Chinese engagement in Africa and Latin America: does it matter for state capacity?
In: Third world thematics: a TWQ journal, Band 3, Heft 4, S. 532-551
ISSN: 2379-9978
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In: Third world thematics: a TWQ journal, Band 3, Heft 4, S. 532-551
ISSN: 2379-9978
In: Forum for development studies: journal of Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Norwegian Association for Development, Band 43, Heft 1, S. 47-68
ISSN: 1891-1765
In: International journal of human rights, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 4-12
ISSN: 1744-053X
In: International journal of human rights, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 4-13
ISSN: 1364-2987
In: Journal of Asian public policy, Band 3, Heft 3, S. 207-214
ISSN: 1751-6242
In: International journal of human rights, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 4-12
ISSN: 1744-053X
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 35, Heft 4, S. 639-654
ISSN: 1099-1328
AbstractThis article focuses on how Chinese state actors understand the concept of sustainable development and implement policies for achieving the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We examine the concept of Ecological Civilization (EC) that has gained momentum within China and examine how EC is constructed around certain organizational principles that are difficult to export without expanding Beijing's political control abroad. Based on the example of a coal‐fired power plant in Kenya, we also explore the potential opportunities EC presents for African stakeholders to hold Chinese state actors to account for China's normative principles.
In: Forum for development studies: journal of Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Norwegian Association for Development, Band 43, Heft 1, S. 113-134
ISSN: 1891-1765
In: Forum for development studies: journal of Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Norwegian Association for Development, S. 1-22
ISSN: 1891-1765
In: IDS bulletin: transforming development knowledge, Band 45, Heft 4, S. 22-35
ISSN: 1759-5436
In: IDS bulletin, Band 45, Heft 4
ISSN: 0265-5012, 0308-5872
Rights, legal empowerment, and poverty : an overview of the issues / Dan Banik -- The political economy of legal empowerment of the poor / Arjun Sengupta -- Legal empowerment as a new concept in development : transforming good ideas into global action / Mona Elisabeth Brøther -- Constitutionalism in an insurgent state : rethinking legal empowerment of the poor in a divided Bolivia / John-Andrew McNeish -- Poverty, legal activism, and development in rural China / Susanne Brandtstädter -- The access to justice challenge in Uganda / Donald Rukare -- Legal empowerment and the right to food / Marc Cohen and Mary Ashby Brown -- Are Africans culturally unsuited to property rights and the rule of law? Some reflections based on the Tanzanian case / Hernando de Soto -- Formalisation of land and housing tenure to empower the poor : simple nostrum or complex challenge? / Edward Robbins -- The challenges of promoting legal empowerment in developing countries : women's land ownership and inheritance rights in Malawi / Asiyati L. Chiweza -- 'Not on our land!' : peasants' struggle against forced land acquisition in India's West Bengal / Kenneth Nielsen
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The promotion of conservation agriculture (CA) for smallholders in sub-Saharan Africa is subject to ongoing scholarly and public debate regarding the evidence-base and the agenda-setting power of involved stakeholders. We undertake a political analysis of CA in Zambia that combines a qualitative case study of a flagship CA initiative with a quantitative analysis of a nationally representative dataset on agricultural practices. This analysis moves from an investigation of the knowledge politics to a study of how the political agendas of the actors involved are shaping agrarian practices. From its initial focus on CA as soil conservation and sustainable agriculture, the framing of the initiative has evolved to accommodate shifting trends in the policy arena. In tandem with the increased focus on climate adaptation, we see an increased emphasis on private sector-led modernisation. The initiative has shifted its target group from the poorest smallholders to prospective commercial farmers, and has forged connections between its farmer-to-farmer extension network and private input suppliers and service providers. The link between CA and input intensification is reflected in national statistics as a significantly higher usage of herbicides, pesticides and mineral fertilizer on fields under CA tillage compared to other fields. We argue that the environmental and participation agendas are used to buttress CA as an environmentally and socially sustainable agricultural development strategy, while the prevailing practice is the result of a common vision for a private sector-led agricultural development shared between the implementing organisation, the donor and international organisations promoting a new green revolution in Africa. ; acceptedVersion
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In: Journal of democracy, Band 22, Heft 3, S. 79-134
ISSN: 1045-5736
World Affairs Online
In: Contemporary South Asia, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 339-387
ISSN: 1469-364X