCLUSION: RECONCILING GLOBALIZATION WITH SMALL-SCALERS' LIVELIHOODS IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION; A.Ansoms & S.Marysse
Erscheinungsdatum | 26.05.2016 |
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Zusatzinfo | XXV, 265 p. |
Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie | |
Schlagworte | Agriculture • Development • Economic Development • Globalization • growth • Import • Political Economy • Production • Trade |
ISBN-10 | 1-349-33143-0 / 1349331430 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-349-33143-7 / 9781349331437 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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