Based on migration dynamics in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, this edited volume focuses on the activities of grassroots and informal non-state actors. The authors explore cross-border economic activities, migration governance issues, the regional integration project...

Chapter 1. Introduction: A Long-standing Relationship -- Chapter 2. India-Africa Relations: Historical Goodwill and a Vision for the Future -- Chapter 3. Indian Investors Seeking Markets and Business Prospects -- Chapter 4. India’s Pursuit of Investment Opportunities in Africa -- Chapter 5....

Theorie der makro- und mikroökonomischen Wirkung von Infrastruktur -- PPP aus Sicht der Neuen Institutionenökonomik -- Risikotransfer / Risikoallokation in PPP-Projekten -- Institutionen als Bestimmungsfaktoren für PPPs in Kamerun. .

This book examines the international factors such as enforced democracy and globalization that have affected the Great Lakes region of Africa. The horrendous consequences in terms of violence and human suffering of the events in this area have been exhibited in the media, however news coverage...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. Presenting rigorous and original research, this volume offers key insights into the historical, cultural, social, economic and political forces at play in the creation of world-class ICT innovations in Kenya. Following the arrival of...

1 Introduction: Why an African Green Revolution is Needed and Why It Must Include Small Farms (Larson and Otsuka) -- 2 On the Determinants of Low Productivity of Rice Farming in Mozambique: Pathways to Intensification (Kajisa) -- 3 On the Possibility of Rice Green Revolution in Irrigated and...

It is widely acknowledged that, in addition to global and regional efforts to cope with climate change by means of mitigation measures, adaptation initiatives can and perhaps should play a key role in enabling communities from across Africa to better handle the problems related to it. Due to the...

The Tanzanian coastal areas are socially, nutritionally, economically and environmentally important, yet they are vulnerable to both over-exploitation and degradation of their habitats. This book demonstrates the extent which various socio-economic dimensions of rural coastal households...

This atlas provides a macro-regional overview of the areas that surround the European Union, from the Sahara to the Middle East, Western Balkans to European Russia, Turkey to the Arctic. Detailing key socio-economic data as well as developmental trends, the maps provide a comprehensive...

This book introduces the reader to local development economics and policy, with a special focus on the place-based paradigm that covers its justification, its difficulties and the types of public intervention that it suggests. The starting point for the analysis is that economic development in...