This paper draws attention to the significance of mobility in shaping the educational and livelihood trajectories of rural young people in sub-Saharan Africa, with particular reference to a case study in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Young rural people commonly face both economic and political...

Decentralization has been promoted by the World Bank as an element of 'good governance'. In Ghana District Assemblies are being given increasing responsibility, including management of the environment, through recently established District Environmental Management Committees. This paper reviews...

Non-government organizations working in development form a transnational community which has a new role in imperialism today. We explored the knowledge economy of this community with NGDOs in Ghana, India, Mexico and Europe and found it to be largely donor-controlled and generally top-down,...